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Name:                   EVMENENKO, Guennadi
Place of birth:     Chechersk, Gomel district, Byelorussia
Citizenship:         Russian

Family Status:     married - son (23 years) and two daughters (18 and 16)

SCIENTIFIC BACKGROUND

Education: Ph.D. in Physics of Polymers (Dec. 1992)
           Institute of Macromolecular Compounds, Saint-Petersburg
                      Thesis title: " The small-angle neutron scattering from
                      heterogeneous polymer systems".
                      (Supervisors: Dr. Agamalian M.M. and Prof. Drabkin G.M.,
                      Neutron Research Dep. Petersburg Nuclear Physics Institute,
                      Gatchina, Russia).

                      Graduated from post-graduated courses in Petersburg Nuclear   Physics
                      Institute on speciality "Experimental Physics" in 1985.

                      M.S. in Physics [Experimental Physics] (Jan.1982)
                      Graduated from St.-Petersburg State University, Physical Faculty,
                      Biophysical Department with a first honor degree
                      (attended Sept.1976 - Jan.1982).

                      B.S. in Physics (June 1979)
                      Phys. Fac., St.Petersburg State University,
                      (attended Sept.1976 - Jan.1979).

                      Graduated from secondary school with a first honor degree in 1976

Grants and Fellowships:

2005 - 2006                                   Principal Investigator on a project "X-Ray Scattering Studies
                                                        of the "Bottom-Up" Thin Films" at the National Synchrotron Light Source
                                                        (Brookhaven National Laboratory, U.S.A.)

2003 - 2004                                   Principal Investigator on a project "X-Ray Scattering Studies
                                                        of Molecular Assembly in Thin Polymeric Films and Electro-Optic
                                                        Materials" at the National Synchrotron Light Source
                                                        (Brookhaven National Laboratory, U.S.A.)

July 1998 - January 2000    Full-time fellowship in the Laboratory of Macromolecular
                                                        Structural Chemistry obtained from the Research Council,
                                                        Catholic University of Leuven, Belgium

1996 - 1998                                   Principal Investigator on a grant "The Dynamics of the Structural
                                                        Changes of Polyelectrolyte Hydrogels during Swelling and Collapse",
                                                        obtained from the Russian Foundation for Basic Research (project No. 96-03-33852a)

1994 - 1995                                   Principal Investigator on a grant "Small-Angle Neutron Scattering Study of
                                                        Polyelectrolyte Hydrogels", obtained from the Russian Foundation for Basic
                                                        Research (project No. 94-03-09614a)

PROFFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Current Position:
February 2000 - present time           Research Associate
                                                                 Department of Physics and Astronomy,
                                                                 Northwestern University,
                                                                 2145 Sheridan Road,
                                                                 Evanston, Illinois 60208-3112 USA
                                                                 Phone: 847-491-3477
                                                                 FAX:     847-491-9982
                                                                 E-mail: g-evmenenko@northwestern.edu

Previous proffessional experience:

July 1998 - January 2000    Working on post-doctoral grant at
                                                     Department of Chemistry,
                                                     Catholic University of Leuven, Belgium

Apr. 1995 - July 1998           Senior Researcher
                                                     Neutron Research Department, PNPI

Oct. 1985 - Apr. 1995          Researcher
                                                     Neutron Research Department, PNPI

Sept. 1982 – May 1985           post-graduate position in Petersburg
                                                 Nuclear Physics Institute (PNPI) on speciality
                                                     “Experimental Physics”

RESEARCH EXPERIENCE

SANS and SAXS (with laboratory and synchrotron sources) from various systems of condensed matter; complete scattering experiment - from formulation of the task and the performance of the small-angle scattering measurements up to the treatment of received data and their interpretation; processing and analysis of the structural data; team leader at the Small-Angle Neutron Scattering Diffractometer "Membrana-2" (Petersburg Nuclear Physics Institute, Russia); numerous visits to the European Synchrotron Facility (Grenoble, France) and Synchrotron Light Laboratory ELETTRA (Trieste, Italy) for experimental work.

Synchrotron X-ray reflectivity studies of soft materials as polymers, liquids and self-assembly in thin films; X-ray diffraction on Langmuir monolayers; numerous visits to the Brookhaven and Argonne National Laboratories (U.S.A.) for reflectivity and diffraction studies.

Expertise in the fields: polymer in solution and bulk; conformational transitions and self-organization; specific molecular interaction and gelation; structure of polymer networks; polymer blends and porous materials; dendrimers; thin films and interfacial structures; self-assembly and molecular ordering.

Number of publications in the academic field: more than 80