Vitae

VERA N. SMOLYANINOVA (BEVZ)

Ph.D., Associate Professor,

Towson University,

Department of Physics, Astronomy and Geosciences

8000 York Road, Towson, MD 21252

Phone:     (410) 704-2608

Fax:   (410) 704-3511

E-mail: vsmolyaninova@towson.edu

 

EDUCATION

1988 M. Sc. with honors in Physics and Engineering from Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology, Russia

1999 Ph. D. in Physics, University of Maryland, College Park, MD; thesis “Thermal and magnetic properties of manganese oxides,” advisor: Prof. R. L. Greene

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

My research has resulted in 74 publications in refereed journals, more than 120 conference proceedings and presentations. My papers have been cited more than 2400 times. My h-index is 26.

2012 – present: Professor, Towson University, Department of Physics, Astronomy and Geosciences

– research interests: metamaterials, transformation optics, experimental condensed matter physics

2007 – 2012: Associate Professor, Towson University, Department of Physics, Astronomy and Geosciences

2002- 2007: Assistant Professor, Towson University, Department of Physics, Astronomy and Geosciences

2001-2002: American Society of Engineering Education and Office of Naval Research Postdoctoral Fellow, Naval Research Laboratory, Washington DC with Dr. Mark Johnson

2000-2001: Research Associate, Dept. of Physics, University of Maryland, College Park MD with Prof. R. L. Greene

 

HONORS AND AWARDS

2018 University System of Maryland Board of Regents Faculty Award for Excellence in Scholarship/Research

2017

  • DARPA DSO: Metamaterial superconductors ($499,821 for one year.) PI: V. Smolyaninova
  • DARPA MTO: Nanoscale Rotating Magnetic Transmitter (TU subcontract $800,000 for 3 years, 9 months), PI: Vera Smolyaninova, co-PI: Mary Devadas
  • “Determination of phonon density of states of metamaterial superconductor” NIST Center for Neutron Research (NCNR), instrument time

2016 NSF MRI: Acquisition of a Field Emission Scanning Electron Microscope with STEM and EDS Capabilities for Interdisciplinary Research and Education at Towson University, $559,018. PIs: Vonnie Shields, Mary Sajini Devadas, Rajeswari Kolagani, Vera Smolyaninova, Amy Williams

2015 FCSM Excellence in Scholarship Award

THE 2012 WORLD TECHNOLOGY SUMMIT & AWARDS nomination

2011 – NSF DMR-1104676 “Broadband Transformation Optics Devices,” ($300,000 for three years)

2010 – “Photoinduced structural and magnetic changes in thin films of charge-ordered manganites” NIST Center for Neutron Research (NCNR), instrument time

2005

  • NSF “An REU/RET Site in Materials Research at Towson University,” ($268,737 for three years), co-PI
  • NSF – NANOSCALE EXPLORATORY RESEARCH (NER): Plasmon-Induced Magnetization of Metallic Nanaostructures ($99,910 for one year, ECS-0508275), co-PI
  • NSF MRI: Acquisition of Equipment to Upgrade an Existing Atomic Force Microscope for Quantitative Force Measurements ($73,000 DMR-0521395), co-PI

2004

  • NSF “MRI:X-ray Diffractometer for Material Research” ($267,196 DMR-0421141)
  • NSF CAREER award entitled “Photoinduced nanostructures in manganese oxides” ($447,904 five years DMR-0348939). This is the first NSF CAREER grant awarded to TU recipient.

2001 American Society of Engineering Education and Office of Naval Research Postdoctoral Fellowship

1998 Graduate Student Silver Medal Award of the MRS 1998 Fall Meeting

1989 2nd prize at the Kapitza Institute for Physical Problems annual competition of scientific papers

1988 M.Sc. Diploma with Honors

 

PROVISIONAL PATENTS AND INVENTION DISCLOSURE

US patent No.: US 8,509,578 B2: Anisotropic metamaterials emulated by tapered waveguides: application to electromagnetic cloaking. Inventors: Igor I. Smolyaninov, Vera N. Smolyaninova, Alexander V. Kildishev, Vladimir M. Shalaev

Igor I. Smolyaninov and Vera N. Smolyaninova, “Tunable metamaterial polarization notch filter,” Towson University Invention Disclosure # 2014-001

Vera N. Smolyaninova and Igor I. Smolyaninov, “Fluorescence enhancement technique based on self-assembled hyperbolic metamaterial,” Towson University Invention Disclosure # 2013-002 Smolyaninova

Igor I. Smolyaninov and Vera N. Smolyaninova, “Tunable metamaterial polarization notch filter,” Towson University Invention Disclosure # 2014-001

I. Smolyaninov, V. N. Smolyaninova, and C. C. Davis, “Switchable photonic crystal devices based on manganite materials”, University of Maryland Invention Disclosure PS-2001-077 (2001)

 

PUBLICATIONS

Book chapter

Reviewers in Plasmonics, edited by Chris D. Geddes, Springer 2017: Chapter 7. Experimental observation of Melting of Effective Minkovski Spacetime in Cobalt-Based Ferrofluid, by Igor Smolyaninov and Vera Smolyaninova

Refereed Journal Articles

  1. N. Bazhan, V. N. Bevz, V. A. Merzhanov, E. A. Tishchenko, and S. Shaplygin, “Magnetic Properties of La2CuO4-y with La3+ Deficiency and with Magnetic Impurities,” Sov. Phys. JETP Letters 48, 21-25 (1988)
  2. N. Bazhan, V. N. Bevz, and S. V. Petrov, “Magnetic properties of Antiferromagnetic Ni1-xZnxF2 and Ni1-xMgxF2,” Sov. Phys. JETP 67, 779-785 (1988)
  1. N. Bazhan, V. N. Bevz, and S. V. Petrov, “Anomalies of Magnetic Properties of Dilute Mn1-xZnxF2 and Ni1-xMgxF2 Antiferromagnets Below the Percolation Threshold,” Sov. Phys. JETP 68, 567-571 (1989)
  1. N. Bazhan, V. N. Bevz, M. B. Kosmyna, and V. A. Miroshnichenko, “Investigation of Magnetic Phase Transition in La2CuO4+y Single Crystals Containing Different Amounts of Oxygen,” Sov. Phys. Superconductivity 3, 941-943 (1990)
  1. Bazhan and V. N. Bevz, “Change in the Magnetic Properties of La2CuO4+y Single Crystals Due to Oxygen Annealing,” Sov. Phys. Superconductivity 4, 100-113 (1991)
  1. N. Bazhan and V. N. Bevz, “Magnetic Properties of Antiferromagnetic Mn1-xZnxF2 and Ni1-xMgxF2 Single Crystals,” Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials 140-144, 1799-1800 (1995)
  2. J. Hamilton, E. L. Keatley, H. L. Ju, A. K. Raychaudhuri, V. Smolyaninova, and R. L. Greene, “Low-temperature specific heat of La0.67Ba0.33MnO3 and La0.8Ca0.2MnO3,” Phys. Rev. B 54, 14926-14929, (1996)
  3. V. N. Smolyaninova, J. J. Hamilton, R. L. Greene, Y. M. Mukovskii, S. G. Karabashev, and A. M. Balbashov, “Low-temperature field-dependent magnetization of La0.7Sr0.3MnO3,” Phys. Rev. B 55, 5640-5642 (1997)
  4. Ramesha, V. N. Smolyaninova, J. Gopalakrishnan, and R. L. Greene, “ALaMn2O6-y (A = K,   Rb): Novel Ferromagnetic Manganites Exhibiting Negative Giant Magnetoresistance,” Chem. Mater. 10, 1436-1439 (1998)
  5. V. N. Smolyaninova, K. Ghosh, and R. L. Greene, “Anomalous low-temperature specific heat of charge-ordered La0.5Ca0.5MnO3,” Phys. Rev.B 58, R14725 (1998)
  6. M. Araujo-Moreira, M. Rajeswari, A. Goyal, K. Ghosh, V. Smolyaninova, T. Venkatesan,   C. J. Lobb, and R. L. Greene, “Magnetic homogeneity of colossal-magnetoresistance thin films   determined by alternating current magnetic susceptibility,” Appl. Phys. Lett. 73, 3456 (1998)
  7. Brian Litter, Scott A. Sirchio, Vera Smolyaninova, Bryan W. Eichhorn, and Richard L. Greene, “Synthesis, Structure and Magnetism of La15.9(2)Cr5.4(2)S32: A Cr(III) Sulfide containing d3-d3 Cr2S912- Bioctahedra with Large Antiferromagnetic Coupling,” Chem. Mater. 11, 1179-1182 (1999)
  8. Asano, S. B. Ogale, J. Garrison, A. Orozco, E. Li, V. Smolyaninova, C. Galley, M. Downes, M. Rajeswari, R. Ramesh, and T. Venkatesan, “Pulsed laser deposited epitaxial Sr2FeMoO6-y thin films: Positive and negative magnetoresistance regimes,” Appl. Phys. Lett. 74, 3696 (1999)
  9. Shreekala, M. Rajeswari, S. P. Pai, S. E. Lofland, V. Smolyaninova, K. Ghosh, S. B. Ogale,   S. M. Bhagat, M. J. Downes, R. L. Greene, R. Ramesh, and T. Venkatesan, “Effects of Addition of Ag on the Properties of La2/3Ca1/3MnO3 Thin Films,” Appl. Phys. Lett. 74, 2857 (1999)
  10. Orozco, S. B. Ogale, Y. H. Li, P. Fournier, Eric Li, H. Asano, V. Smolyaninova, R. L. Greene, R. P. Sharma, R. Ramesh, and T. Venkatesan, “Oscillatory exchange coupling and giant positive magnetoresistance in TiN/Fe3O4 superlatticies,” Phys. Rev. Lett. 83, 1680 (1999)
  11. R. Simpson, H. D. Drew, V. N. Smolyaninova, R. L. Greene, M. C. Robson, Amlan Biswas, and M. Rajeswari, “Temperature dependent scattering rate and optical mass of ferromagnetic metallic manganites”, Phys. Rev. B 60, R16 263 (1999)
  12. I. Patil, S. M. Bhagat, Q. Q. Shu, S. E. Lofland, S. B. Ogale, V. N. Smolyaninova, R. L. Greene, R. Decca, H. D. Drew, I. O. Troyanchuk, and W. H. McCarroll, “Indications of phase separation in polycrystalline La1-xSrxMnO3 for x~0.5,” Phys. Rev. B 62, 9548 (2000)
  13. W. Prellier, V. Smolyaninova, Amlan Biswas, C. Galley, and R. L. Greene, “Properties of the ferrimagnetic double-perovskites A2FeReO6 (A = Ba and Ca), J. of Phys.: Condens. Matter 12, 965 (2000)
  14. G. Zhao, Y. H. Li, S. B. Ogale, M. Rajeswari, V. Smolyaninova, T. Wu, L. Salamanca-Riba, R. L. Greene, R. Ramesh, T. Venkatesan, and J.H. Scott, “Electrical transport and magnetic properties of a possible electron-doped layered manganese oxide,” Phys. Rev. B 61, 4141 (2000)
  15. Huang, J. W. Lynn, R. W. Erwin, A. Santoro, D. C. Dender, V. N. Smolyaninova, K. Ghosh, and R. L. Greene, “Temperature and field dependence of the phase separation,     structure, and magnetic ordering in La1-xCaxMnO3 (x = 0.47, 0.50, and 0.53),” Phys. Rev. B 61, 8895 (2000)
  16. Z. Gonen, P. Fournier, V. Smolyaninova, R. L. Greene, F. M. Araujo-Moreira, and B. Eichhorn, “Magnetic and transport properties of Ba6Fe8S15 and BaFe2S3: Magnetoresistance in a Spin-Glass Like Fe(II) System,” Chemistry of Materials 12(11), 3331-3336 (2000)
  17. M. Zhao, V. Smolyaninova, W. Prellier, and H. Keller, “Electrical transport in the ferromagnetic state of manganites: Small-polaron metallic condition at low temperatures,”   Phys. Rev. Lett. 84, 6086 (2000)
  18. V. N. Smolyaninova, X. C. Xie, F. C. Zhang, M. Rajeswari, R. L. Greene, S. Das Sarma,   “Metal-insulator transition in colossal magnetoresistance materials” Phys. Rev. B 62, 3010 (2000)
  19. V. N. Smolyaninova, Amlan Biswas, X. Zhang, K. H. Kim, Bog-Gi Kim, S.-W. Cheong, and R. L. Greene, “Anomalous field-dependent specific heat in charge-ordered Pr1-xCaxMnO3 and La0.5Ca0.5MnO3,” Phys. Rev. B 62, R6093 (2000)
  20. G. Zhao, R. C. Srivastava, P. Fournier, V. Smolyaninova, M. Rajeswari, T. Wu, Z. Y. Li, R. L. Greene, T. Venkatesan, “Transport and magnetic properties of La0.8Ce0.2MnO3 thin filmsgrown by pulsed paser deposition,” J. Magn. Magn. Mater. 220, 161 (2000)
  21. Serpil Gonen, J. Gopalakrishnan, Scott A. Sirchio, B. W. Eichhorn, V. N. Smolyaninova, and R. L. Greene, “Lithium Substitution in LaMnO3: Synthesis, Structure and Properties of LaMn1-xLixO3 Perovskites,” J. Solid State Chem. 159, 68 (2001)
  22. Amlan Biswas, P. Fournier, V. N. Smolyaninova, R. C. Budhani, J. S. Higgins, and R. L. Greene, “Gapped tunneling spectra in the normal state of Pr2-xCexCuO4-d,” Phys. Rev. B 64,104519 (2001)
  23. I. Smolyaninov, V. N. Smolyaninova, C. C. Davis, S-W. Cheong, and R. L. Greene, “High resolution study of permanent photoinduced reflectivity changes and charge-order domainswitching in Bi0.3Ca0.7MnO3,” Phys. Rev. Lett. 87, 127204 (2001)
  24. Ramesha, J. Gopalakrishnan, V. Smolyaninova, and R. L. Greene, “AlaFeVO6 (A = Ca, Sr): New Double Perovskite Oxides,” Journ. of Solid State Chem. 162,250 (2001)
  25. V. N. Smolyaninova, Amlan Biswas, P. Fournier, S. Lofland, X. Zhang, Guo-meng Zhao, and R. L. Greene, “Influence of oxygen isotope exchange on the ground state of manganites,” Phys. Rev. B 65, 104419 (2002)
  26. A. Biswas, P. Fournier, V. N. Smolyaninova, H. Balci, J. S. Higgins, A. R. C. Budhani, and R. L. Greene, “Tunneling Spectroscopy of the Electron-doped Cuprate Superconductor Pr2-xCexCuO4,” International Journal of Modern Physics B, 16, 3175 (2002)
  27. Amlan Biswas, P. Fournier, M. M. Qazilbash, V. N. Smolyaninova, R. C. Budhani, Hamza Balci, and R. L. Greene, “Evidence of d-wave to s-wave pairing symmetry transition in the electron-doped cuprate superconductor Pr2-xCexCuO4,” Phys. Rev. Lett. 88, 207004 (2002)
  28. V. N. Smolyaninova, S. E. Lofland, C. Hill, R. C. Budhani, Z. Serpil Gonen, B. W. Eichhorn, and R. L. Greene, “Effect of A-site cation disorder on charge ordering and ferromagnetizm of La0.5Ca0.5-yBayMnO3,” Journ. of Magn. Magn. Mat. 248, 348 (2002)
  29. Hamza Balci, V. N. Smolyaninova, P. Fournier, Amlan Biswas, and R. L. Greene, “Magneticfield dependence of electronic specific heat in Pr2-xCexCuO4,” Phys. Rev. B 66, 174510 (2002)
  30. V. N. Smolyaninova, Amlan Biswas, C. Hill, Bog-Gi Kim, S-W. Cheong, and R. L. Greene,“Charge order to two-dimensional metal crossover in Pr0.5(Sr1-yCay)0.5MnO3,” Journ. of Magn. Magn. Mat., 267, 300 (2003)
  31. P. Adams, J. W. Lynn, V. N. Smolyaninova, Amlan Biswas, R. L. Greene, W. Ratcliff II, S-W. Cheong, Y. M. Mukovskii, and D. A. Shulyatev, “First-order nature of the ferromagnetic phase transition in (La-Ca)MnO3 near optimal doping,” Phys. Rev. B 70, 124414 (2004).
  32. G. Landry, M. M. Miller, B. R. Bennett, M. Johnson, and V. Smolyaninova, “Characterization of single magnetic particles with InAs SQW Hall Devices,” Applied Physics Letters 85, 4693 (2004)
  33. Igor I. Smolyaninov, Christopher C. Davis, Vera N. Smolyaninova, David Schaefer, Jill Elliott, and Anatoly V. Zayats, “Plasmon-induced magnetization of metallic nanostructures,” Phys. Rev. B 71, 035425 (2005). This paper was featured in the February 14, 2005 issue of Virtual Journal of Nanoscale Science & Technology.
  34. V. N. Smolyaninova, M. Rajeswari, R. Kennedy, M. Overby, S. E. Lofland, L. Z. Chen, and R. L. Greene, “Photoinduced resistivity changes in Bi0.4Ca0.6MnO3 thin films,” Applied Physics Letters 86, 071922 (2005)
  35. Nelson, R. M. Kolagani, M. Overby, V.N. Smolyaninova, and R. Kennedy, “Charge order in photosensitive Bi0.4Ca0.6MnO3 thin films,” Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter 18, 997 (2006)
  36. R. M. Kolagani, Mason A. Overby, V. N. Smolyaninova, Anthony Davidson, and David Cox, “Non-bollometric response in (La,Pr)0.7Ca0.3MnO3 thin films,” Applied Physics Letters 88, 052504 (2006)
  37. V. N. Smolyaninova, E. Talanova, Rajeswari M. Kolagani, G. Yong, R. Kennedy, M. Steger, D. Schaefer, and K. Wall, “Enhancement of Photoinduced Effects in Bi1-xCaxMnO3 Thin Films,” Applied Physics Letters 90, 222501 (2007). This paper with undergraduate co-authors was highlighted in the quarterly publication of the national Council on Undergraduate Research, February 2008. Typically, about 15 publications in physics and astronomy are highlighted per year.
  38. V. N. Smolyaninova, E. Talanova, R. Kennedy, Rajeswari M. Kolagani, M. Overby, L. Aldaco, G. Yong, and K. Karki, “Photoinduced phase-separation in Bi0.4Ca0.6MnO3 thin films,” Phys. Rev. B 76, 104423 (2007). This paper with undergraduate co-authors was highlighted in the quarterly publication of the national Council on Undergraduate Research, February 2008. Typically, about 15 publications in physics and astronomy are highlighted per year.
  39. Igor I. Smolyaninov, Vera N. Smolyaninova, Alexander V. Kildishev, and Vladimir M. Shalaev, “Anisotropic Metamaterials Emulated by Tapered Waveguides: Application to Optical Cloaking,” Physical Review Letters 102, 213901 (2009)

This paper has received extensive press coverage (about 90 000 internet links in science and general news media around the world) including articles in Scientific American, NSF news, EE times, EurekAlert of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, 2Physics, and my interview on WYPR “Maryland Morning with Sheilah Kast” on June 1, 2009.

  1. V. N. Smolyaninova, G. Yong, Rajeswari M. Kolagani, K. Karki, and B. Hofmann, “Effects of oxygen depletion on photoinduced and transport properties of thin films of charge-ordered manganites,” Journal of Applied Physics 106, 043902 (2009).
  2.  Vera N. Smolyaninova, Igor I. Smolyaninov, Alexander V. Kildishev, and Vladimir M. Shalaev, “Experimental observation of  the trapped rainbow,” Applied Physics Letters 96, 211121 (2010).     This work has received extensive press coverage (about 700 000 of internet links in science and general news media around the world) including articles in New Scientist, Francis (th)E mule Science’s News, Sciencestage, Tech News Daily. It has been selected for the June 14, 2010 issue of Virtual Journal of Nanoscale Science & Technology.     It is listed as one of the top 10 physics stories of 2009 published in New Scientist.
  3. Vera N. Smolyaninova, Igor I. Smolyaninov, Alexander V. Kildishev, and Vladimir M. Shalaev, “Maxwell fish-eye and Eaton lenses emulated by microdroplets,” Optics Letters 35, 3396 (2010). This work was featured by the SPIE Newsroom, September 30, 2010.
  4. V. N. Smolyaninova, Igor I. Smolyaninov, Alexander V. Kildishev, and Vladimir M.Shalaev, “Broadband Transformation Optics Devices,” Materials 3, 4793 (2010) (special issue: Next wave of metamaterials, invited feature review article)
  5. Grace J. Yong, Rajeswari M. Kolagani, Benjamin Hofmann, Sanjay Adhikari,Y. Liang, Vera Smolyaninova, “Epitaxial Integration of Photoresponsive Bi0.4Ca0.6MnO3     with Si(001),” Journal of Applied Physics 109, 063913 (2011).
  6. V. N. Smolyaninova, G. Yong, Rajeswari M. Kolagani, Amlan Biswas, H. K. Ermer, K. Wang, and A. Piazza, “Large photoinduced conductivity reduction in thin films of metallic ferromagnetic manganites,” Applied Physics Letters 99, 222507 (2011).
  7. V. N. Smolyaninova, I. I. Smolyaninov, A. V. Kildishev and V. M. Shalaev, “Trapped rainbow techniques for spectroscopy on a chip and fluorescence enhancement,” Applied Physics B 106, 577 (2012). This work was featured in Virtual Journal of Laser
  8. V. N. Smolyaninova, I. I. Smolyaninov, H. K. Ermer, “Experimental demonstration of a broadband array of invisibility cloaks in the visible frequency range,” New Journal of Physics 14, 053029 (2012). NJP has also made a press release about this paper, which generated a wide press coverage including BBC News, Physics World, EurekAlert!(AAAS), etc.  This article has been selected for inclusion in IOP (Institute of Physics) Select. (IoP Select is a special collection of journal articles, chosen by our Editors based on one or more of the following criteria: *Substantial advances or significant breakthroughs *A high degree of novelty *Significant impact on future research, it has also been selected by the editors of New Journal of Physics for inclusion in the exclusive ‘Highlights of 2012’ collection. Papers are chosen on the basis of referee endorsement, novelty, scientific impact and broadness of appeal.)
  9. Vera N. Smolyaninova, H. Kurt Ermer, Alex Piazza, David Schaefer, and Igor     I. Smolyaninov, “Experimental demonstration of birefringent transformation optics devices,” Phys. Rev. B 87, 075406 (2013)
  10.  Igor I. Smolyaninov, Bradley Yost, Evan Bates, and Vera N. Smolyaninova, “Experimental demonstration of metamaterial “multiverse” in a ferrofluid,” Optics Express 21, 014918 (2013).     This work generated considerable media interest including MIT Technology Review, ExtremeTech, The Econimist, etc.
  11. Vera N. Smolyaninova, Bradley Yost, David Lahneman, Evgenii E. Narimanov & Igor I. Smolyaninov, “Self-assembled tunable photonic hyper-crystals,” Scientific Reports (Nature publishing group) 4, 5706 (2014).     This work was featured by SPIE news room and Laser Focus World.
  12. V. N. Smolyaninova, B. Yost,     K. Zander, M. S. Osofsky, H. Kim, S. Saha, R. L. Greene, and I. I. Smolyaninov “Experimental demonstration of superconducting critical temperature increase in electromagnetic metamaterials”, Scientific Reports (Nature publishing group) 4, 7321 (2014). This work generated considerable media interest including ExtremeTech, The Physics arXiv Blog, etc.
  13. I. I. Smolyaninov and V.N. Smolyaninova, “Is there a metamaterial route to high temperature superconductivity?” Advances in Condensed Matter Physics 2014, 479635 (2014). This work generated considerable media interest including MIT Technology Review, NSF Science 360, Physics World, Superconductor Week, etc.
  14. I. Smolyaninov and V. N. Smolyaninova, “Metamaterial superconductors,” Physical Review B 91, 094501 (2015)
  15. Vera N. Smolyaninova, David Lahneman, Todd Adams, Thomas Gresock, Kathryn Zander, Christopher Jensen, and Igor     I. Smolyaninov, “Experimental demonstration of Luneburg waveguides,” Photonics 2, 440 (2015), invited paper for special issue New Frontiers in Plasmonics and Metamaterials
  16. Peng Xu, T.J. Huffman, N.C. Branagan, M.M. Qazilbash, P. Srivastava, T. Goehringer, G. Yong, V. Smolyaninova & R. Kolagani, “Novel aspects of charge and lattice dynamics in the hole-doped manganite La0.67Sr0.33MnO3,” Philosophical Magazine 95:19, 2078-2091 (2015)
  17. I. I. Smolyaninov, V. N. Smolyaninova and A. I. Smolyaninov, “Experimental model of topological defects in Minkowski space–time based on disordered ferrofluid: magnetic monopoles, cosmic strings and the space–time cloak,” Phil. Trans. R. Soc. A 373: 20140360 (2015).
  18. Vera N. Smolyaninova, Kathryn Zander, Thomas Gresock, Christopher Jensen, Joseph C. Prestigiacomo, M. S. Osofsky & Igor I. Smolyaninov, “Using metamaterial nanoengineering to triple the superconducting critical temperature of bulk aluminum,” Scientific Reports (Nature publishing group) 5,15777 (2015).  This work was highlighted by SPIE NewsRoom, Superconductor Week and other media outlets.
  19. Vera Smolyaninova, Christopher Jensen, William Zimmerman, Anthony Johnson, David Schaefer and Igor Smolyaninov, “Lithographically fabricated magnifying Maxwell fisheye lenses,” Photonics 2016, 3(1), 8; doi:10.3390/photonics3010008 (2016)
  20. I. I. Smolyaninov and V. N. Smolyaninova, “Theoretical modeling of critical temperature increase in metamaterial superconductors,” Physical Review B 93, 184510 (2016)
  21. Eduardo Bittencourt, Jonas P. Pereira, Igor I. Smolyaninov and Vera N. Smolyaninova, “The flexibility of optical metrics,” Classical and Quantum Gravity 33(16), 165008 (2016)
  22. Augustine M. Urbas, Zubin Jacob, Luca Dal Negro, Nader Engheta, A. D. Boardman, P. Egan, Alexander B. Khanikaev, Vinod Menon, Marcello Ferrera, Nathaniel Kinsey, Clayton DeVault, Jongbum Kim, Vladimir Shalaev, Alexandra Boltasseva, Jason Valentine, Carl Pfeiffer, Anthony Grbic, Evgenii Narimanov, Linxiao Zhu, Shanhui Fan, Andrea Alù, Ekaterina Poutrina, Natalia M. Litchinitser, Mikhail A. Noginov, Kevin F. MacDonald, Eric Plum, Xiaoying Liu, Paul F. Nealey, Cherie R. Kagan, Christopher B. Murray, Dorota A. Pawlak, Igor I. Smolyaninov, Vera N. Smolyaninova and Debashis Chanda, “Roadmap on optical metamaterials,” Journal of Optics 18, 093005 (2016) (review)
  23. Vera N. Smolyaninova, Christopher Jensen, William Zimmerman, Joseph C. Prestigiacomo, Michael S. Osofsky, Heungsoo Kim, Nabil Bassim, Zhen Xing, Mumtaz M. Qazilbash, and Igor I. Smolyaninov, “Enhanced superconductivity in aluminum-based hyperbolic metamaterials,” Scientific Reports (Nature Publishing Group) 6, 34140 (2016)
  24. Jonas P. Pereira, Igor I. Smolyaninov, and Vera N. Smolyaninova, “Magnetic liquids under high electric fields as broadband optical diodes,” Phys. Rev. A 94, 043852 (2016)
  25. I.I. Smolyaninov and V.N. Smolyaninova, “Enhancement of critical temperature in fractal metamaterial superconductors”, Physica C 535, 20-23 (2017)
  26. Igor I. Smolyaninov, Vera N. Smolyaninova, “Hyperbolic metamaterials: Novel physics and applications,” Solid-State Electronics 136, 102 (2017)
  27. Igor I. Smolyaninov, Vera N. Smolyaninova, “Ultrathin ultralight acoustic cloak,” Functional Nanomaterials 1: #C91YCW (2017) https://doi.org/10.22261/C91YCW
  28. Igor I. Smolyaninov, Vera N. Smolyaninova, “Fine tuning and MOND in a metamaterial “multiverse,” Scientific Reports (Nature Publishing Group) 7, 8023 (2017)
  29. M. McCall, J.B. Pendry, V. Galdi, Y. Lai, S.A.R. Horsley, J. Li, J. Zhu, R.C Mitchell-Thomas, O. Quevedo-Teruel, P. Tassin, V. Ginis, E. Martini, G. Minatti, S. Maci, Quevedo-Teruel, M. Ebrahimpouri, Y. Hao, P. Kinsler, J. Gratus, J.M. Lukens, A.M. Weiner, U. Leonhardt, I.I. Smolyaninov, V.N. Smolyaninova, R.T. Thompson, M. Wegener, M. Kadic and S.A. Cummer, “Roadmap on transformation optics”, Journal of Optics 20, 063001 (2018)
  30. I.I. Smolyaninov and V.N. Smolyaninova, “Metamaterial superconductors”, Nanophotonics 7, 795–818, (2018)

 

Papers Published in Conference Proceedings and Papers Presented at Conferences

  1. A. N. Bazhan, V. N. Bevz, V. A. Merzhanov, E. A. Tishchenko, and S. Shaplygin, “Investigation of Magnetic Properties of La2CuO4-y with La3+ Deficiency and with Magnetic Impurities,” 34th MIPT Scientific Conference, Dolgoprudniy, Russia, November 25-26, 1988
  2. A. N. Bazhan, V. N. Bevz, and S. V. Petrov, “Specific Magnetic Properties of Dilute Antiferromagnets,” Proceedings of the 18th USSR Conference on the Physics of Magnetic Phenomena, Kalinin, October 1988, p. 834-835
  3. A. N. Bazhan, V. N. Bevz, and S. V. Petrov, “Anomalies of Magnetic Properties of Dilute Antiferromagnets Below the Percolation Threshold,” Proceedings of the 25th USSR Conference on Low Temperature Physics, Leningrad, October 1988, part 2, p. 24-25
  4. A. N. Bazhan and V. N. Bevz, “Magnetic Properties of Antiferromagnetic Ni1-xZnxF2 and Ni1-xMgxF2Ni,” Proceedings of the 1st USSR Conference on Physics of Amorphous Magnetics, Krasnoyarsk, July, 1989, p. 47-48
  5. A. N. Bazhan and V. N. Bevz, “Magnetic Properties of Dilute Antiferromagnets with Dzyaloshinskiy Interaction,” International Conference on Magnetism’94, Warsaw, Poland, 22-26 August, 1994
  6. V. N. Smolyaninova, M. A. Quijada, H. D. Drew, J. J. Hamilton, and R. L. Greene, “Carrier mass enhancement in La0.5Sr0.5CoO3,” March Meeting of the American Physical Society, Kansas City, USA, 1997
  7. M. A. Quijada, J. Cerne, H. D. Drew, C. Kwon, R. Ramesh, T. Venkatesan, V. N. Smolyaninova, J. J. Hamilton, and R. L. Greene, “Far-infrared conductivity of CMR manganites,” March Meeting of the American Physical Society, Kansas City, USA, 1997
  8. V. N. Smolyaninova, K. Ghosh, R. L. Greene, “Magnetization, magnetoresistance and low temperature specific heat of charge-ordered La0.5Ca0.5MnO3 and Nd0.5Sr0.5MnO3,” March Meeting of the American Physical Society, Los Angeles, California, 1998
  9. V. N. Smolyaninova, K. Ghosh, and R. L. Greene, “Anomalous low temperature specific heat of charge-ordered La0.5Ca0.5MnO3,” Material Research Society Fall 1998 Meeting, Boston, MA
  10. G. Y. Gu, M. Rajeswary, R. Shreekala, V. Smolyaninova, M. Downes, M. Lewis, R. L. Greene, and T. Venkatesan, “Stabilizing the charge-ordered phase in thin films of the perovskite manganites,” Material Research Society Fall 1998 Meeting, Boston, M
  11. V. N. Smolyaninova, K. Ghosh, and R. L. Greene, “Anomalous low temperature specific heat of charge-ordered La0.5Ca0.5MnO3,” March Meeting of the American Physical Society, Atlanta, GA, 1999
  12. J. R. Simpson, H. D. Drew, V. N. Smolyaninova, R. L. Greene, M. C. Robson, and M. Rajeswari, “Temperature dependent scattering rate and optical mass enhancement of ferromagnetic metalic manganites,” March Meeting of the American Physical Society, Atlanta, GA, 1999
  13. V. N. Smolyaninova, C. R. Galley, R. L. Greene, “Nonexponential relaxation in charge-ordered La1-xCaxMnO3,” Material Research Society Fall 1999 Meeting, Boston
  14. W. Prellier, V. Smolyaninova, A. Biswas, C. Galley, and R. L. Greene, “Properties of ferrimagnetic double-perovskites A2FeReO6(A = Ba and Ca),” Material Research Society Fall 1999 Meeting, Boston, MA
  15. H. D. Drew, J. Simpson, V. Smolyaninova, R. Greene, M. Rajeswari, A. Biswas, and T. Venkatesan , “Electronic structure of the CMR manganites,” Material Research Society Fall 1999 Meeting, Boston, MA
  16. V. N. Smolyaninova, Amlan Biswas, X. Zhang, R. L. Greene, K. H. Kim, Bog-Gi Kim, S-W.Cheong, “Low Temperature specific heat of charge ordered Pr1-xCaxMnO3,” March     Meeting of the American Physical Society, Minneapolis, MN, 2000
  17. J. R. Simpson, H. D. Drew, V. N. Smolyaninova, R. L. Greene, Amlan Biswas, M. C. Robson, M. Rajeswari, “Optical mass in colossal magnetoresistant manganite alloys as a function of carrier concentration,” March Meeting of the American Physical Society, Minneapolis, MN, 2000
  18. Amlan Biswas, P. Fournier, N. Smolyaninova, J. Higgins, H. Balci, R. C. Budhani, and R.L. Greene, “Tunneling spectroscopy of the normal state of Pr2-xCexCuO4-d,” March Meeting of the American Physical Society, Seattle, Washington, 2001
  19. V. N. Smolyaninova, Amlan Biswas, R.L. Greene, G-M. Zhao, Bog-Gi Kim, S-W. Cheong,     “Influence of oxygen isotope exchange on low temperature specific heat of manganites,” March Meeting of the American Physical Society, Seattle, Washington, 2001
  20. Amlan Biswas, P. Fournier, N. Smolyaninova, J. Higgins, H. Balci, R. C. Budhani, and R.L. Greene, “Tunneling spectroscopy of the electron-doped cuprate Pr2-xCexCuO4,”Spectroscopies of Novel Superconductivity, Chicago IL, 2001
  21. Amlan Biswas, P. Fournier, N. Smolyaninova, J. Higgins, H. Balci, R. C. Budhani, and R.L. Greene, “Tunneling spectroscopy of the electron-doped cuprate Pr2-xCexCuO4,”Spintronics, Washington DC, 2001
  22. V. N. Smolyaninova, Hamza Balci, P. Fournier, and R. L. Greene, “Observation of gap nodes in the low temperature specific heat of Pr2-xCexCuO4,” Gordon Research Conference, Superconductivity, Oxford, UK, 2001
  23. Amlan Biswas, P. Fournier, N. Smolyaninova, J. Higgins, H. Balci, R. C. Budhani, and R.L. Greene, “Tunneling spectroscopy of the electron-doped cuprate Pr2-xCexCuO4,” Physical Phenomena at High Magnetic Field IV, Santa Fe, New Mexico, 2001
  24. Amlan Biswas, P. Fournier, M.M. Qazilbash, N. Smolyaninova, H. Balci, and R.L.Greene, “Evidence of a d to s-wave pairing symmetry transition in the electron-doped cuprate superconductor Pr2-xCexCuO4,” March Meeting of the American Physical Society, Indianapolis, Indiana, 2002
  25. H. Balci, V. N. Smolyaninova, P. Fournier, R. L. Greene, “Low Temperature Specific Heatof Single Crystal Pr2-xCexCuO4,” March Meeting of the American Physical Society, Indianapolis, Indiana, 2002
  26. V. N. Smolyaninova, Amlan Biswas, C. P. Hill, Bog-gi Kim, S. -W. Cheong, R. L. Greene, “Influence of charge and orbital ordering on the specific heat of manganites,” March Meeting of the American Physical Society, Indianapolis, Indiana, 2002
  27. V. N. Smolyaninova, M.M.Miller, R. Bass, and Mark Johnson, Hall effect magnetic fielddetectors for biotechnology,” March Meeting of the American Physical Society, Austin, Texas, 2003
  28. R. Rajeswary, V.Smolyaninova, M. Overby, “Perovskite Manganites: A new family of materials for uncooled/moderately cooled Bolometric Detectors,” International Workshop on Thermal Detectors for Space Based Planetary, Solar, and Earth Science Applications, June 2003, Washington, DC
  29. G. Landry, V. Smolyaninova, M. M. Miller, B. R. Bennett, and Mark Johnson, “Characterization of Single Magnetic Nanoparticles,” 9th Joint MMM-Intermag Conference, Anaheim, California (USA), January 2004
  30. Vera Smolyaninova, M. Rajeswari, M. Overby, Z. Li, “Thin films of charge-ordered manganese oxides for photonic device applications,” March Meeting of the American Physical Society Meeting, Montreal, Canada, 2004
  31. M. Rajeswari, V. Smolyaninova, M. Overby, K. S. Harshavardhan, M. Strikovsky, J. Kim, “Comparison of Colossal Magnetoresistive Minganite Thin Films Deposited by Pulse ElectronBeam deposition and Pulse Laser Deposition,” March Meeting of the American Physical Society Meeting, Montreal, Canada, 2004
  32.  G. Landry, M. M. Miller, Mark Johnson, and V. Smolyaninova, “Sub-micron InAs Hall Devices for Biosensing Applications,” March Meeting of the American Physical Society Meeting, Montreal, Canada, 2004

  33. V. N. Smolyaninova, M. Rajeswari, R. Kennedy, M. Overby, L. Aldaco, S. E. Lofland, L. Z. Li, and R. L. Greene, “Photoinduced resistivity changes in Bi0.4Ca0.6MnO3 thin films,” March Meeting of the American Physical Society Meeting, Los Angeles CA, 2005
  34. R. Rajeswari, M. Overby, V. N. Smolyaninova, Adekunle Adeyinka, and Eumin Kong, “Non-bolometric radiation response in thin films of mixed-phase manganites,” Material Research Society Fall 2004 Meeting, Boston, MA
  35. M. Overby, M. Rajeswari, V. N. Smolyaninova, R. Kennedy, Bryce Taylor, Francesco Murphy, Luis C. Aldaco, David Schaefer, Samuel E. Lofland, Z. Y. Li, and R. L. Greene, “The effects of substrate, film thickness and deposition parameters on the charge ordering in Bi0.4Ca0.6MnO3 thin films grown by pulsed laser deposition,” Material Research Society Fall 2004 Meeting, Boston, MA
  36. V. N. Smolyaninova, M. Rajeswari, R. Kennedy, M. Overby, L. Aldaco, S. E. Lofland, L. Z. Li, and R. L. Greene, “Photoinduced resistivity changes in Bi0.4Ca0.6MnO3 thin films,” March Meeting of the American Physical Society Meeting, Los Angeles CA, 2005
  37. C. S. Nelson, M. Rajeswari, M. Overby, V. N. Smolyaninova, R. Kennedy, “Charge Order in Bi0.4Ca0.6MnO3 films,” March Meeting of the American Physical Society Meeting, Los Angeles CA, 2005
  38. I. I. Smolyaninov, C. C. Davis, V. N. Smolyaninova, David Schaefer, J. Elliot, and A. Zayats, “Plasmon-induced magnetization of metallic nanostructures,” March Meeting of the American Physical Society Meeting, Los Angeles CA, 2005
  39. R. Rajeswari, M. Overby, V. N. Smolyaninova, D. Cox, A. Davidson, “Non-bolometric photoresponse in thin films of perovskite manganites,” March Meeting of the American Physical Society Meeting, Los Angeles CA, 2005
  40. Igor I. Smolyaninov, Christopher C. Davis, Vera N. Smolyaninova, David Schaefer, Jill Elliott, and Anatoly V. Zayats, “Plasmon-induced magnetization of periodic nanohole arrays,” CLEO/QELS (Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics/Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference), Baltimore, 2005
  41. V. N. Smolyaninova, R. Kennedy, E. Talanova, L. Aldaco, Rajeswari M. Kolagani, and M.   Overby, “Photoinduced phase-coexistence in Bi0.4Ca0.6MnO3 thin films,” March Meeting of the American Physical Society, Baltimore, 2006
  42. Rajeswari M. Kolagani, Grace J. Yong, D. E. Cox, Rajeh Mundle, Anthony Davidson, N. Smolyaninova, E. Talanova, David Schaefer, Stephan Friedrich, Owen Drury, Zaheer Ali, L. Li, L. Ott, Yong Liang, “CMR Manganite Sensors for Total Energy Measurement of the Linear Coherent Light Source Pulesed X-ray Laser,” March Meeting of the American Physical Society, Baltimore, 2006
  43. Anthony Davidson III, Mason Overby, Rajeh Mundle, Grace J. Yong, D. E. Cox, E. Talanova, Vera Smolyaninova,   David Schaefer, Rajeswari M. Kolagani, “Origin of the non-thermal photoresponse in thin films of two-phase manganites,” March Meeting of the American Physical Society, Baltimore, 2006
  44. V. N. Smolyaninova, R. Kennedy, E. Talanova, L. Aldaco, Rajeswari M. Kolagani, and M.   Overby, “Photoinduced phase separation in Bi0.4Ca0.6MnO3 thin films,” Material Research Society Spring 2006 Meeting, San Francisco CA
  45. Rajeswari M. Kolagani, Grace J. Yong, Stephan Friedrich, Yong Liang, David Cox, RajehMundle, Owen Drury, Zaheer Ali, Vera Smolyaninova, David Schaefer, and Anthony Davidson, “Development of CMR Manganite Sensors for Energy Measurement of the Linear Coherent Light Source Pulesed X-ray Laser,” Material Research Society Spring 2006 Meeting, San Francisco CA
  46. Kimberly Wall, Yu-Ju Hung, Igor I. Smolyaninov, Christopher C. Davis, Jill Elliott, Anatoly V. Zayats, Vera N. Smolyaninova, David M. Schaefer, “Plasmon-inducedmagnetization of periodic nanohole arrays,” NCUR 20, Asheville NC, April 2006
  47. V. N. Smolyaninova, E. Talanova, Rajeswari Kolagani, G. Yong, R. Kennedy, M. Steger, and K. Wall, “Plasmon Enhancement of Photoinduced Resistivity Changes in Bi1-xCaxMnO3 Thin Films,” March Meeting of the American Physical Society, Denver CO, 2007
  48. Anthony Davidson III, Rajeswari Kolagani, Grace Yong, Vera Smolyaninova, Mason Overby, Nonthermal Photoresponse in Epitaxial Thin Films of (La,Pr)67Ca0.33MnO3: Correlation with Non-ohmic Electrical Transport and Magnetoresistance, March Meeting of the American Physical Society, Denver CO, 2007
  49. Anthony Davidson III, Rajeswari Kolagani, Ellisaveta Bacharova, Grace Yong, Vera Smolyaninova, David Schaefer, Rajeh Mundle,   “Thickness dependent properties of CMR Manganite thin films on lattice mismatched substrates: Distinguishing Strain and Interface Effects,” March Meeting of the American Physical Society, Denver CO, 2007
  50. V. N. Smolyaninova, E.M. Talanova, R.M. Kolagani, G. Yong, R. Kennedy, M. Steger, and K. Wall, “Plasmon induced enhancement of photoinduced resistivity changes   in Bi0.4Ca0.6MnO3 thin films,” Material Research Society Spring 2007 Meeting, San Francisco CA
  51. Davidson, R. Kolagani, G. Yong, V. Smolyaninova, D. Schaefer, and E. Bacharova, ”Distinguishing strain and interface effects on the properties of epitaxial manganite thin films,” Material Research Society Spring 2007 Meeting, San Francisco CA
  52. V. N. Smolyaninova, E.M. Talanova, R.M. Kolagani, G. Yong, R. Kennedy, M. Steger, and K. Wall, “Plasmon induced enhancement of photoinduced resistivity changes   in Bi0.4Ca0.6MnO3 thin films,” CLEO/QELS (Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics/Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference), Baltimore, 2007
  53. Khim Karki, G. Yong, Rajeswari M. Kolagani, and V.  N. Smolyaninova, “High Temperature Resistivity Changes in Thin Films of Manganese Oxides,” AAPT conference, Baltimore, 2008
  54. V. N. Smolyaninova, K. Karki, Rajeswari Kolagani, G. Yong, and R. Kennedy “Current-induced and Photoinduced Effects in Bi1-xCaxMnO3 Thin Films,” March Meeting of the American Physical Society, New Orleans, 2008
  55. V. N. Smolyaninova, “Integration of Education and Research: proposed and completed activities,” March Meeting of the American Physical Society, New Orleans, 2008
  56. Karki, Rajeswari Kolagani, G. Yong, R. Kennedy, K. DeMarchi, and V. N. Smolyaninova, “Enhancement of Photoinduced Effects in Annealed Bi1-xCaxMnO3 Thin Films,” March Meeting of the American Physical Society, New Orleans, 2008
  57. V. N. Smolyaninova, K. Karki, Rajeswari Kolagani, G. Yong, R. Kennedy, and K. DeMarchi, “Photoinduced Effects in Annealed Bi1-xCaxMnO3 Thin Films,” Spring 2008 Meeting of the Materials Research Society, San Francisco CA
  58.  Khim B Karki, G. Yong, R. Kennedy, K. DeMarchi, R. Kolagani, and V. N. Smolyaninova, “Photoinduced Effects in Manganese Oxide Thin Films,” by at the NCUR 22, Salisbury MD
  59. V. N. Smolyaninova, G. Yong, Rajeswari Kolagani, K. Karki, “Effects of oxygen content on photoinduced properties of Bi1-xCaxMnO3 thin films,” Material Research Society Fall 2008 Meeting, Boston, MA
  60. V. N. Smolyaninova, G. Yong, Rajeswari Kolagani, K. Karki, and Benjamin P. Hofmann, “Photoinduced effects in Bi1-xCaxMnO3 thin films with different oxygen content, “ 2009 March Meeting of the American Physical Society, Pittsburg, PA
  61. Grace J. Yong, Rajeswari M. Kolagani, Benjamin Hofmann, Yong Liang, and Vera N. Smolyaninova, “Bi4Ca0.6MnO3 Epitaxial Thin Films on Silicon for Electronic and Photonic Applications,” 2009 March Meeting of the American Physical Society, Pittsburg, PA
  62. Igor I. Smolyaninov, Vera N. Smolyaninova, Alexander V. Kildishev, and Vladimir M. Shalaev, “Emulating Metamaterials Anisotropy by Tapered Waveguides,” CLEO/IQEC, Baltimore, 2009.
  63. Vladimir M. Shalaev, Vera N. Smolyaninova, Alexander V. Kildishev, Igor I. Smolyaninov “Anisotropic metamaterials emulated by tapered waveguides: application to optical cloaking” (invited) The Third International Congress on Advanced Electromagnetic Materials in Microwaves and Optics, London UK, 2009.
  64. Rajeswari Kolagani, Grace Yong, Vera Smolyaninova, David Schaefer, Dou Dou Qian, Gilles Dongmo-Momo, Christie Nelson, Chuhee Kwon, “Light-induced Resistance Changes in Epitaxial Thin Films of Hole Doped Rare Earth Manganites,” 2010 March Meeting of the American Physical Society, Portland, Oregon.
  65.  Grace Yong, Vera Smolyaninova, Sanjay Adhikari, Benjamin Hofmann, Rajeswari Kolagani, Yong Liang, “Pulsed Laser Deposition of Bi0.4Ca0.6MnO3 Epitaxial Films on SrTiO3 Buffered Silicon,” 2010 March Meeting of the American Physical Society, Portland, Oregon.
  66.  I. I. Smolyaninov, V.N. Smolyaninova, A.V. Kildishev, V. M. Shalaev, “Experimental Observation of the Trapped Rainbow,” CLEO/QELS (Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics/Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference), San Jose, California, 2010.
  67. V. N. Smolyaninova, I.I. Smolyaninov, A.V. Kildishev, and V.M. Shalaev, “Novel microscopy techniques based on metamaterial emulation by tapered waveguides”, CIMTEC 2010 – 12th International Ceramics Congress & 5th Forum on New Materials, June 2010, Montecatini Terme, Italy.
  68. V.N. Smolyaninova, I.I. Smolyaninov, A.V. Kildishev, and V.M. Shalaev, Proc. SPIE Vol. 7754, 775471 (2010) “Novel microscopy techniques based on real and emulated metamaterials,” Invited Talk, SPIE conference on Photonic Metamaterials at the 2010 Annual SPIE Optics and Photonics Meeting, August 2010, San Diego, CA. This work was featured in the SPIE News Room Article September 30, 2010 “Maxwell fisheye and Eaton lenses emulated with metamaterials.”
  69. V. N. Smolyaninova, G. Yong, Rajeswari M. Kolagani, Amlan Biswas, and K. Wang, “Large photoinduced conductivity reduction in thin films of metallic ferromagnetic manganites,” March Meeting of the American Physical Society at Dallas, TX.
  70. V. N. Smolyaninova, I. I. Smolyaninov, A.V. Kildishev, and V. M. Shalaev, “Maxwell Fisheye and Eaton Lenses Emulated by Microdroplets,” CLEO 2011, Baltimore, MD.
  71.  Vera N. Smolyaninova, Igor I. Smolyaninov, Alexander V. Kildishev and Vladimir M. Shalaev, “Trapped Rainbow Techniques for Spectroscopy on a Chip and Fluorescence Enhancement,” CLEO 2012, San Jose, CA
  72. Parul Srivastava, Tyler Goehringer, Cacie Hart, Gilles Dongmo-Momo, Ekembu Kevin Tanyi, Grace Yong, Vera Smolyaninova, David Schaefer, Rajeswari Kolagani, “Role of Interface Transport in the Magnetoresistance of Strained Rare Earth Manganite Thin Films,” March Meeting of the American Physical Society 2012, Boston MA
  73. Grace Yong, Rodney Dixon, Stephen Monk, Vera Smolyaninova, Rajeswari Kolagani, “Investigation of Un-reacted, Multi-phase, Solution-Derived Targets for Pulse Laser Deposition (PLD) of High Tc Superconducting Y2Ba4Cu8O16 (Y248) In-Situ, Epitaxial Thin Films,” March Meeting of the American Physical Society 2012, Boston MA
  74. A. Piazza, K. Ermer, D. Schaefer, and V. N. Smolyaninova “Fabrication of Maxwell Fisheye and Eaton Lenses,” the Colonial Academic Alliance Undergraduate Research Conference 2012
  75. Vera Smolyaninova, Igor Smolyaninov, Alex Kildishev, and Vlad Shalaev, “Trapped Rainbow Techniques for Spectroscopy on a Chip and Fluorescence Enhancement,” by at the CIMTEC 2012, 4th International Conference, Smart Materials, Structures, Systems, Montecatini Terme, Italy, June 2012
  76. V. N. Smolyaninova, I. I. Smolyaninov, and H. K. Ermer “Experimental demonstration of a broadband array of invisibility cloaks in the visible frequency range,” the American Physical Society 2013 March Meeting, Baltimore MD.  Vera Smolyaninova reported on the testing of an array of thousands of invisibility cloaks that hide objects in the visible frequency range at the press briefing session titled superhero physics at the American Physical Society 2013 March Meeting, Baltimore MD.
  77. Henry Ermer, Vera Smolyaninova,       Alex Piazza, Todd Adams, David Schaefer, and Igor Smolyaninov, “Experimental demonstration of birefringent broadband transformation Luneburg lenses,” the American Physical Society 2013 March Meeting, Baltimore MD
  78. Todd Adams, Kurt Ermer,       Alex Piazza, Dave Schaefer, Vera Smolyaninova, and Igor Smolyaninov, “Lithographically defined tapered waveguides for transformation optics device applications,“ by at the American Physical Society 2013 March Meeting, Baltimore MD
  79. Peng Xu, T.J. Huffman, D.R. Branagan, A.J. Hollingshad, N.E. Penthorn, D.J. Brooker, M.M. Qazilbash, P. Srivastava, T. Goehringer, Grace Yong, V. Smolyaninova, R. Kolagani, “The effects of annealing on the infrared and optical properties of La0.67Sr0.33MnO3 films,” the American Physical Society 2013 March Meeting, Baltimore MD
  80. Evan M. Bates, Bradley J. Yost, Igor I. Smolyaninov, and       Vera N. Smolyaninova, “Ferrofluids as hyperbolic metamaterials,” the 2013 Colonial Academic Alliance Undergraduate Research Conference, Newark, DE
  81.  Todd Adams, Kurt Ermer, Alex Piazza, David Schaefer, and Vera Smolyaninova, “Bending optical space for Luneburg lens and cloaking applications,” the 27th National Conference on Undergraduate Research (NCUR), La Crosse, Wisconsin
  82. V. N. Smolyaninova, H. Kurt Ermer, I. I. Smolyaninov, “Experimental Demonstration of a Broadband Array of Invisibility Cloaks in the Visible Frequency Range,” CLEO/QELS 2013, San Jose, CA
  83. V. N. Smolyaninova, H. Kurt Ermer, Alex Piazza, David Schaefer, I. I. Smolyaninov, “Experimental Demonstration of Birefrigent Transformation Optics Devices,” CLEO/QELS 2013, San Jose, CA
  84. Vera N. Smolyaninova, H. Kurt Ermer, Alex Piazza, Todd Adams, David Schaefer, and Igor I. Smolyaninov,       “Experimental demonstration of birefringent transformation optics devices,” SPIE 2013, San Diego, CA
  85. Igor Smolyaninov, B. Yost, E. Bates, and V.N. Smolyaninova, “Experimental demonstration of metamaterial “multiverse” in a ferrofluid,” SPIE 2013, San Diego, CA, invited talk
  86. David Lahneman, B. Yost, and V.N. Smolyaninova, “Reconfigurable Tunable Hyperbolic Metamaterial,” the 2014 Colonial Academic Alliance Undergraduate Research Conference, Towson, MD
  87. David Lahneman, Bradley Yost, and Vera Smolyaninova, “Magnetic Ferrofluids as Hyperbolic Metamaterials,” NCUR14, University of Kentucky
  88. Bradley Yost, David Lahneman, Evan Bates, Vera Smolyaninova, and Igor Smolyaninov, “Selfassembled Metamaterials: Minkowski Spacetime Analogue,” the March 2014 Meeting of the American Physical Society, Denver CO
  89. V. N. Smolyaninova, Bradley Yost, David Lahneman, Evgenii E. Narimanov, I. I. Smolyaninov, “Self-Assembled Tunable Photonic Hyper-Crystals,” CLEO 2014, San Jose CA
  90.  I. I. Smolyaninov and V. N. Smolyaninova, “Is there a metamaterial route to high temperature superconductivity?” CLEO 2014, San Jose CA
  91. V. N. Smolyaninova and I. I. Smolyaninov, “Is There a Metamaterial Route to High Temperature Superconductivity?” SPIE 2014, San Diego, CA, invited talk.
  92. Vera N. Smolyaninova, Bradley Yost, David Lahneman, Thomas Gresock, Evgenii E. Narimanov and Igor I. Smolyaninov, “Self-assembled tunable photonic hyper-crystals”, Proc. SPIE 9160, Metamaterials: Fundamentals and Applications 2014, 91600F (September 12, 2014); doi:10.1117/12.2061419; http://dx.doi.org/10.1117/12.2061419
  93. Thomas Gresock, Bradley J. Yost, David Lahneman, Vera N. Smolyaninova and Igor. I. Smolyaninov, “Reconfigurable Tunable Hyperbolic Metamaterial,” MAS APS Inaugural Meeting, State College, PA, October 2014
  94. Vera Smolyaninova, Bradley Yost, Kathryn Zander, Thomas Gresock, Michael Osofsky, Heungsoo Kim, Shanta Saha, Richard Greene, Igor Smolyaninov,       “Experimental demonstration of superconducting critical temperature increase in electromagnetic metamaterials,” the March 2015 Meeting of the American Physical Society, San Antonio, TX.  At this meeting Vera Smolyaninova was invited and participated in the press conference organized by the APS, were she talked about this work.
  95.  Igor Smolyaninov, Vera Smolyaninova, Bradley Yost, David Lahneman, Thomas Gresock, Evgenii Narimanov, “Self-assembled tunable photonic hyper-crystals,” by at the March 2015 Meeting of the American Physical Society, San Antonio, TX. A video showing formation of photonic hyper-crystal produced by Vera Smolyaninova’s research group was included in the APS March Meeting 2015 media gallery: http://www.aps.org/meetings/march/vpr/2015/videogallery/index.cfm
  96.  Kathryn Zander, Thomas Gresock, Bradley Yost, R. L. Greene, S. Saha, M. S. Osofsky, H. Kim, Igor I. Smolyaninov, and Vera Smolyaninova, “Nanoparticle Size Dependence of Transition Temperature of Metamaterial Superconductor,” the 2015 Colonial Academic Alliance Undergraduate Research Conference, Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA.
  97. Kathryn Zander, Bradley Yost, Thomas Gresock, M.S. Osofsky, H. Kim, R. L. Greene, S. Saha, Igor I. Smolyaninov, and Vera Smolyaninova, “Nanoparticle Size Dependence of Transition Temperature of Metamaterial Superconductor,” the National Conference NCUR15, Eastern Washington University, WA.
  98. M. Osofsky; C. Krowne; R. J. Soulen; E. Clements; G. Woods; H. Srikanth; I. Takeuchi; V. Smolyaninova; B. Yost; K. Zander; T. Gresock; S. Saha; R. Greene; I. Smolyanininov; “New approaches for enhancing Tc,”(Invited), 11th International Conference on Ceramic Materials and Components for Energy and Environmental Applications, Vancouver, BC Canada, 2015
  99. Vera N. Smolyaninova,       Bradley Yost,       Kathryn Zander, Thomas Gresock, M. S. Osofsky, Heungsoo Kim, Shanta Saha, R. L. Greene, and Igor I. Smolyaninov, “Superconducting critical temperature increase in electromagnetic metamaterials,” The 11th International Conference on Materials & Mechanisms of Superconductivity (M2S) CICG, Geneva, Switzerland, 2015
  100. William Zimmerman, Christopher Jensen, David Lahneman, Todd Adams, Thomas Gresock, Kathryn Zander, Vera N. Smolyaninova, and Igor I. Smolyaninov, “Transformation optics devices based on tapered waveguides,” M-AS APS 2015 Meeting, Morgantown WV
  101. Christopher Jensen, Kathryn Zander, Bradley Yost, Thomas Gresock, William Zimmerman,       Joseph C. Prestigiacomo, Heungsoo Kim, M. S. Osofsky, Shanta Saha, R. L. Greene, Igor I. Smolyaninov, and Vera N. Smolyaninova, “Metamaterial approach to superconducting critical temperature increase,” M-AS APS 2015 Meeting, Morgantown WV, Student Poster Award in student poster competition
  102. M. Osofsky, C. Krowne, R. J. Soulen, E. Clements, G. Woods, H. Srikanth, I. Takeuchi, V.N. Smolyaninova, B. Yost, K. Zander, T. Gresock, S. Saha, R. L. Greene, and I. I. Smolyaninov “New approaches for enhancing Tc”, (Invited), EMA 2016 (Electronic Materials and Applications Conference), 2016, Orlando, FL
  103. Vera N. Smolyaninova, Kathryn Zander, Thomas Gresock, Christopher Jensen, William Zimmerman, Joseph C. Prestigiacomo, M. S. Osofsky, Zhen Xing, M. M. Qazilbash, and Igor I. Smolyaninov, “Application of metamaterial nanoengineering to triple the superconducting critical temperature of bulk aluminum,” March 2016 Meeting of the American Physical Society, Baltimore MD.
  104. Christopher Jensen, William Zimmerman, David Lahneman, Todd Adams, Thomas Gresock, Kathryn Zander, Vera N. Smolyaninova, and Igor I. Smolyaninov, “Experimental demonstration of Luneburg waveguides,” March 2016 Meeting of the American Physical Society, Baltimore MD.
  105. William Zimmerman, Christopher Jensen, Vera N. Smolyaninova, and Igor I. Smolyaninov, “Image magnification in transformation optics devices based on tapered waveguides,” March 2016 Meeting of the American Physical Society, Baltimore MD.
  106. Vera N. Smolyaninova, and Igor I. Smolyaninov, “Experimental observation of melting of the effective Minkowski spacetime,” March 2016 Meeting of the American Physical Society, Baltimore MD.
  107. Vera N. Smolyaninova, Kathryn Zander, Thomas Gresock, Christopher Jensen, Joseph Prestigiacomo, Michael S. Osofsky, Igor Smolyaninov, “Application of Metamaterial Nanoengineering for Increase of Superconducting Critical Temperature,” Material Research Society Spring Meeting, Phoenix, Arizona, 2016
  108. William Zimmerman, Christopher Jensen, David Lahneman, Todd Adams, Thomas Gresock, Kathryn Zander, Vera N. Smolyaninova, and Igor I. Smolyaninov, “Transformation optics devices based on tapered waveguides,” NCUR 30 at the University of North Carolina Asheville, 2016
  109. Vera N. Smolyaninova, Christopher Jensen, William Zimmerman, Joseph C. Prestigiacomo, M. S. Osofsky, Heungsoo Kim, Zhen Xing, M. M. Qazilbash, and Igor I. Smolyaninov, “Enhanced superconductivity in aluminum-based metamaterials” (invited) Applied Superconductivity Conference, Denver CO, 2016.
  110. Christopher Jensen, William Zimmerman, Joseph C. Prestigiacomo, M. S. Osofsky, Heungsoo Kim, Nabil Bassim, Zhen Xing, M. M. Quazilbash, Igor I. Smolyoninov, Vera N. Smolyaninova, “Enhanced Superconductivity in Aluminum-based Metamaterials”, MAS APS 2016 Meeting, Newark, Delaware, 2016
  111. Vera Smolyaninova, “Engineered Superconductors” (invited), Pathway to Room Temperature Superconductivity Seminar, DARPA, February, 2017
  112. Dustin Ullery, Bridget Lawson, William Zimmerman, Samuel Neubauer, Adeel Chaudhry, Cacie Hart, Grace Yong, Vera Smolyaninova, Rajeswari Kolagani “Electrical Transport and Magnetoresistance Properties of Tensile-Strained CaMnO3 Thin Films,” APS March Meeting, New Orleans, LA, 2017
  113. W. Zimmerman, C. Jensen, J.C. Prestigiacomo, M.S. Osofsky, I.I. Smolyaninov and V.N. Smolyaninova,   “Enhancing superconductivity in hyperbolic metamaterials”, APS March Meeting, New Orleans, LA, 2017
  114. I.I. Smolyaninov, V.N. Smolyaninova, “Theoretical modeling of critical temperature increase in metamaterial superconductors”, APS March Meeting, New Orleans, LA, 2017
  115. V. N. Smolyaninova, C. Jensen, W. Zimmerman, J.C. Prestigiacomo, M.S. Osofsky, H. Kim, N. Bassim, Z. Xing, M. M. Qazilbash and I.I. Smolyaninov, “Enhanced superconductivity in aluminum-based hyperbolic metamaterials”, APS March Meeting, New Orleans, LA, 2017
  116. Osofsky M., Smolyaninova V., Zander K., Gresock T., Saha S., Yost B., Jensen C., Prestigiacomo J., Kim H., Bassim N., Greene R., Smolyaninov I., “Application of metamaterial nano-engineering for increasing the superconducting critical temperature,” 28th International Conference on Low Temperature Physics, Gothenburg, Sweden, 2017
  117. Vera N. Smolyaninova, Christopher Jensen, William Zimmerman, Joseph C. Prestigiacomo, Michael S. Osofsky, Heungsoo Kim, Nabil D. Bassim, Zhen Xing, Mumtaz Qazilbash, Igor I. Smolyaninov, “Enhanced superconductivity in hyperbolic metamaterials” (invited), SPIE 2017, San Diego, CA
  118. Osofsky M., Smolyaninova V., Zander K., Gresock T., Saha S., Yost B., Jensen C., Prestigiacomo J., Kim H., Bassim N., Greene R., Smolyaninov I., “Application of metamaterial nano-engineering for increasing the superconducting critical temperature,” 28th International Conference on Low Temperature Physics, Gothenburg, Sweden, 2017
  119. I. Smolyaninov, V. Smolyaninova, “Super Resolution Microscopy Techniques Based on Plasmonics and Transformation Optics” (invited), 2017 IEEE Photonic Conference, Orlando FA.
  120. Osofsky M., Smolyaninova V., Zander K., Gresock T., Saha S., Yost B., Jensen C., Prestigiacomo J., Kim H., Bassim N., Greene R., Smolyaninov I., “Application of metamaterial nano-engineering for increasing the superconducting critical temperature,” 13th European Conference on Applied Superconductivity, Geneva, Switzerland, 2017
  121. William Zimmerman, Sabrina Searfoss, Christopher Jensen, Grace Yong, Vera Smolyaninova, Joseph Prestigiacomo, M. S. Osofsky, Igor Smolyaninov, “Enhanced superconductivity in tin-based hyperbolic metamaterials,” MAS-APS Meeting 2017, Newark, New Jersey
  122. Michael S. Osofsky, Vera N. Smolyaninova, Kathryn Zander, Thomas Gresock, Shanta Saha, Bradley Yost, Christopher Jensen, Joseph Prestigiacomo, Heungsoo Kim, Nabil D. Bassim, Richard Greene and Igor Smolyaninov,Application of Metamaterial Nanoengineering for Increasing of Superconducting Critical Temperature,” MRS Fall Meeting, Boston, MA 2017
  123. Osofsky M., Smolyaninova V., Zander K., Gresock T., Saha S., Yost B., Jensen C., Prestigiacomo J., Kim H., Bassim N., Greene R., Smolyaninov I., “Application of metamaterial nano-engineering for increasing the superconducting critical temperature” (invited), EMN Orlando Meeting 2017, Orlando FA

INVITED PRESENTATIONS

  • Vera N. Smolyaninova, Christopher Jensen, William Zimmerman, Joseph C. Prestigiacomo, Michael S. Osofsky, Heungsoo Kim, Nabil D. Bassim, Zhen Xing, Mumtaz Qazilbash, Igor I. Smolyaninov, “Enhanced superconductivity in hyperbolic metamaterials” (invited), SPIE 2017, San Diego, CA
  • I. Smolyaninov, V. Smolyaninova, “Super Resolution Microscopy Techniques Based on Plasmonics and Transformation Optics” (invited), 2017 IEEE Photonic Conference, Orlando FA.
  • Osofsky M., Smolyaninova V., Zander K., Gresock T., Saha S., Yost B., Jensen C., Prestigiacomo J., Kim H., Bassim N., Greene R., Smolyaninov I., “Application of metamaterial nano-engineering for increasing the superconducting critical temperature” (invited), EMN Orlando Meeting 2017, Orlando FA
  • Vera N. Smolyaninova, Christopher Jensen, William Zimmerman, Joseph C. Prestigiacomo, Michael S. Osofsky, Heungsoo Kim, Nabil D. Bassim, Zhen Xing, Mumtaz Qazilbash, Igor I. Smolyaninov, “Enhanced superconductivity in hyperbolic metamaterials,” SPIE 2017, San Diego, CA
  • Vera Smolyaninova, “Engineered Superconductors,” Pathway to Room Temperature Superconductivity Seminar, DARPA, February, 2017
  • Vera N. Smolyaninova, Christopher Jensen, William Zimmerman, Joseph C. Prestigiacomo, M. S. Osofsky, Heungsoo Kim, Zhen Xing, M. M. Qazilbash, and Igor I. Smolyaninov, “Enhanced superconductivity in aluminum-based metamaterials,” Applied Superconductivity Conference, Denver CO, 2016
  • M. Osofsky, C. Krowne, R. J. Soulen, E. Clements, G. Woods, H. Srikanth, I. Takeuchi, V.N. Smolyaninova, B. Yost, K. Zander, T. Gresock, S. Saha, R. L. Greene, and I. I. Smolyaninov “New approaches for enhancing Tc”, EMA 2016 (Electronic Materials and Applications Conference), 2016, Orlando, FL
  • V. N. Smolyaninova, “Metamaterial Superconductors,” College of William and Mary, Williamsburg VA, 2015
  • V. N. Smolyaninova and I. I. Smolyaninov, “Is There a Metamaterial Route to High Temperature Superconductivity?” SPIE 2014, San Diego, CA
  • Vera Smolyaninova, “Anisotropic Metamaterials Emulated by Tapered Waveguides,” Georgetown University physics department colloquium, March 2014
  • Igor Smolyaninov, B. Yost, E. Bates, and V. N. Smolyaninova, “Experimental demonstration of metamaterial “multiverse” in a ferrofluid,” SPIE 2013, San Diego, CA
  • V. N. Smolyaninova “Transformation optics, metamaterials and cloaking,” SPS Zone 4 Meeting, Towson, MD, April 2013
  • V. N. Smolyaninova, I.I. Smolyaninov, A.V. Kildishev, and V.M. Shalaev, Proc. SPIE Vol. 7754, 775471 (2010) “Novel microscopy techniques based on real and emulated metamaterials,” SPIE conference on Photonic Metamaterials at the 2010 Annual SPIE Optics and Photonics Meeting, August 2010, San Diego, CA.   This work was featured in the SPIE News Room Article September 30, 2010 “Maxwell fisheye and Eaton lenses emulated with metamaterials.”
  • Vera N. Smolyaninova, “New Approach to Broad Band Optical Cloaking,” SPS Zone 4 Meeting, Towson, MD, April 2010.
  • Vladimir M. Shalaev, Vera N. Smolyaninova, Alexander V. Kildishev, Igor I. Smolyaninov “Anisotropic metamaterials emulated by tapered waveguides: application to optical cloaking,” The Third International Congress on Advanced Electromagnetic Materials in Microwaves and Optics, London UK, 2009.
  • Vera N. Smolyaninova “Charge-ordered Manganese Oxides,” Towson University, Towson, MD, April 2002
  • Vera N. Smolyaninova, “Anomalous Specific Heat of Charge-ordered Manganese Oxides,” University of Sherbrook, Canada, November 2000

PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES & ACTIVITIES

  • Member of Editorial Board of Scientific Report (Nature Publishing Group)
  • Elected member at large of the Mid-Atlantic Section (M-AS) of the American Physical Society (APS) Executive Committee
  • CLEO 2014, 2015, 2016, and 2017 Technical Program Committee: Metamaterials and Complex Media Subcommittee member
  • Session chair at CLEO, SPIE and the American Physical Society March Meetings
  • NSF panelist (I have limit this activity to one or two times per year, although typically called to serve on many panels)
  • Proposals reviewer for NSF and other institutions
  • Reviewer for Scientific Reports (Nature Publishing Group), Physical Review Letters, Physical Review, Applied Physics Letters, Optics Express, Journal of Applied Physics, Journal of Optical Society of America B, Physics Letters, Optics Letters, Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials, Material Research Society proceedings, Central European Journal of Physics, Materials Science and Engineering B, PIER&JEMWA
  • Test writer and reviewer for the American Institute for Research, 4 years

 

 

OUTREACH

  •  Provided opportunity for a yearlong internship in my lab and mentored a high school student from John Carroll School, 2016/2017
  • conducted a full-day workshop “Galilean decoder” (in five 4th grade classes) at the Pointers Run Elementary School STEM Day, 2016
  • conducted hands-on activities at the Central Branch of Howard County Library as a part of Superhero Scientists Theme for ages 7 & up, July 2015
  • Conducted a full-day workshop “Light and lenses” (in five 2d grade classes) at the Pointers Run Elementary School STEM Day, April, 2015
  • Disseminated my research on hyperbolic metamaterials by giving interview to mass-media representatives;
  • Conducted a full-day workshop “Magnetic fields” (in five 2d grade classes) at the Pointers Run Elementary School STEM Day, April 9, 2014
  • Disseminated my research on metamaterial route to superconductivity by giving interview to mass-media representatives;
  • Conducted a full-day workshop “Magnets” (in six 1st grade classes) at the Pointers Run Elementary School STEM Day, March 26, 2013
  • Disseminated my research on metamaterial “multiverse” in a ferrofluid by giving interview to several mass-media representatives;
  • Disseminated my research on broadband array of invisibility cloaks by producing a video abstract for the New Journal of Physics, writing an article about this research for a general audience of 2Physics e-magazine; presenting at the press briefing session titled superhero physics at the American Physical Society 2013 March Meeting, Baltimore MD; giving interview to Physics World, Photonics Spectra and several other mass-media representatives;
  • Conducted a full-day workshop “Playdoh circuits” (in four kindergarten classes) at the Pointers Run Elementary School STEM Day, April 2012
  • Presented a workshop for Dulaney High School students, Fall 2011
  • Presented a workshop for Baltimore Polytechnic High school students, Fall 2010;
  • Disseminated my research on transformation optics by giving interviews and providing information for several other mass-media representatives, which resulted, among others, in an article about my research in an Australian science journal for middle school kids Scientriffic.
  • Disseminated my research on broadband cloaking by writing an article about this research for a general audience of 2Physics e-magazine; giving interview on WYPR “Maryland Morning with Sheilah Kast” on June 1, 2009, and providing information for several other mass-media representatives;
  • Provided opportunity for a yearlong internship in my lab and mentored a Randallstown High School student, 2008/2009;
  • To promote science among middle school female students presented a workshop entitled “Cool Physics” at the Sally Ride Science Festival, May 2008, May 2009;
  • Presentation at Saturday Morning Science Series organized by Hackerman Academy at Towson University in order to attract more students into STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics). This event attracted more than 300 attendees and was advertised by an article in Washington Post;
  • As a member of the Scientific Research Society Sigma Xi presented a seminar for the public entitled “Photoinduced Effects in Thin Film of Manganese Oxides,” March 2007;
  • To promote science among female students, I have organized whole day annual field trips to Towson University for high school physics students (all girls) of Mercy High School, Towson, MD, Fall 2006, Fall 2007, Fall 2008;
  • Participated as a mentor scientist in the Academy for Applied Science Intern Program supervising summer research of high school students Summers 2004 and 2005;
  • Participated in educational outreach program in public schools: delivered lecture with demonstration and organized laboratory experiment for middle school students, as part of the MRSEC programs of the NSF at the University of Maryland, College Park;
  • Supervised a high school student, who was working on a project at the University of Maryland for the year 2000 Intel Science competition