Daniel Shantsev' CV

CURRICULUM VITAE

Name:	Daniel V. Shantsev
Born:	14 March 1972 in St.Petersburg, Russia

2003-	Researcher, Department of Physics, University of Oslo, Norway
1999-2006	Researcher, Ioffe Physico-Technical Institute, St. Petersburg, Russia
2000-2002	Post-Doc, Department of Physics, University of Oslo, Norway
2000	Researcher, Superconductivity Research Lab, ISTEC, Tokyo, Japan
1998-1999	Visiting Researcher, Department of Physics, University of Oslo, Norway
1997-1999	Junior Researcher, Ioffe Physico-Technical Institute, St. Petersburg, Russia
1994-1997	Ph.D. student, Solid State Physics Sub-faculty of the St. Petersburg State Technical University, St. Petersburg, Russia

13.02.1998	Ph.D. at Ioffe Physico-Technical Institute, Title of the PhD thesis: Theoretical investigations of the effect of spatial inhomogeneities on the transport and noise properties of HTSC
1994	Master degree from St. Petersburg State Technical University, Physical Technical Department, Solid State Physics Sub-faculty, with honors. Title of the Master thesis: Formation of a misfit dislocation at the interface of a substrate and a solid solution film of finite thickness
1988	Graduated from St.Petersburg Phys-Math Lyceum #239, with honors

2004-	Advisor for Ph.D. student Dmitry Denisov at the Department of Physics, University of Oslo. The thesis title is "Thermo-magnetic instability in superconducting films"
2004-	Advisor for Ph.D. student Joern Inge Vestgaarden at the Department of Physics, University of Oslo. The thesis title is "Interaction of superconducting vortices with nanomagnets and non-magnetic defects"
2001-2002	Advisor for the Master student Simen Braeck at the Department of Physics, University of Oslo. The thesis title is "Evolution of temperature and magnetic field distribution in a bulk superconductor during magnetization processes"
1997-1998	Advisor for Master student Oleg L. Shalaev at the St.Petersburg State Technical University. The thesis title is "Temperature and magnetic field dependence of conductivity of YBaCuO films in the vicinity of superconducting transition: Effect of Tc-inhomogeneity"
1996-1997	Assistant at the Chair of Experimental Physics, Physical Mechanical Faculty of St.Petersburg State Technical University. Courses taught: Physics (problems).

Vortex matter in superconductors
- Non-linear electrodynamics – penetration of magnetic flux into materials with highly nonlinear and B-dependent E(j) law; flux creep and critical states
  - Thin disk: flux distributions, magnetization and ac susceptibility
  - Central peak in M(H) loops
  - Scaling properties of flux creep
- Thermo-magnetic phenomena, flux jumps
  - Dendritic flux instability
  - Adiabatic critical state in thin films
  - Pulsed-field-magnetization
- Interaction of vortices with nanomagnets
Quantum computing
- Environment-induced decoherence in devices for quantum computation
- Entangled two-level systems with relaxation
Elasticity theory
- Solid solutions – interplay of strain and composition variations
- Magneto-elastic phenomena
Novel superconducting devices
- Parametric resonance in superconducting waveguides
- Infrared detectors based on the kinetic inductance response
Strongly inhomogeneous systems
- Conductivity of inhomogeneous anisotropic media
- Thermodynamic noise in inhomogeneous systems
- Noise in percolation systems
Inversion problems for experimental methods
- Separation of the electronic and phononic response in Raman spectroscopy
- Deciphering electron-beam induced voltage maps in low-temperature scanning electron microscopy
- Inversion of the Bio-Savart law for magneto-optical imaging
Rock magnetism
Computer simulations

Theory of thermo-magnetic instability in superconductors
Theoretical studies of magnetic properties of superconductors with field-dependent critical current
Theory of environment-induced decoherence in devices for quantum computation (qubits)
Theoretical studies of transport and noise properties of inhomogeneous media
Theory of formation of misfit dislocations in alloys

2 BOOKS:
- "Magneto-Optical Imaging" (co-editor)
- "Fundamental Problems of Mesoscopic Physics" (chapter "Low-frequency noise as a source of dephasing of a qubit")
67 PAPERS including
150+ CONFERENCE presentations (including 27 invited)

see publication list for more detail.

English, Norwegian, Russian

SMN Seminar at Wadahl 2006, Wadahl, Norway (Nov 27- 29, 2006). Memeber of Program Committee.
FUNMAT@UiO Meeting 2006, Oslo, Norway (March 30, 2006). Chairman of Program Committee.
SMN Seminar at Wadahl 2005, Wadahl, Norway (Nov 29 - Dec 1, 2005). Memeber of Program Committee.
NATO Advanced Research Workshop on Magneto-Optical Imaging, Bergen, Norway (28-30 August, 2003). Member of Organizing Committee.
SMN Theory Seminar, Oslo, Norway (regular seminar for the theoretical activity within Centre for Materials Science and Nanotechnology, University of Oslo, started in 2002).
8th International Symposium "Nanostructures: Physics and Technology", Repino, St.Petersburg, Russia (18-23 July, 2000). Member of Organizing Committee.
Annual Workshop on Physics and Astronomy for St. Petersburg Young Scientist Grant winners of 1998, St.Petersburg, Russia (Feb, 1999). Member of Organizing Committee.
Annual Workshop on Physics and Astronomy for St. Petersburg Young Scientist Grant winners of 1997, St.Petersburg, Russia (Feb, 1998). Member of Organizing Committee.
23d International Symposium on Compound Semiconductors, St. Petersburg, Russia (Sept, 1996). Member of Organizing Committee.

NorFa mobility scholarship within NorFa Network on Mesoscopic Solid State and Molecular Electronics, 2002-2003.
STA fellowship from Japan Science and Technology Corporation, #499044, 1999.
NATO science fellowship from the Research Council of Norway, project 131315/140, 1999.
Scholarship of the Research Council of Norway via the Norwegian-Baltic Cultural Exchange program, 1998.
Award for Graduate Students of International Soros Science Education Program, 1997.
Award for Graduate Students of International Soros Science Education Program, 1995.

Virtual Journal of Nanoscale Science & Technology:	4
Virtual Journal of Applications of Superconductivity:	15
Highlights of High-Tc Update:	4