Dr. Hab. mikhail G. BrikGabriella Tessitore

Research Interest:

Computational Materials Science, Spectroscopic Properties of Rare Earth and Transition Metal Ions in Optical Materials

 

 

Contact information:

Dr. hab. Mikhail Brik
Institute of Physics
Riia 142, Room 221
51014 Tartu, Estonia

Phone: +372 7374751
E-Mail: Brik(a)fi.tartu.ee

 

CV:

 

Education:

  • Dr. Sci. (Habilitation) in physics
    Title of Habilitation thesis - “Semi-empirical and first principles calculations of optical properties of 3d and 4f ions in crystals”, Institute of Physics, Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw, Poland, November 8, 2012

  • Ph.D. degree in solid state physics
    Title of Ph.D. dissertation – “Non-radiative transitions in impurity centers with strong electron-vibrational interaction”. Kuban State University, Krasnodar, Russia, 1995.

  • M.Sc. Physical faculty of Kuban State University (Krasnodar, Russia), graduated with distinction, 1992. Title of diploma project – “Energy spectrum of Cr4+ ion in yttrium-aluminum garnet and yttrium silicate.”

 

Job history:

01.02.2010 - present

Professor, Institute of Physics, University of Tartu, Riia 142, Tartu 51014, Estonia

01.07.2007 - 31.01.2010

Extraordinary Senior Researcher, Institute of Physics, University of Tartu, Riia 142, Tartu 51014, Estonia

01.07.2005 - 30.06.2007

Guest Researcher, Fukui Institute for Fundamental Chemistry, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan

01.07.2005 - 06.11.2006

Research Fellow, Kwansei Gakuin University, Sanda, Japan

15.03.2003 - 30.06.2005

Visiting Researcher, Fukui Institute for Fundamental Chemistry, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan

30.12.2001 - 30.12.2002

Visiting senior scientist, Chemical Physics Department,
Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel

06.10. 2000 - 28.12.2001

Associate Professor, Physics Department, University of Asmara,
Asmara, Eritrea

01.04.1998 - 04.10.2002

Associate Professor, General Physics Department,
Kuban State University, Krasnodar, Russia

01.09.1997 - 01.04.1998

Senior lecturer, General Physics Department,
Kuban State University, Krasnodar, Russia

05.05.1996 - 01.09.1997

Junior scientist, Experimental Physics Department,
Kuban State University, Krasnodar, Russia

15.10.1992 - 15.11.1995

Post-graduate, Experimental Physics Department
Kuban State University, Krasnodar, Russia

19.08.1985 - 25.06.1992

Student of the physical faculty of Kuban State University (including two years of a compulsory military service from 25.06.1987 till 25.05.1989)

 

Awards:

 

  • State Prize of Estonian Republic in the field of exact sciences, 2013;
  • Honorary Professor, Department of Mathematics, Science, Social Sciences and Technology; The Hong Kong Institute of Education, years 2011–2014;
  • Honorary Associate Professor, Department of Mathematics, Science, Social Sciences and Technology; The Hong Kong Institute of Education, years 2008–2011;
  • Dragomir  Hurmuzescu Award of Romanian Academy of Sciences (awarded in December 2006).

Publications:


2 co-edited books; 10 book chapters; about 220 papers in the international journals; more than 1200 citations (Web of Science); h-index=18 (Web of Science); h-index=21 (Google Scholar). More details about publications and citations can be found here