Artem R. Oganov

Artem R. Oganov is a Russian and American theoretical crystallographer, chemist, physicist, and materials scientist.[1] He is known mostly for his works on computational materials discovery and crystal structure prediction.

Artem R. Oganov was born on 3 March 1975 in Moscow, Russia. He graduated from Moscow State University in 1997 with summa cum laude and diploma in Crystallography and Crystal Chemistry. In 2002 obtained a PhD degree in Crystallography from University College London, and in 2007 got a Habilitation degree from ETH Zurich. From 2008 he is at Stony Brook University, as Professor and Director of the Center for Materials by Design.

Oganov has published over 140 scientific articles and book chapters. Many of his works were published in top journals like Nature, Science, etc. He is the author of 2 patents. Total citations >6900, h-index 42 (Google scholar).[2]

He is a laureate of several prestigious awards, including a Latsis Prize, Research Excellence Model of the European Mineralogical Union, three most-cited paper awards from Elsevier. In 2001, Forbes-Russia ranked Oganov among 10 most successful russian scientists abroad. In 2012, a highly acclaimed cinema director, Vladimir Gerchikov, make a film "The color of a crystal". In 2012, he became an Honorary Professor of Yanshan University (China). In 2013 became a Fellow of the Mineralogical Association of USA/ In 2013, magazines "Russian reporter" and "Expert" have listed Oganov among 100 most influential Russians today.[3]

His most significant works are in fields of computational materials discovery. A special research thrust is to study effects of pressure on chemical bonding, and state of matter at extreme conditions (e.g. inside the Earth and other planets). In particular, he developed novel methods of crystal structure prediction,[4] which were implemented in the USPEX code,[5] which is used by >2100 researchers worldwide. Among the highlights are the discovery of the structure of a superhard phase of boron, gamma-B,[6][7] transparent phase of sodium,[8] new carbon allotrope,[9] stability of MgSiO3 post-perovskite in the Earth's mantle,[10] and prediction of "forbidden" compounds (e.g., Na3Cl) [11][12]

In 2013, it was reported that Oganov intends to open a laboratory at the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology.[13]

References

  1. ↑ Oganov's laboratory site
  2. ↑ Google scholar citation
  3. ↑ 100 people of modern Russia
  4. ↑ Oganov A.R., Glass C.W. (2006). "Crystal structure prediction using ab initio evolutionary techniques: principles and applications.". Journal of Chemical Physics 124: 244704.
  5. ↑ USPEX code site
  6. ↑ Oganov A.R., Chen J., Gatti C., Ma Y.-Z., Ma Y.-M., Glass C.W., Liu Z., Yu T., Kurakevych O.O., Solozhenko V.L. (2009). "Ionic high-pressure form of elemental boron.". Nature 457: 863–867.
  7. ↑ Chang, Kenneth (2 February 2009). "Theory and Experiment Meet, and a New Form of Boron Is Found". New York Times. Retrieved 9 February 2015.
  8. ↑ Ma Y., Eremets M.I., Oganov A.R., Xie Y., Trojan I., Medvedev S., Lyakhov A.O., Valle M., Prakapenka V. (2009). "Transparent dense sodium.". Nature 458: 182–185.
  9. ↑ Li Q., Ma Y., Oganov A.R., Wang H., Wang H., Xu Y., Cui T., Mao H.-K., Zou G. (2009). "Superhard monoclinic polymorph of carbon.". Physical Review Letters 102: 175506.
  10. ↑ Oganov A.R., Ono S. (2004). "Theoretical and experimental evidence for a post-perovskite phase of MgSiO3 in Earth's D" layer.". Nature 430: 445–448.
  11. ↑ Zhang W.W., Oganov A.R., Goncharov A.F., Zhu Q., Boulfelfel S.E., Lyakhov A.O., Stavrou E., Somayazulu M., Prakapenka V.B., Konopkova Z. (2013). "Unexpected stoichiometries of stable sodium chlorides.". Science 342: 1502–1505.
  12. ↑ "Salty surprise: Ordinary table salt turns into 'forbidden' forms". Phys.org. 19 December 2013. Retrieved 9 February 2015.
  13. ↑ Medvedev, Yury (27 June 2013). "SUNY professor examines the state of Russian science". Russia Beyond the Headlines. Retrieved 9 February 2015.

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