Dr. Sci. Natalia Vladimirovna Kamanina – Leader of the team, Head of the Laboratory for Photophysics of media with nanoobjects at Vavilov State Optical Institute. She coordinates the job of the team, participate at all experiments and analyze the data.
Scopus Author ID: 55980751700. h-index in Scopus is 17, in RINC (Russia) is 21.
Dr.Sci. N.V. Kamanina has current interest in the areas of investigations on organic conjugated materials, liquid crystals, inorganic soft materials of the UV and IR range, laser-matter interaction, fullerenes and biological objects. She has an experience in nanoparticles doping process of organics, in recording of amplitude-phase thin gratings in thin films as well as in developing of LC cells and spatial light modulators; she has an experience in optical limiting effect of laser radiation over visible and infrared spectral ranges, in medical applications of LC structures to orient human blood cell. She has published more than 190 scientific papers in the International and Russian journals. She is an author of handbooks “New Optical Materials – Fullerenes. Properties and Applications” published by Saint-Petersburg Technical University “LETI”, 2002; “Liquid crystals – perspective materials of optoelectronics. Properties and application area” published by Saint-Petersburg Technical University “LETI”, 2004; “Electrooptical systems based on liquid crystal and fullerenes – perspective nanoelectronics materials. Properties and area of applications” published by Saint-Petersburg Technical University “IFMO”, 2008; “Nanostructures influence the surface and bulk properties of the optical materials”, “IFMO”, 2012; Book “Features of Optical Materials Modified with Effective Nanoobjects: Bulk Properties and Interface”, New York, Physics Research and Technology, “Novinka”, Published by Nova Science Publishers, Inc., New York, 2014, 116 p. ISBN: 978-1-62948-033-6.
Her pioneer ideas and experienced contributions in a creation of nonlinear absorbers, spatial light modulators and liquid crystal cells for aligning erythrocytes of human blood were applied in technique and were certificated by 13 Russian Patents.
She is a member of the European Optical Society (from 1999); of the International (from 1996) and Russian Liquid Crystal Society (from 1991); of D.S. Rozhdestvensky Optical Society (2002). Laureate of the Prize from the International Academic Publishing Company “Nauka/Interperiodika” for best publication in its journals in 2000 year. Laureate of the Russian National President Stipend on Physics and Astronomy (2000-2002). Laureate of Yu.I. Ostrovskii Prize for the best work in the area of optical holography and interferometry (2003). Laureate of the Competition “Idea-Samsung: Perspective Display Technology and Information Processing Methods” organized in Russia on May-June 2004. Laureate of the Competition in the Nanotechnology area organized by Nanotechnology News Network LTD, 2005. She was an Editor of the books: 1. “Features of liquid crystal display materials and processes” Edited by Natalia V. Kamanina, InTech, Croatia. 2011. 240 p.; 2. “Nonlinear Optics” Edited by Natalia V. Kamanina, InTech, Croatia. 2012. 224 p. She was awarded by Russian Medal devoted to three-hundredth anniversary of Saint-Petersburg (Medal №391679, 19 Feb., 2003). She was the RusNano expert during 2009-2012 years (certificate #418); She is Federal Russian expert in scientific-technical area; certificate #04-04583, 2013-2016; 2016-2019. She is awarded by Ministry (certificate #37p on February 10, 2012). She was awarded by A.A.Lebedev medal and diploma for the development of the innovation direction “Photophysics of media with nanoobjects” (December 2013) and by S.I.Vavilov medal (November 2016) for the study of the features of the nanostructuring process of the material surface.
She was involved in a work in the RFBR grants ## 00-15-99067, 01-03-33162, 04-03-32249, 08-02-00966; in the ISTC Project 1454 (2000-2002).
She was a chief of the Project “Limiter” (2003-2006), of the Project “Modulator with SEW” (2011), and of the Project “Nanocoating-SOI” (2012-2015) via Russian Technology Base Program; the chief, from Russian side, in ISTC Project IPP A-1484 (2007-2009). She is a chief of RFBR grant #10-03-00916 (2010-2012); grant 13-03-00044 (2013-2015), the chief, from Russian side, in the FP7 Marie Curie International researchers exchange proposal “BIOMOLEC” (2011-2015).
She was an Invited speaker at different conferences: at E-MRS Conference (June 2001, Strasbourg, France), at NATO Organic Nanophotonics Workshop (August 2002, Aix-en-Provence, France), at XV Conference on Liquid Crystals (October, 2003, Zakopane, Poland), at 5th Conference on Electronic Processes in Organic Materials, ICEPOM–5 (May, 2004, Kyiv, Ukraine), at Mathematical Modeling and Computer Simulation of Materials Technologies, ММТ-2004 (September, 2004, 2008, 2010, Ariel, Israel), at IXth International Conference on Frontiers of Polymers and Advanced Materials (ICFPAM) Cracow, July 2007, at YCOMAT (Serbia, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2016), at 5th International Symposium on Materials and Devices for Nonlinear Optics, Porquerolles (France), June 26th - July 1st 2009; the chief of the International Nanotechnology session organized in the framework of MMT conference (2010, 2012, 2014, 2016, Israel), at Israeli – Russian Bi-National Workshop 2011, Jerusalem, 20 - 23 June, 2011, at International Workshop on Nano and Bio-Photonics (IWNBP), St. Germain au Mont d’Or (near Lyon) France, 23-28 October 2011, at 3rd International Symposium on Surface Imaging/Spectroscopy at the Solid/Liquid Interface - ISSIS 2012, May 27th – June 1st, 2012, Cracow, Poland; ModTech-2013- 1st International Conference on Modern Technologies in Industrial Engineering Modern Technologies in Industrial Engineering, Mara Hotel, Sinaia, Romania, June 27-29, 2013; 2nd International Workshop on Nano and Bio-Photonics (IWNBP2013), Domaine de Françon, Biarritz , France, 3-8 November 2013; International conference on bio-science and bio-informatics, Gdansk, Poland, May 14-17, 2014; VIII International conference on crystallization kinetic and mechanisms. Crystallization as the form of the self -arrangement of the matter”, Ivanovo, Russian Federation, June 24-27, 2014; RAD-2016 conference, Nis, Serbia, etc.
Invited speaker to give the seminars: "Nonlinear optical study of fullerene-doped conjugated organic systems" in Molecular Quantum Photonics lab. (invited by Prof. J.Zyss; May 2002, Cachan, France); “Photophysics of fullerene-doped nanomaterials: diffractive elements, LC switchers, etc.” (invited by Dr.Games Grote, March 2005, Air Force Lab, Dayton, USA); “Carbon nanotubes influence on the optical properties of the materials” (invited by Prof.I.Kityk, December 2012, Czastochowa University); “Nano- and bio-structuration of the organic conjugated matrixes: increase of the laser-induced change of the refractive index and change of the order parameters” (invited by Dr.Chantal Andraud, December 2014, July 2015, December 2015, ENS, Lyon, France), etc.
In parallel of her scientific activity, she has been lecturing from 2001. She is a Professor of the St. Petersburg Electrotechnical University “LETI” (2001-present), a Professor of the St. Petersburg Technical University “IFMO” (2002-2013). She is (was) a supervisor for 13 Master’s Degree Students, including a Chinese student. She was a supervisor of PhD-student Sergei Serov, Natalia Shurpo, Svetlana Likhomanova, which successfully defenses his thesis on October 2012, on June 2016, on May 2017, respectively. At present time she is a supervisor for a 3 post-graduate students (from “LETI” and “Vavilov State Optical Institute”).
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