Full CV
Education
- 2004 Ph.D. Department of Physics and Astronomy, Laboratory for Laser Energetics, University of Rochester
- 2000 M.A. Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Rochester
- 1999 Specialist (Physics, Degree with Honors) Department of Physics and Mathematics, National University “Kyiv-Mohyla Academy”, Ukraine
- 1998 B.Sc. (Physics, Degree with Honors) Department of Physics and Mathematics, National University “Kyiv-Mohyla Academy”, Ukraine
Professional Experience
- 09/2016 – present, Associate professor, Texas A&M University
- 06/2010 – 08/2016, Research physicist, Naval Research Laboratory
- 10/2009 – 06/2010, Research physicist, Berkeley Research Associates, Inc.
- 10/2007 – 09/2009, National Research Council research associate, Naval Research Laboratory
- 08/2004 – 09/2007, Research associate/scientist, University of Chicago
- 06/1999 – 08/2004, Research assistant, Laboratory for Laser Energetics, University of Rochester
- 08/1998 – 06/1999, Teaching assistant, University of Rochester
Awards
- 2016 François Frenkiel Award, American Physical Society Division of Fluid Dynamics
- 2015 Alan Berman Research Publication Award, Naval Research Laboratory, Washington, D.C.
- Frank J. Horton Fellowship, Laboratory for Laser Energetics, Rochester, NY, 1999 – 2004
Funding Awards
- AFOSR, 2015 – 2018 Principal Investigator, ~$1M (total)
- DoD SERDP, 2016 – 2018 Co-Investigator, ~$73K (total)
- DoD HPCMP, 2014 – 2018 Principal Investigator (Frontier award), ~750 million CPU hours & $400K (total)
- DoD HPCMP, 2016 Principal Investigator, ~$48K (HPC HIP intern support)
- DoD HPCMP, 2015 Principal Investigator, ~$24K (HPC HIP intern support)
- NRL/NRC, 2014 – 2016 National Research Council postdoctoral research associateship (postdoctoral adviser for Dr. Andrey Beresnyak), ~$200K (total)
- AFOSR, 2012 – 2015 Co-Principal/Principal Investigator, ~$700K (total)
- NASA, 2012 – 2014 Principal Investigator, ~$400K (total)
- NSF, 2007 Co-Principal Investigator, ~$900K (total)
Professional Service
- ICDERS, 2015 Scientific organizing committee member / special session organizer
- Progress in Energy and Combustion Science, 2015 – 2018 Member of the Editorial Board
- AFOSR, 2011 – 2016 Proposal reviewer
- NASA, 2012 – 2014 Panel review member
- NSF, 2013 – 2016 Panel review member
- Journal refereeing: Physical Review Letters, Physics of Fluids, Journal of Computational Physics, Journal of Fluid Mechanics, Astrophysical Journal, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, Combustion and Flame, Astrophysics and Space Science, High Energy Density Physics, Combustion Science and Technology, Proceedings of the Combustion Institute, Fuel, New Journal of Physics, International Colloquium on the Dynamics of Explosions and Reactive Systems
Supervision and Advising
- Andrey Beresnyak (NRL) 2014 – 2016 Postdoctoral adviser
- Colin Towery (NRL / UColorado, Boulder) 2015 – 2016 HPCMP HIP internship adviser
- Ryan Darragh (NRL / UColorado, Boulder) 2016 HPCMP HIP internship adviser
- Aaron Jackson (NRL) 2011 – 2013 Postdoctoral co-adviser