Research Interests
Dr. Dmitri Petrovykh is an Assistant Research Scientist at the University of Maryland—College Park and a Visiting Scientist at the Naval Research Laboratory, Washington, DC.
Dr. Petrovykh is a physicist who studies biointerfaces, nanostructures, and functionalized surfaces using advanced surface analysis techniques. He is particularly interested in the interactions between biological molecules and surfaces. Understanding and controlling such interactions will help to design customized biointerfaces for biotechnology and nanotechnology: biosensors, DNA microarrays (a.k.a. "DNA chips"), self-assembly of nanostructures, and bioinspired applications in materials and energy.
Dmitri Y. Petrovykh has co-authored 42 publications and 100 presentations.
Education
- Ph.D. (2000) and M.Sc. (1998) in Physics, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI
- Diploma with Excellence in Physics (1995), Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia
- Summer student (Summer 1993), CERN, Geneva, Switzerland
- Exchange student (Spring 1993), Yale University, New Haven, CT
Awards
- Best Paper Award, AVS / Surface Analysis 2003
- Best Student Paper Award, Nanometer-scale Science and Technology Division, AVS (1999)
- Soros Student Scholarship, Moscow State University, Russia (1995)
- Scientific Council Scholarship, Department of Physics, Moscow State University, Russia (1994)
Employment
Dr. Dmitri Petrovykh has over a decade of experience in the physics and chemistry of surfaces. He specializes in studies of biointerfaces and nanostructures using a variety of surface-sensitive spectroscopy and microscopy techniques, and is a recognized expert in quantitative surface analysis of DNA and other molecular films.
- 2003–2009 Assistant Research Scientist, University of Maryland—College Park
- 2000–2003 Research Associate (with Prof. Ellen D. Williams), University of Maryland—College Park
- 1996–2000 Research Assistant (with Prof. Franz J. Himpsel), University of Wisconsin—Madison
- 1995–1996 Teaching Assistant, Physics Department, University of Wisconsin—Madison
Professional Societies
- American Physical Society (APS)
- AVS Science and Technology Society (AVS)
- Materials Research Society (MRS)
Contact Information
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