Igor K Lednev

Igor K Lednev

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH

INSTITUTION AND LOCATION DEGREE(if applicable) YEAR(s) FIELD OF STUDY
Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology B.S. 1977 Analytical Chemistry
Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology M.S. 1980 Analytical chemistry
Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology Ph.D. 1983 Physical Chemistry

 

A. Positions and Honors.

Positions and Employment

1983-1994 Group Leader, Institute of Chemical Physics, Russian Academy of Sciences
1994 Senior Research Associate, University of Durham, Durham, U.K.
1995-1996 Senior Research Associate, University of York, U.K.
1997 Senior Research Associate, University of Pittsburgh, PA
1998-2001 Research Assistant Professor and Visiting Lecturer, University of Pittsburgh, PA
2001 Director of Research & Development, Sentek Group, Inc., Pittsburgh, PA
2002 Research Assistant Professor, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA
2002 - Assistant Professor, University at Albany, SUNY, Albany, NY

Other Experience and Professional Memberships

2002 Member, American Chemical Society
2004 Member, Protein Society
2006 Member, Spectroscopic Society of Pittsburgh
2006 Organized symposium Laser Spectroscopy for Life Sciences at 2006 Northeast Regional Meeting of the American Chemical Society, Binghamton, NY.
2007 Organized symposium Novel Biospectroscopy for Amyloid Diseases at PITTCON 2007,
Chicago, IL

Honors

1980 Diploma of Master of Science with honors, MIPT, Moscow, Russian Federation
1992 Soros Research Award
1994 Science and Engineering Research Council Fellowship, U.K.
1995 Royal Society Fellowship, U.K.
2003 Research Innovation Award, Research Corporation


B. Reviews and chapters:

  • Lednev, I.K. Vibrational Spectroscopy: Biological Applications of Ultraviolet Raman Spectroscopy. Chapter 3.1 in Protein Structures, Methods in Protein Structures and Stability Analysis, Eds: V. N. Uversky and Eu. A. Permyakov, 2006 Nova Science Publishers, Inc.
  • I.K. Lednev, M.C. Petty; “Langmuir Monolayers and Langmuir-Blodgett Multilayers Containing Macrocyclic Ionophores”, Advanced Materials, 8, 615-630 (1996).


C. Patents

  • Polymerized crystalline colloidal array comprising photochromic azobenzene for photochemically controlled photonic crystal diffraction. US Patent 6 589 452, 2003.
  • Carbohydrate sensors using an intelligent polymerized crystalline colloidal array. U.S. Pat. Appl. Publ. (2003), 25 pp., Cont.-in-part of U.S. Pat. Appl. 2001 26,946. CODEN: USXXCO US 2003027240 A1 20030206 CAN 138:133446 AN 2003:97910 CAPLUS

D. Invited talks and seminars

  1. Department of Chemistry, York University, Toronto, Canada, April 2008
  2. Invited talk at symposium Novel Biospectroscopy for Amyloid Diseases, Pittcon 2008, New Orleans, March 2008
  3. Department of Chemistry, Tulane University, New Orleans March 2008
  4. Invited talk at Pittsburgh Spectroscopy Award Symposium, Pittcon 2008, New Orleans March 2008
  5. Platform Talk at 16th International Biophysics Congress and Biophysical Society 52nd Annual Meeting. Long Beach, CA February 2008
  6. Department of Chemistry, Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada, January 2008
  7. Center for Biotechnology and Interdisciplinary Studies. Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY November 2007
  8. XI International School for Junior Scientists and Students on Optics, Laser Physics & Biophysics, Saratov, Russia, September 2007.  Invited Internet lecture
  9. International Symposium, Topical Problems of Biophotonics, Nizhny Novgorod, Russia, August 2007
  10. International Conference on Laser Applications in Life Sciences, LALS 2007, Moscow, Russia, June 2007
  11. Departments of Physics and Chemistry, Clarkson University, Potsdam, NY, April 2007
  12. Department of Physics, University at Albany, SUNY, Albany NY, April 2007
  13. Department of Chemistry, Syracuse University, April 2007
  14. Department of Chemistry, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana IL, March 2007
  15. Chemistry Division, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne IL, March 2007
  16. Pittcon 2007, Chicago, Illinois, February 2007
  17. Department of Chemistry, University of Massachusetts, Amherst MA, February 2007
  18. The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, California, August 2006
  19. Pittcon 2006, Orlando, Florida, March 12-17, 2006
  20. IX International School for Junior Scientists and Students on Optics, Laser Physics & Biophysics, Saratov, Russia, September 2005.
  21. Research Needs for Wastewater Sensor Development and Scoping Study Workshop, Water Environment Research Foundation, Cincinnati OH, August 2005.
  22. GE Global Research, Niskayuna NY, July 2005
  23. 31st Annual Conference of the Federation of Analytical Chemistry and Spectroscopy Societies, Portland, Oregon, October 2004.
  24. Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA, January 2002.
  25. Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, February 2001.
  26. National Institute for Materials and Chemical Research, Tsukuba, Japan, August 2000.
  27. 8th International Conference on Laser Applications in Life Sciences, Tokyo, Japan, August 2000.
  28. Department of Chemistry, University of Tsukuba, Japan, August 2000.
  29. Department of Chemistry, Tulane University, March 2000.
  30. Pittcon 2000, New Orleans, March 2000.
  31. 25th Annual Conference of the Federation of Analytical Chemistry and Spectroscopy Societies, Austin, Texas, October 1998.
  32. International Meeting of Physical Chemistry "Intra- and Inter-Molecular Photoprocesses of Conjugated Molecules", Riccione, Italy, July 14-18, 1996.

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