Research, teaching and consulting interests

• Materials for environmental protection. Environmental nanotechnology.

• Physical and Environmental Chemistry, Chemical Engineering: heterogeneous catalysis and photocatalysis.

• Environmental Science and Technology: physicochemical methods in environmental engineering, sustainable engineering.

• Environmental Policy and Environmental Health

Current academic positions

• Assistant Professor,  Material Science and Engineering, State University of New York, Stony Brook, 2008 - onwards

• Assistant Professor, Consortium for Interdisciplinary Environmental Research, State University of New York, Stony Brook, 2008 - onwards

• Research Associate, Chemistry Department, University of Cambridge, 2005 - 2008

• Research Fellow in Science and Engineering, King's College, University of Cambridge, 2005-2008

Current public and honorary appointments

• Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Science Advisory Committee on Hazardous Substances, UK, 2007 - 2010

Reviewer and expert

• Reviewer / panel member for the  EU 7th Framework Programme and the UK Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs.

Education

    Degrees

• Ph.D., Chemistry, University of Cambridge, UK.

• Doctoral  coursework/research/teaching, Engineering, The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor , US.

• M.Phil., Chemistry, University of Cambridge, UK.

• M.S., Engineering, The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, US.

• B.E. and M.S. with highest honors, Engineering, National Technical University, Ukraine.

    Diplomas and certificates

• Certificate of postgraduate studies in Natural Sciences, University of Cambridge.

Awards and Fellowships

• National Endowment for Science, Technology and the Arts CRUCIBLE Award, UK, 2005

Fellowships and scholarships

Postdoctoral

• Research Fellowship in Science and Engineering, King's College, University of Cambridge, UK.

• Offered NIH/NIST Postdoctoral Fellowship (declined), National Academy of Science, USA.

Graduate

• Francois Fiessinger Scholarship, Environment Research and Education Foundation, USA.

• Doctoral Scholarship, Schlumberger Cambridge Research, U.K.

• Cambridge University Overseas Trust Doctoral Bursary, U.K.

• Trinity Hall Studentship, Cambridge University, U.K.

• Eugene&Helen Kotur Memorial Graduate Scholarship, USA.

• Canada-Ukraine Parliamentary Program Graduate Scholarship, Canada.

• Rukh Educational Foundation Graduate Scholarship, USA.

• Cambridge University Overseas Trust M.Phil Bursary, U.K.

• Congressional Fellowship, sponsored by the University of Michigan, USA.

• Multi-year Doctoral Fellowship of the International Institute at the University of Michigan, USA.

• Academic Council of the National Technical University Named Graduate Scholarship, Ukraine.

Conference awards, grants and scholarships

• Salzburg Seminar Fellowship (Austria) in conjunction with Nippon Fellowship (Japan)

• Sir Eric Rideal Travel Bursary, Society of Chemical Industry (SCI), UK

• Travel Award, American Chemical Society (ACS), USA

• Messel Travel Bursary, Society of Chemical Industry (SCI), UK

• Travel Grant, Cambridge Philosophical Society, UK

• Society of Environmental Chemistry and Toxicology (SETAC-UK) Student Meeting Award, UK 

• SETAC-US Student Meeting Award, USA

• Trinity Hall (Cambridge University) Travel Grant, UK

• Holcim Prague International Symposium Travel Scholarship, Czech Republic

• Travel Grant, Soros Foundation, USA

Teaching experience

• Instructor, Course 696 "Materials for environmental protection", SUNY Stony Brook, USA, Fall, 2008.

• Teaching assistant for Cambridge (UK) - MIT (USA) M.Phil. course "Engineering for sustainable development", University of Cambridge, UK, 2003

• Supervisions and demonstrations for M.Phil. course "GIS and remote sensing", University of Cambridge , UK, 2000

• Graduate student instructor for  various graduate and undergraduate courses, School of Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, USA, 1998

University Committees

1. Member of the Undergraduate Committee, SUNY, Stony Brook, 2008 - onwards.

2. Member of the Cambridge University Committee for Russian and Eastern European Studies (CamCREES), University of Cambridge, UK, 2005-2008.

3. Member of King's College (University of Cambridge)  Building and Safety Committee, Unviersity of Cambridge, UK, 2005-2008

Policy and media related experience

1. Member of the Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics Policy Task Force, Chaired by Hon. Ian Taylor, UK, 2006-2007

2. Consultant to the First Deputy Minister, Ministry for Environmental Protection , Ukraine, 2000-2001

3. Fellowship, sponsored by the University of Michigan: US House of Representatives, Office of Hon. Lynn Rivers, 1998

4. Internship: the US House of Representatives, Office of Hon. David Bonior, Democratic Whip of Congress, 1997

5. Media experience: opinions and interviews published/broadcasted in Nature, BBC, Daily Telegraph  and Cambridge Evening News

Invited lectures and seminars

1. European Commission Joint Research Centre: Institute of Environment and Sustainability, Italy, 2007

2. State University of New York, USA, 2007

3. Lawrence Berkley National Lab and University of California, Berkeley, USA, 2007

4. Royal Society, UK, 2006

5. Imperial College, University of London, UK, 2006

6. University of Nottingham,  School of Chemistry, UK, 2006

7. Harvard University,  Division of Engineering and Applied Sciences, USA, 2005

8. University of Nottingham, School of Engineering, UK, 2005

9. Royal Society of Chemistry, UK, 2004

Memberships

1. Member of the Royal Society of Chemistry and American Chemical Society

2. Member, Royal Institute of International Affairs (Chatham House) 

3. Who's Who in the World (since 2005)

Recent journal publications

2008 - onwards

1. Orlov, A., Klinowski, J.K. "Oxidation of VOCs by SBA-15 mesoporous molecular sieves modified with manganese", Chemosphere, 2008, in press.

2004-2007

3. In, S., Orlov, A., Berg, R., García, F., Pedrosa, S.J., Tikhov, M., Wright, D.S. ,  Lambert, R. M.  "Effective visible light-active B-doped and B,N-codoped TiO₂ photocatalysts ", Journal of American Chemical Society, 129, 13790-13791, 2007.

4. Orlov, A., Watson, D., Williams, F., Tihov, M., Lambert, R. M. "Interactions of 4-chlorophenol with TiO₂ polycrystalline surfaces: study of environmental interfaces by NEXAFS, XPS and UPS", Langmuir, 23, 9551-9554, 2007.

5. Orlov, A., Jefferson, D., Tikhov, M., Lambert, R. M. “Enhancement of MTBE photocatalytic degradation by modification of TiO₂ with gold nanoparticles”, Catalysis Communications, 8, 821-824, 2007.

6. Gustafsson, R. J., Orlov, A., Griffiths, P. T., Cox, R.A., Lambert, R. M.  "Reduction of NO₂ to nitrous acid on illuminated titanium dioxide aerosol surfaces: implications for photocatalysis and atmospheric chemistry", Chemical Communications, 37, 3936-3938, 2006.

7. In, S., Orlov, A., García, F.,  Tikhov, M., Wright, D., Lambert, RM. "Efficient visible light-active N-doped TiO₂ photocatalysts by a reproducible and controllable synthetic route", Chemical Communications, 40, 4236–4238, 2006.

8. Orlov, A., Zhai, Q.Z., Klinowski, J. “ Photocatalytic properties of the SBA-15 mesoporous silica molecular sieve modified with titanium”, Journal of Material Science, 41, 2187-2193, 2006.

9. Orlov, A., Tikhov, M., Lambert, R " Application of surface science techniques in the study of environmental photocatalysis: nitrogen doped TiO₂", Comptes Rendus Chimie, 9 (5-6), 2794-2799, 2006.

10. Orlov, A., Chan, M., Jefferson, D.A., Zhou, D., Lynch, R.J., Lambert, R.M. “Photocatalytic degradation of water-soluble organic pollutants on TiO₂ modified with gold nanoparticles”, Environmental Technology, 27(7), 747-752, 2006.   

11. Gustafsson, R. J., Orlov, A., Griffiths, P. T., Cox, R.A., Lambert, R. M. “A comprehensive evaluation of water uptake on atmospherically relevant mineral surfaces: a DRIFTS, thermogravimetric analysis and DMA study”, Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 5, 3415-3421, 2005.

12. Lin, Z. S., Orlov, A., Lambert, R.M., Payne M. C. “New insights into the origin of visible light photocatalytic activity of nitrogen doped and oxygen deficient anatase TiO₂”, Journal of Physical Chemistry B, 109 (44), 2005.

13. Orlov, A., Jefferson, D., Lambert, R. "Effect of noble metal nanoparticles on photocatalytic activity of TiO₂", Transactions of the Material Research Society of Japan, 29, 2004.   

14. Orlov, A., Jefferson, D., Macleod, N., Lambert, R. " Enhancement of photocatalytic degradation of 4-chlorophenol on titania modified with gold nanoparticles", Catalysis Letters, 92(1-2), 2004.

Contribution to Books

1. Bringing Groundwater Quality Research to the Watershed Scale. Edited by N. R. Thompson. IAHS Publ. 297, 2005

Recent conferences

1. American Chemical Society National Meeting, Pennsylvania, USA, 2008

2. International Conference on Photochemistry, Germany, 2007

3. International Conference on Semiconductor Photochemistry, UK, 2007

4. International Conference on Materials for Advanced Technologies, Singapore, 2007

5. Royal Society: Science and the Environment: Solutions for mitigating pollution, UK, 2006

6. House of Commons: Annual Presentation by Britain's Top Young Scientists, London, UK, 2006

7. Royal Society of Chemistry Conference, Runcorn, UK, 2006

8. Pacifichem, Honolulu, USA, 2005

9. American Chemical Society National Meeting, San Diego, USA, 2005

10. International Conference on Photochemical Conversion and Storage of Solar Energy, Paris, France, 2004

11. American Chemical Society National Meeting, New York, USA, 2003

12. International Union of Material Research Societies Symposium, Yokohama, Japan, 2003

13. Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, Austin, USA, 2003

Languages

English, Ukrainian, Russian