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Bio Brief

At Toronto Metropolitan University (TMU) (formerly Ryerson University) since 2011.

Doctor of Science (Habilitation) Biomedical Engineering, Erlangen-Nuremberg University (Germany), 2011

Ph.D. Medical Biophysics, Moscow Medical University (Russia) - Erlangen-Nuremberg University (Germany), 1997

MD Radiology, Moscow Medical University (Russia), 1989

MSc Medical Physics, Moscow Medical University (Russia), 1989

Memberships:

  • Fellow of The Royal Society of Medicine (UK) (2023-present)
  • Member of Canadian Association of Physicists (CAP) (2012-present)
  • Member of Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) (2012-present)
  • Member of Biophysical Society of Canada (2005-present)
  • Senior Member of OPTICA (Optical Society of America (OSA)) (2001-present)
  • Senior Member of The International Society of Optical Engineering (SPIE) (1991-present)
  • Member of Optical Society of America (OSA) (2001-present)
  • Member of International Photodynamic Association (2002-2012)
  • Member of German Society of Laser Medicine (DGLM e.V.) (2010-2012)

Grant Proposal Reviewer:

  • Member of Panel Review Board of Ontario Centre of Innovation (OCI)
  • Member of Panel Review Board of Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC)
  • Canada Foundation for Innovation (CFI)
  • European Science Foundation (ESF) (Physics and Engineering)
  • Member of Panel Review Board of Ontario Centre of Excellence (18 proposals)
  • NSERC Discovery Grant (3 proposals)
  • NSERC EXPERT PANEL, COMPETITION FOR NCE NETWORKS (1 panel)
  • NSERC CRD (1 proposal)
  • NSERC Idea to Innovation (I2I) Program (1 proposal)
  • CFI (1 proposal)
  • European Science Foundation (ESF) (Physics and Engineering) (1 proposal)

Editorial Boards and Guest Editor:

  • The Scientific Pages of Photonics and Optics (2016-present)
  • Editorial Board Member, Biomedical Photonics (2014-present)
  • Guest Editor: International Journal of Photoenergy (2013)
  • Editorial Board Member, Optics and Photonics Journal (OPJ) (2011-2016)

Faculty Advisor for Student Chapters:

  • The International Society for Optics and Photonics (SPIE) student chapter of TMU, 2015-present
  • OPTICA (formerly Optical Society of America (OSA)) student chapter at TMU, 2014-present

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