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Professional Experience

• Became an expert in nanoscience, materials science, biophysics, nanoelectronics, optoelectronics, spintronics, quantum computing, and nanophotonics.
• Engaged in research of thermoelectric energy generation, solar energy conversion, and energy storage.
• Modeled and predicted electrical, thermal, and spin transport in nanodevices.
• Theoretically discovered giant electron and hole mobility enhancement in silicon nanowires coated with diamond or another material harder than silicon.
• Performed large-scale simulations of nanoscale materials and function of nanoscale solid-state and organic devices.
• Collaborated actively with experimentalists from various departments (physicists, electrical engineers, and materials scientists).
• Wrote several grant proposals for major funding agencies.
• Submitted two patent applications.
• Predicted the phenomenon of electron mobility modification in hybrid bio-nanodevices based on silicon nanotubes assembled on tobacco mosaic viruses.
• Presented a hypothesis of the origin of room-temperature ferromagnetism in ZnO nanostructures with magnetic impurities in the presence of acceptors.
• For the first time, presented a detailed theoretical explanation of Raman and photoluminescence spectra of zinc oxide quantum dots in the presence of impurities.
• Taught graduate and undergraduate courses (Advanced Electromagnetics, Logic Design, Engineering Electromagnetics, Electronic Circuits). Received very good student evaluations.

• Supervised several Ph.D. and M.S. students.
• Authored a book chapter.
• Wrote codes in Visual C++, Visual Fortran, Mathematica, Matlab, and carried out three-dimensional design in AutoCAD.
• Performed large-scale atomistic and continuum calculations of electronic and optical properties of nanostructures, such as quantum dots, nanowires, and nanotubes.
• Discovered the origin of ultraviolet photoluminescence and the origin of optical phonon frequency shifts in zinc oxide nanocrystals.
• Derived interface and confined optical phonon modes for wurtzite nanostructures of arbitrary shape.
• Developed a theory of excitonic lifetime in novel nanostructures of GaN and ZnO.
• Determined the effects of strain and piezoelectric fields on the properties of self-assembled nanostructures with wurtzite and zincblende crystal lattices.

• Discovered the nature of phonon-assisted photoluminescence in quantum-dot quantum wells. The calculated photoluminescence spectrum was is excellent agreement with experimental data.
• Determined the effects of the quantum-dot shape and the dielectric mismatch at the quantum dot boundary on the electronic and optical properties of nanostructures.
• Derived an 8-band effective mass Hamiltonian applicable for quantum-dot heterostructures. The obtained Hamiltonian yielded electron and hole states similar to those in atomistic theories.

Awards

• Inventor Recognition Award, Semiconductor Research Corporation (SRC), 2009
• Best Poster Award, MARCO FENA Meeting, Los Angeles, California, 2005
• NSF Postdoctoral Fellowship Award in Science and Engineering, 2003
• Conference Young Investigator Awards
• ICPS-27, Flagstaff, Arizona, 2004
• American Vacuum Society, Kailua-Kona, Hawaii, 2004
• The Minerals, Metals & Materials Society, Santa Barbara, California, 2002
• German Physical Society, Regensburg, Germany, 2000
• Merit Scholarships of the Soros Foundation
, 1997, 1998, 1999
• UNESCO Competitions in Physics, Silver Medal (1997), Bronze Medal (1998)
• State Competitions in Chemistry, Silver Medal (1992), Bronze Medal (1993), Gold Medal (1994)

Professional Services

• Member of the American Physical Society
• Reviewer for 12 journals
• Physical Review Letters
• Applied Physics Letters
• Physical Review B
• Journal of Applied Physics
• Nanotechnology
• Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter
• Journal of Physical Chemistry B
• Applied Surface Science
• Materials Science and Engineering B
• Superlattices and Microstructures
• IEEE Transactions on Nanotechnology
• Physica D
• Reviewer for 4 agencies
• U.S. Army Research Office
• North Carolina Biotechnology Center
• Petroleum Research Fund
• U.S. Civilian Research & Development Foundation

Biographical Data

• Citizenship: U.S. Citizen

Education (University of California - Riverside & Moldova State University)

Scientific Publications

• H-index: 19
• 85 scientific publications, mostly as the first author
  • 36 refereed journal articles
  • 1 patent
  • 1 book chapter
  • 1 technical report
  • 46 refereed conference proceedings
• Over 1,000 citations
• Articles with the highest impact factor: Science (1 paper), Nano Letters (3 papers), Physical Review Letters (1 paper), Applied Physics Letters (3 papers)

List of Publications

(link to the newest publications)

I. Refereed Journal Articles

1. I. Mezic, S. Loire, V. A. Fonoberov, and P. Hogan, "A New Mixing Diagnostic and Gulf Oil Spill Movement," Science 330, pp. 486-489, 2010 (10.1126/science.1194607). - Selected for advanced online publication in Science Express (September 2, 2010).
2. T. Sahai, V. A. Fonoberov, and S. Loire, "Uncertainty as a stabilizer of the head-tail ordered phase in carbon-monoxide monolayers on graphite," Physical Review B 80, 115413 (6 pages), 2009.
3. M. A. Amat, M. Arienti, V. A. Fonoberov, I. G. Kevrekidis, and D. Maroudas, "Coarse molecular-dynamics analysis of an order-to-disorder transformation of a krypton monolayer on graphite," Journal of Chemical Physics 129, 184106 (9 pages), 2008.
4. C. Nobile, V. A. Fonoberov, S. Kudera, A. Della Torre, G. Chilla, T. Kipp, D. Heitmann, L. Manna, R. Cingolani, A. A. Balandin, and R. Krahne, "Confined optical phonon modes in aligned nanorod arrays detected by resonant inelastic light scattering," Nano Letters 7, pp. 476-479, 2007.
5. V. A. Fonoberov and A. A. Balandin, "Giant enhancement of the carrier mobility in silicon nanowires with diamond coating," Nano Letters 6, pp. 2442-2446, 2006.
6. V. A. Fonoberov, K. A. Alim, A. A. Balandin, F. X. Xiu, and J. L. Liu, "Photoluminescence investigation of the carrier recombination processes in ZnO quantum dots and nanocrystals," Physical Review B 73, 165317 (9 pages), 2006. - Selected for a simultaneous publication in the Virtual Journal of Nanoscale Science & Technology 13 (17), 2006.
7. V. A. Fonoberov and A. A. Balandin, "ZnO quantum dots: Physical properties and optoelectronic applications," Journal of Nanoelectronics and Optoelectronics 1, pp. 19-38, 2006.
8. V. A. Fonoberov and A. A. Balandin, "Phonon confinement effects in hybrid virus-inorganic nanotubes for nanoelectronic applications," Nano Letters 5, pp. 1920-1923, 2005.
9. K. A. Alim, V. A. Fonoberov, M. Shamsa, and A. A. Balandin, "Micro-Raman investigation of optical phonons in ZnO nanocrystals," Journal of Applied Physics 97, 124313 (5 pages), 2005. - Selected for a simultaneous publication in the Virtual Journal of Nanoscale Science & Technology 12 (2), 2005.
10. V. A. Fonoberov and A. A. Balandin, "Comment on "Giant exciton-light coupling in ZnO quantum dots" [Appl. Phys. Lett. 81, 748 (2002)]," Applied Physics Letters 86, 226101 (2 pages), 2005. - Selected for a simultaneous publication in the Virtual Journal of Nanoscale Science & Technology 11 (22), 2005.
11. A. A. Balandin and V. A. Fonoberov, "Vibrational modes of nano-template viruses," Journal of Biomedical Nanotechnology 1, pp. 90-95, 2005.
12. V. A. Fonoberov, E. P. Pokatilov, V. M. Fomin, and J. T. Devreese, "Photoluminescence of tetrahedral quantum-dot quantum wells," Physica E 26, pp. 63-66, 2005 [cond-mat/0602053].
13. V. A. Fonoberov and A. A. Balandin, "Polar optical phonons in wurtzite spheroidal quantum dots: Theory and application to ZnO and ZnO/MgZnO nanostructures," Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter 17, pp. 1085-1097, 2005 [cond-mat/0411742].
14. K. A. Alim, V. A. Fonoberov, and A. A. Balandin, "Origin of the optical phonon frequency shifts in ZnO quantum dots," Applied Physics Letters 86, 053103 (3 pages), 2005. - Selected for a simultaneous publication in the Virtual Journal of Nanoscale Science & Technology 11 (5), 2005.
15. V. A. Fonoberov and A. A. Balandin, "Interface and confined optical phonons in wurtzite nanocrystals," Physical Review B 70, 233205 (4 pages), 2004 [cond-mat/0405681]. - Selected for a simultaneous publication in the Virtual Journal of Nanoscale Science & Technology 11 (2), 2005.
16. V. A. Fonoberov and A. A. Balandin, "Origin of ultraviolet photoluminescence in ZnO quantum dots: Confined excitons versus surface-bound impurity exciton complexes," Applied Physics Letters 85, pp. 5971-5973, 2004. - Selected for a simultaneous publication in the Virtual Journal of Nanoscale Science & Technology 10 (25), 2004.
17. V. A. Fonoberov and A. A. Balandin, "Interface and confined polar optical phonons in spherical ZnO quantum dots with wurtzite crystal structure," Physica Status Solidi C 1, pp. 2650-2653, 2004.
18. V. A. Fonoberov and A. A. Balandin, "Radiative lifetime of excitons in ZnO nanocrystals: The dead-layer effect," Physical Review B 70, 195410 (5 pages), 2004.
19. V. A. Fonoberov and A. A. Balandin, "Low-frequency vibrational modes of viruses used for nanoelectronic self-assemblies," Physica Status Solidi B 241, pp. R67-R69, 2004. - Rapid Research Note
20. V. A. Fonoberov and A. A. Balandin, "Optical properties of wurtzite and zinc-blende GaN/AlN quantum dots," Journal of Vacuum Science and Technology B 22, pp. 2190-2194, 2004. - Selected for a simultaneous publication in the Virtual Journal of Nanoscale Science & Technology 10 (10), 2004.
21. V. A. Fonoberov, E. P. Pokatilov, V. M. Fomin, and J. T. Devreese, "Photoluminescence of tetrahedral quantum-dot quantum wells," Physical Review Letters 92, 127402 (4 pages), 2004 [cond-mat/0401651]. - Selected for a simultaneous publication in the Virtual Journal of Nanoscale Science & Technology 9 (13), 2004.
22. V. A. Fonoberov and A. A. Balandin, "Excitonic properties of strained wurtzite and zinc-blende GaN/Al_xGa_1-xN quantum dots," Journal of Applied Physics 94, pp. 7178-7186, 2003 [cond-mat/0310363]. - Selected for a simultaneous publication in the Virtual Journal of Nanoscale Science & Technology 8 (21), 2003.
23. V. A. Fonoberov, E. P. Pokatilov, and A. A. Balandin, "Interplay of confinement, strain, and piezoelectric effects in the optical spectrum of GaN quantum dots," Journal of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology 3, pp. 253-256, 2003.
24. V. A. Fonoberov, E. P. Pokatilov, and A. A. Balandin, "Exciton states and optical transitions in colloidal CdS quantum dots: shape and dielectric mismatch effects," Physical Review B 66, 085310 (13 pages), 2002. - Selected for a simultaneous publication in the Virtual Journal of Nanoscale Science & Technology 6 (9), 2002.
25. E. P. Pokatilov, V. A. Fonoberov, V. M. Fomin, and J. T. Devreese, "Electron and hole states in quantum dot quantum wells within a spherical eight-band model," Physical Review B 64, 245329 (7 pages), 2001 [cond-mat/0109277]. - Selected for a simultaneous publication in the Virtual Journal of Nanoscale Science & Technology 4 (25), 2001.
26. E. P. Pokatilov, V. A. Fonoberov, V. M. Fomin, and J. T. Devreese, "Development of an eight-band theory for quantum dot heterostructures," Physical Review B 64, 245328 (16 pages), 2001 [cond-mat/0109275]. - Selected for a simultaneous publication in the Virtual Journal of Nanoscale Science & Technology 4 (25), 2001.
27. E. P. Pokatilov, V. A. Fonoberov, S. N. Balaban, and V. M. Fomin, "Electron states in rectangular quantum well wires (single wires, finite and infinite lattices)," Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter 12, pp. 9037-9052, 2000.

II. Patents

28. A. A. Balandin and V. A. Fonoberov, "Nanometer-Scale Transistor Architecture Providing Enhanced Carrier Mobility," U.S. Patent 8,097,922, filed May 29, 2007, and issued January 17, 2012.

III. Books and Book Chapters

29. V. A. Fonoberov and A. A. Balandin, "Properties of GaN and ZnO quantum dots," in Handbook of Semiconductor Nanostructures and Nanodevices, Volume 4, pp. 119-158, American Scientific Publishers, 2006 (ISBN: 1-58883-073-X).

IV. Refereed Conference Proceedings

30. S. Loire, I. Mezic, V. A. Fonoberov, "Combustion of methane in microchannels," ASME Conference Proceedings 12, pp. 719-723, 2009.
31. M. Fonoberova, V. A. Fonoberov, I. Mezic, J. Mezic, "Agent-Based Modeling of Civil Violence," Abstracts of the SIAM Conference on Applications of Dynamical Systems, Snowbird, Utah, May 17-21, 2009, CP17
32. R. Coifman, I. Mezic, V. A. Fonoberov, T. Sahai, M. Arienti, J. M. Pasini, G. Karniadakis, S. Meyn, S. Costiner, "Comparison of Uncertainty Propagation in Large Scale Dynamical Systems by Polynomial Chaos, Dynamical Sampling, Response Surfaces and Monte Carlo," Abstracts of the SIAM Conference on Applications of Dynamical Systems, Snowbird, Utah, May 17-21, 2009, MS6
33. T. Sahai, V. A. Fonoberov, S. Loire, "Numerical Computation of Head-Tail Ordering Phase Transitions in CO Ar mixtures on graphite in the presence of Uncertainty," Abstracts of the SIAM Conference on Applications of Dynamical Systems, Snowbird, Utah, May 17-21, 2009, MS6
34. V. A. Fonoberov, I. Mezic, S. Loire, "Uncertainty Quantification in Power Systems," Abstracts of the SIAM Conference on Applications of Dynamical Systems, Snowbird, Utah, May 17-21, 2009, MS17
35. V. A. Fonoberov, G. A. Mathew, A. Hubenko, I. Mezic, "A Uniform Coverage Search Strategy," Abstracts of the SIAM Conference on Applications of Dynamical Systems, Snowbird, Utah, May 17-21, 2009, MS33
36. V. A. Fonoberov et al., "Micro-Raman spectroscopy of wurtzite ZnO nanowires and nanocrystals," Abstracts of the Spring Meeting of the Materials Research Society, San Francisco, California, April 9-13, 2007, EE13.3.
37. V. A. Fonoberov et al., "Raman spectroscopic investigation of the confined optical phonon modes in the aligned CdSe nanorod arrays," Proceedings of the March Meeting of the American Physical Society, Denver, Colorado, March 5-9, 2007, W31.00008.
38. A. A. Balandin, V. A. Fonoberov, I. Calizo, and K. A. Alim, "Micro-Raman spectroscopic characterization of ZnO quantum dots and nanocrystals," Proceedings of SPIE Photonics West 2007, San Jose, California, January 20-25, 2007, 6481-22.
39. A. A. Balandin, V. A. Fonoberov, and W. L. Liu, "Phonons in Si nanowires and Si/SiGe quantum dot superlattices," Proceedings of the IEEE 2006 Silicon Nanoelectronics Workshop, Honolulu, Hawaii, June 11-12, 2006, pp. 27-28.
40. A. A. Balandin and V. A. Fonoberov, "Phonon engineering of electronic transport in hybrid nanotubes," Proceedings of the March Meeting of the American Physical Society, Baltimore, Maryland, March 13-17, 2006, Q1.00112.
41. V. A. Fonoberov and A. A. Balandin, "Excitonic states and carrier recombination in ZnO quantum dots," Proceedings of the March Meeting of the American Physical Society, Baltimore, Maryland, March 13-17, 2006, H17.00011.
42. V. A. Fonoberov, K. A. Alim and A. A. Balandin, "Optical and phonon spectra of wurtzite ZnO quantum dots and nanocrystals," Proceedings of the March Meeting of the American Physical Society, Baltimore, Maryland, March 13-17, 2006, C1.00232.
43. A. A. Balandin and V. A. Fonoberov, "Phonon engineering in hybrid bio-inorganic nanostructures," Abstracts of the Spring Meeting of the Materials Research Society, San Francisco, California, April 17-21, 2006, O7.4.
44. K. A. Alim, V. A. Fonoberov, A. A. Balandin, A. Rozhin, A. Fasoli, and A. C. Ferrari, "Light emission properties of ZnO quantum dots and nanocrystals," Abstracts of the Spring Meeting of the Materials Research Society, San Francisco, California, April 17-21, 2006, DD1.9.
45. V. A. Fonoberov and A. A. Balandin, "Excitons and optical phonons in wurtzite ZnO quantum dots: Theory and experiment," Technical Program with Abstracts of the 47^th Electronic Materials Conference, Santa Barbara, California, June 22-24, 2005, BB9.
46. V. A. Fonoberov and A. A. Balandin, "On the nature of ultraviolet photoluminescence in ZnO quantum dots," Proceedings of the March Meeting of the American Physical Society, Los Angeles, California, March 21-25, 2005, W15.00001.
47. V. A. Fonoberov and A. A. Balandin, "Properties of polar optical phonons in wurtzite quantum dots," Proceedings of the March Meeting of the American Physical Society, Los Angeles, California, March 21-25, 2005, U17.00001.
48. V. A. Fonoberov and A. A. Balandin, "Exciton radiative lifetime and the "dead-layer" effect in ZnO quantum dots," Proceedings of the March Meeting of the American Physical Society, Los Angeles, California, March 21-25, 2005, J16.00012.
49. A. A. Balandin and V. A. Fonoberov, "Vibrational modes of viruses and virus-based nano-assemblies," Proceedings of the March Meeting of the American Physical Society, Los Angeles, California, March 21-25, 2005, Y15.00007.
50. K. A. Alim, V. A. Fonoberov, and A. A. Balandin, "Investigation of the phonon frequency shifts in ZnO quantum dots," Proceedings of the March Meeting of the American Physical Society, Los Angeles, California, March 21-25, 2005, P15.00005.
51. A. A. Balandin and V. A. Fonoberov, "Nano-phononics in biological systems," Abstracts of the Spring Meeting of the Materials Research Society, San Francisco, California, March 28 - April 1, 2005, K10.2.
52. K. A. Alim, V. A. Fonoberov, and A. A. Balandin, "Interpretation of the phonon frequency shifts in ZnO quantum dots," Abstracts of the Spring Meeting of the Materials Research Society, San Francisco, California, March 28 - April 1, 2005, J13.21.
53. V. A. Fonoberov and A. A. Balandin, "Interface and confined optical phonons in wurtzite ZnO nanocrystals," Abstracts of the 27^th International Conference on the Physics of Semiconductors, Flagstaff, Arizona, July 26-30, 2004, P5.030.
54. V. A. Fonoberov and A. A. Balandin, "Exciton radiative lifetime and the "dead-layer" effect in ZnO quantum dots," Abstracts of the 27^th International Conference on the Physics of Semiconductors, Flagstaff, Arizona, July 26-30, 2004, P5.027.
55. V. A. Fonoberov, E. P. Pokatilov, V. M. Fomin, and J. T. Devreese, "Optical properties of tetrahedral quantum dot quantum wells," Abstracts of the 27^th International Conference on the Physics of Semiconductors, Flagstaff, Arizona, July 26-30, 2004, P5.006.
56. V. A. Fonoberov and A. A. Balandin, "Interface and confined optical phonons in wurtzite ZnO quantum dots," Book of Abstracts of the 11^th International Conference on Phonon Scattering in Condensed Matter Phonons 2004, St. Petersburg, Russia, July 25-30, 2004, Tue-13.3po.
57. V. A. Fonoberov, E. P. Pokatilov, V. M. Fomin, and J. T. Devreese, "Photoluminescence in tetrahedral quantum dot quantum wells," Book of Abstracts of the 20^th General Conference of the Condensed Matter Division of the European Physical Society, Prague, Czech Republic, July 19-23, 2004, S1X19.
58. V. A. Fonoberov, E. P. Pokatilov, V. M. Fomin, and J. T. Devreese, "Excitons, phonons and photoluminescence in tetrahedral quantum dot quantum wells," Abstracts of CECAM Workshops on Modeling of Self-Assembled Semiconductor Nanostructures, Lyon, France, June 28-30, 2004, P8.
59. V. A. Fonoberov, E. P. Pokatilov, V. M. Fomin, and J. T. Devreese, "Tetrahedral quantum dot quantum wells: excitons and photoluminescence," Program of the International Scientific Meeting of the Belgian Physical Society, Mons, Belgium, May 25-26, 2004, CM1-28.
60. V. A. Fonoberov, E. P. Pokatilov, V. M. Fomin, and J. T. Devreese, "Photoluminescence of tetrahedral quantum dot quantum wells," Workbook of the 3^rd International Quantum Dots Conference QD2004, Banff, Alberta, May 10-13, 2004, Th1.3.
61. V. A. Fonoberov and A. A. Balandin, "Optical properties of wurtzite GaN and ZnO quantum dots," Proceedings of the Spring Meeting of the Materials Research Society, San Francisco, California, April 12-16, 2004, M8.2.
62. V. A. Fonoberov and A. A. Balandin, "Interface phenomena in wurtzite and zincblende GaN/AlN quantum dots and their effect on optical properties," Program with Abstracts of the 31^st Conference on the Physics and Chemistry of Semiconductor Interfaces, Kailua-Kona, Hawaii, January 18-22, 2004, We1430.
63. V. M. Fomin, V. A. Fonoberov, E. P. Pokatilov, and J. T. Devreese, "Electronic structure and optical properties of quantum-dot quantum-well semiconductor heterostructures," Book of Abstracts of the XVI Jahn-Teller Conference, Leuven, Belgium, August 26 - September 1, 2002, p. 40.
64. V. M. Fomin, V. A. Fonoberov, E. P. Pokatilov, and J. T. Devreese, "Electronic structure of quantum-dot quantum-well semiconductor heterostructures," Abstracts of the 26^th International Conference on the Physics of Semiconductors, Edinburgh, UK, July 29 - August 2, 2002, Part III, p. 262.
65. V. M. Fomin, V. A. Fonoberov, E. P. Pokatilov, and J. T. Devreese, "Theory of excitons in semiconductor quantum dots," Program and Abstracts of the 5^th International Conference on Excitonic Processes in Condensed Matter EXCON'02, Darwin, Australia, July 22-26, 2002, p. 4I6.
66. V. A. Fonoberov, E. P. Pokatilov, and A. Balandin, "Excitonic states in self-assembled GaN/AlN quantum dots," Technical Program with Abstracts of the 44^th Electronic Materials Conference, Santa Barbara, California, June 26-28, 2002, p. 72.
67. E. P. Pokatilov, V. A. Fonoberov, V. M. Fomin, and S. N. Balaban, "Edge states in the lattice of rectangular quantum well wires," Proceedings of the Spring Meeting of the German Physical Society, Regensburg, Germany, March 27-31, 2000, Vol. 35, p. 516.
68. E. P. Pokatilov, V. A. Fonoberov, V. M. Fomin, S. N. Balaban, and D. L. Nica, "Exciton and impurity states in rectangular quantum well wires," Proceedings of the Spring Meeting of the German Physical Society, Regensburg, Germany, March 27-31, 2000, Vol. 35, p. 501.
69. E. P. Pokatilov, V. A. Fonoberov, V. M. Fomin, S. N. Klimin, and J. T. Devreese, "Exciton and impurity energy spectrum in quantum dot quantum wells," Proceedings of the March Meeting of the American Physical Society, Minneapolis, Minnesota, March 20-24, 2000, Vol. 45, p. 988.
70. E. P. Pokatilov, S. N. Balaban, V. A. Fonoberov, and V. M. Fomin, "Electron states in an array of rectangular quantum wires," Proceedings of the Spring Meeting of the German Physical Society, Munster, Germany, March 22-26, 1999, Vol. 34, p. 718.

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