Dr. Vladimir Sivakov

I am a senior researcher and head of Silicon Nanostructures group at Leibniz Institute of Photonic Technology in Jena/Germany. My research focus is related to the nanoscaled silicon and functional materials for the green energy, (bio)sensorics and nanomedice applications. I have long-term expertise in thin films technology (top-down and bottom-up), nanophysics, surface functionalization, biophotonics, Raman scattering and electron microscopy. I have significant expertise in surface sensitive analytics using synchrotron radiation facilities (XPS, PEEM, XANES/NEXAFS) at European Synchrotrons in Germany/BESSY II, England/Diamond Light and Italy/Elettra. I received Bachelor and Master Degrees in Chemistry from Vilnius University in Lithuania in 1998 and 2000, respectively. I completed PhD Thesis under supervision of Prof. Michael Veith and Prof. Sanjay Mathur at Saarland University in 2004. During the PostDoc I worked at Leibniz Institute of New Materials in Saarbrücken and Max Planck Institute of Microstructure Physics in Halle/Saale under mentoring of Prof. Ulrich Gösele and Prof. Silke Christiansen. Since August 2008 I am a head of Silicon Nanostructures Group at Leibniz Institute of Photonic Technology in Jena/Germany. I am an author of over 100 peer-reviewed paper with h-index of 35 (google scholar). I coordinated over 10 national and European projects. I supervised over 10 PhD students and over 25 Master/Bachelor Thesis. I am an expert at ERC fund, European Scientific Fund, Poland Research Council. Lithuanian Research Council, PhD Student Commission member in France, Germany, Finland, Lithuania, Romania, Israel. I am married, with 2 daughters. Speaking: English, German, Russian, Lithuanian.