Denys Fedorenko                        

Curriculum Vitae

Brief info:

Ph.D. degree

14 years of research / work experience

Good work experience in multinational, multicultural teams

Good team player

References:

Prof. Yuri Reznikov - yurireznikov@hotmail.com

Prof. Victor Reshetnyak - VReshetnyak@univ.kiev.ua

Prof. Maurizio Nobili - Maurizio.Nobili@univ-montp2.fr

Dr. Christophe Blanc - Christophe.Blanc02@univ-montp2.fr

Area of expertise / professional interests:

Optics and nonlinear optics of liquid crystals;

Alignment and photoalignment of liquid crystals;

Optical microscopy, interferometry;

Optical recording, processing and storage of information;

Fluid dynamics;

Brownian motion of colloidal particles, particles tracking and characterization.

Programming on IDL, Delphi (Pascal), MathLab, MathCad

Maintenance of solid-state and dye lasers

Education:

2009 - Ph.D. (Physical-mathematical science), Institute of Physics, NAS of Ukraine.

Thesis title: “Anchoring of the nematic liquid crystal with the polymer surface due to the light-induced adsorption and desorption of dye molecules”.

2000-2003 - Ph.D. Student, Institute of Physics NAS of Ukraine.

1999 - Kyiv Shevchenko University (Ukraine) - MS in physics, Diploma of Kyiv Shevchenko University, Department of physics.

1997 - Kyiv Shevchenko University (Ukraine) - Bachelor of physics, Diploma of Kyiv University, Department of physics.

Current and previous institutional affiliations:

2011 - Researcher in Institute of Physics, Department of Physics of Crystals, Kyiv, Ukraine.

Subject: “Nonlinear Optical Properties of Frozen Smectic with Quantum Dots”.

Responsibilities: samples preparation, z-scan experimental set-up preparation and using, programming, ph.d. student advising, analysis of the results and discussions, articles writing.

2010 - 18 months post doctoral position in L2C, University of Montpellier II, France. Group of Prof. Maurizio Nobili.

Project: “Surfoids. Colloids trapped at fluid-fluid interface”.

Responsibilities: micro-interferometry, digital video capturing, analysis of video and particles tracking, over-resolution particles position determination, mean-squared displacement count, particles motion modeling and discussions.

2004-2009 - Researcher in Institute of Physics, Department of Physics of Crystals, Kyiv, Ukraine.

Subjects: alignment of liquid crystals; non-linear optics of liquid crystals; creating and characterization of holographic gratings in liquid crystals cells; tunable micro-lenses based on liquid crystals.

Responsibilities: samples preparation in clean environment, preparation of the rubbed and photo-aligning substrates, experimental set-ups preparation and using, digital imaging, polarization microscopy for alignment analysis, processes modeling and discussions, articles writing.

2003 - 5 months training period in University of Ancona, Italy.

INTAS Young Scientist Fellowship: “Dynamic of surface-mediated director reorientation in a cell with dye-doped liquid crystal” under supervision of Prof. Francesco Simoni.

Responsibilities: samples preparation, preparation of the rubbed and photo-aligning substrates, pump-probe experimental set-up, fast digital oscilloscope measurements, polarization microscopy for alignment analysis, discussions.

2000 - 2003 - Ph.D. Student, Institute of Physics NAS of Ukraine, Kyiv, Ukraine.

Subject: “Anchoring of the nematic liquid crystal with the polymer surface due to the light-induced adsorption and desorption of dye molecules”.

Responsibilities: samples preparation in clean environment, preparation of the rubbed and photo-aligning substrates, experimental set-ups preparation and using, digital imaging, polarization microscopy for alignment analysis, processes modeling and discussions, articles writing.

2002 - University of Ancona, Italy. Group of Prof. Francesco Simoni.

Scientific fellowship: "Realtime Holography in Dye-Doped Liquid Crystals". Duration - 5 months. Responsibilities: samples preparation, preparation of the rubbed and photo-aligning substrates, pump-probe experimental set-up for holographic recording, fast digital oscilloscope measurements, polarization microscopy for alignment analysis, discussions.

1998 - 2000 - Engineer, department of crystals, Institute of Physics NAS of Ukraine, Kyiv, Ukraine.

Responsibilities: studying to prepare the rubbed and photo-aligning substrates, polarization microscopy for alignment analysis, pump-probe experimental set-up.

1993 - 1999 - Student of Kyiv Shevchenko University, Physics Department, Kyiv, Ukraine.

Non academic work experience:

2007-present - Servicing Candela cosmetic lasers. Certified engineer of Candela Corporation.

Main publications:

1. E.Ouskova, N.Aryasova, V.Boichuk, D.Fedorenko, K.Slyusarenko, Yu.Reznikov, Asymmetry

Peculiarities of Surface-Mediated Liquid Crystals Gratings Recorded Due to Light-Induced

Anchoring. Mol.Cryst.Liq.Cryst. 527, 43/[199] - 52/[208], (2010).

2. D.Fedorenko, K.Slyusarenko, E.Ouskova, V.Reshetnyak, K-R.Ha, R.Karapinar, and Yu.Reznikov,

Light-induced Gliding of Easy Orientation Axis of Dye-Doped Nematic Liquid Crystal.

Phys.Rev.E 77, 061705, (2008).

3. D.Fedorenko, E.Ouskova, V.Reshetnyak, Yu.Reznikov. Evolution of light-induced anchoring in

dye-doped nematics: Experiment and model. Phys.Rev.E 73(3), 031701, (2006).

4. L. Lucchetti, D. Fedorenko, O. Francescangeli, Y. Reznikov, F. Simoni. Surface reorientation

induced by short light pulses in doped liquid crystals. Optics Letters, Vol. 28, Issue 18, Page

1621, (2003).