CONTACT INFORMATION Address: | Ivanovo State University Nanomaterials Research Institute Ermak str., 39. 153025 Ivanovo, Russia | Phone – work: | +7 (4932) 37-08-08 | E-mail: | antonia_smirnova@mail.ru |
EDUCATION 1995 | Ivanovo State University (Russia) Bio-Chemistry Department | 1998 | Laboratory of Liquid Crystals at Ivanovo State University (Russia) and Institute of Organic Chemistry at Technical University of Berlin (Germany) PhD title: -The influence of molecular structure variation of disc-like phthalocyanine, inositol, benzene derivatives and organic solvents on lyotropic mesomorphism of their binary systems. Supervisor: Prof. N.V. Usoltseva |
EMPLOYMENT HISTORY since 2008 up to now | Senior staff scientist, Nanomaterials Research Institute, Ivanovo State University, Russia | 2007 – 2008 | Senior staff scientist, Laboratory of Liquid Crystals, Ivanovo State University, Russia | 2005 – 2007 | Marie Curie Postdoctoral Fellow, University of York, UK (Marie Curie Incoming International Fellowship, 2 years) | 2003 | Invited Researcher, Makromoleculare I, Universit?t Bayreuth, Germany (DFG – project, 2 months) | 2003 – 2004 | Postdoctoral researcher, Makromoleculare I, Universit?t Bayreuth, Germany SFB 481, Project A4 -Orientierbarkeit in Blockcopolymeren mit ionischen Fl?ssigkristallinen Bereichen, 1 year) | 2003 | Senior staff scientist, Laboratory of Liquid Crystals, Ivanovo State University, Ivanovo, Russia (Permanent position) | 2001 – 2002 | Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Exeter, UK, (Royal Society/NATO Fellowship programme) | 2000 – 2003 | Research worker, Laboratory of Liquid Crystals, Ivanovo State University, Ivanovo, Russia | 1999 | Junior Research Worker, Laboratory of Liquid Crystals, Ivanovo State University, Ivanovo, Russia |
RESEARCH INTERESTS Lyotropic mesomorphism, chromonics, disc-like mesogens, synthesis of calamitic and polycatenar mesogens, binary or ternary phase diagrams, X-ray analysis of mesogens PROFESSIONAL SKILLS Experimental methods: NMR, FTIR, UV-VIS, optical polarizing microscopy, chromatography (HPLC, GPC, TLC), spectrometry (MS), thermal analysis (DSC, TGA) Computers: Windows XP, MS Office, internet, Origin 7 Pro, SciFinder, ChemOffice, MestRe-C, Delta NMR, ChemWin, HyperChem, ISIS Draw. Languages: Russian (mother tongues), English (intermediate). PUBLICATIONS
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