Alexandra Boltasseva

Alexandra Boltasseva is Ron And Dotty Garvin Tonjes Professor of electrical and computer engineering at Purdue University,[2] and editor-in-chief for The Optical Society's Optical Materials Express journal.[3] Her research focuses on plasmonic metamaterials, manmade composites of metals that use surface plasmons to achieve optical properties not seen in nature.[4]

Alexandra Boltasseva
Born (1978-01-11) January 11, 1978
Kanash, Russia
CitizenshipUnited States
Alma materMoscow Institute of Physics and Technology, Russia
Scientific career
Fields
InstitutionsPurdue University, Technical University of Denmark[1]
Websiteengineering.purdue.edu/~aeb/

Education and Career

Boltasseva studied her bachelor and masters in physics at the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology, completing her research projects on quantum-well lasers at the Lebedev Physical Institute. She moved to the Technical University of Denmark for her PhD studies in nanophotonics and nanofabrication, working with Sergey I. Bozhevolnyi.[5] Following her PhD, Boltasseva worked at two photonics start-up companies before returning to the Technical University of Denmark as a postdoc and subsequently an associate professor.[5] In 2008 she moved to Purdue University and is currently the Ron And Dotty Garvin Tonjes Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering,[6] as well as holding a courtsey appointment in Materials Engineering.[2]

Research

Comparing graphene, complex oxides, and transition metal nitrides, she noted that the latter are thermally stable and biocompatible as well as compatible with computer systems. In the future, this research may let us combine optics with scale of traditional electronics.[7]

Awards

A. Boltasseva's research earned her a number of awards including

• 2013 IEEE Photonics Society Young Investigator Award [8]
"For seminal contributions to the development of metal-dielectric waveguides for integrated optics and novel approaches for realization of nanoplasmonic devices"
• 2013 Materials Research Society Outstanding Young Investigator Award [9]
"For pioneering research to develop novel materials for advanced plasmonic, metamaterial and transformation optics devices with potential applications in future nanoscale photonic technologies"
• 2011 MIT Technology Review Top Young Innovator (TR35) [10]
"Alexandra Boltasseva ... is replacing the metals normally used in metamaterials with semiconductors, such as zinc oxide, that have been doped with aluminum or gallium. Doping the semiconductor makes it behave more like the metals used in metamaterials, but without the associated optical losses."
• 2009 University of Erlangen-Nuremberg Young Researcher Award in Advanced Optical Technologies [11]
"The prize honors her pioneering contributions in the fields of plasmonics and metamaterials. The main avenue of her research is advanced nanostructuring of metamaterials, specially designed, artificially created materials that can show electromagnetic properties not achievable with naturally occurring materials, with applications ranging from advanced photonics to chemical- and bio-sensors."
• 2008 Young Elite-Researcher Award from the Danish Councils for Independent Research [12]

and she was 2018 Blavatnik National Award for Young Scientists Finalist.[13]

Optical Society

Boltasseva was assigned as editor-in-chief for The Optical Society's Optical Materials Express journal in 2016, taking over the role from David J. Hagan, founding editor-in-chief.[14]

References
  1. Staff, DTU Fotonik, Department of Photonics Engineering, Technical University of Denmark
  2. "Alexandra Boltasseva - Materials Engineering". Materials Engineering - Purdue University. Retrieved 2020-08-17.
  3. "OSA Publishing Announces New Editors-in-Chief for Three Journals". CNBC. Retrieved 2016-01-07.
  4. Krieger, Kim (2012-04-25). "Metamaterials Step Into the Light". IEEE Spectrum: Technology, Engineering, and Science News. Retrieved 2019-04-05.
  5. "Interview with Prof. Alexandra Boltasseva". Retrieved 18 September 2019.
  6. "ECE faculty appointed to named professorships". Electrical and Computer Engineering - Purdue University. Retrieved 2020-08-17.
  7. Johnson, Dexter (2018-05-07). "Plasmonics Takes a Step Closer to Real-World Applications". IEEE Spectrum: Technology, Engineering, and Science News. Retrieved 2019-04-05.
  8. IEEE Young Investigator Award Winners
  9. MRS Outstanding Young Investigator Award
  10. MIT Technology Review - Innovators under 35 - 2011
  11. 2009 University of Erlangen-Nuremberg Young Researcher Award in Advanced Optical Technologies
  12. Young Elite-Researcher Award from the Danish Council for Independent Research
  13. Blavatnik Award National Finalists
  14. "OSA Names Chief Scientist, Journal Editors". www.photonics.com. Retrieved 2019-04-05.
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