Andrey L. Stepanov

Dr.Sci., PhD Andrey L. Stepanov

Head of Nano-Optics and Nano-Plasmonics group at the

Kazan Physical-Technical Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences

Prof. of Kazan State Technological University, Russia

Kazan Federal University, Russian Federation

Andrey L. Stepanov received the Physical-Mathematical graduation, the Ph.D. and Dr.Sci. degrees from the Kazan Federal University, Kazan, Russia, in 1985, 1991 and 2009, respectively. Since 1992, A. Stepanov is with the Laboratory of Radiation Physics of Kazan Physical-Technical Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences and where now he is the head of the Nano-optics and Nano-plasmonics group. In 1997-1999, he was a Research Fellow at the Sussex Universit in UK (group of Prof. P.D.Townsend) with the support from the Royal Society/NATO Fellowship. From 1999 to 2003, A.Stepanov was a Research Fellow of the Aachen Technical University (der RWTH) in Germany (group of Prof. U.Kreibig) with support from the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation. During 2003-2004 he was granted by Lise Meitner Fellowship from Austrian Scientific Society to stay in Karl-Franzens-University in Graz, Austria (group of Prof. J.R.Krenn and Prof. F.R.Aussenegg). In 2004, 2006, 2010-2012. A.Stepanov was a Visiting Research Fellow in Laser Zentrum Hannover in Germany with support from the DAAD and the Alexander von Humboldt Foundations (group of Prof. B.Chichkov). From 2009 he is also in Kazan Federal University, Russia. He is mainly interested in Nanooptics, Nanoplasmonics, Metal nanoparticles, Nonlinear optics, Laser annealing and Ion implantation. He has more then 200 publications in periodic journals, more than 30 invited book chapters and two monographs. According of the ISI Web of Knowledge database A. Stepanov has near 2000 citations in periodic scientific publications and now his Hirch index is 27.