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Dr. ALEXANDER ORLOV
(B.E./M.S.E.,
M.S.E., M.Phil., Ph.D.) MRSC
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Research, teaching
and consulting interests
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Materials for environmental protection. Environmental nanotechnology. Novel materials for sustainable energy applications.
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Physical and Environmental Chemistry, Chemical Engineering: heterogeneous catalysis and photocatalysis.
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Environmental Science and Technology: physicochemical methods in environmental engineering, sustainable engineering.
- Environmental Policy and Environmental Health
Current
and previous academic positions
- Assistant Professor,
Materials 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
- Affiliate Faculty, Chemistry Department, State University of New York, Stony Brook, 2009 - onwards
- Visiting Professor, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, 2009- onwards
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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
Reviewer and expert
Education Degrees
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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.
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M.S., Engineering,
The
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, US.
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B.E. and M.S. with highest honors, Engineering,
National Technical
University, Ukraine.
Diplomas and certificates
Awards and Fellowships
- National Endowment for Science,
Technology and the Arts CRUCIBLE Award, UK, 2005
Fellowships
and scholarships
Postdoctoral
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Research Fellowship in Science and Engineering, King's College, University of Cambridge, UK.
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Offered NIH/NIST
Postdoctoral Fellowship (declined), National Academy of Science, USA.
Graduate
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Francois Fiessinger Scholarship, Environment Research and Education
Foundation, USA.
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Doctoral
Scholarship, Schlumberger Cambridge Research,
U.K.
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Cambridge
University Overseas Trust Doctoral Bursary, U.K.
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Trinity
Hall Studentship, Cambridge University, U.K.
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Eugene&Helen
Kotur Memorial Graduate Scholarship, USA.
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Canada-Ukraine
Parliamentary Program Graduate Scholarship, Canada.
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Rukh
Educational Foundation Graduate Scholarship, USA.
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Cambridge
University Overseas Trust M.Phil Bursary, U.K.
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Congressional
Fellowship, sponsored by the University of Michigan, USA.
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Multi-year
Doctoral Fellowship of the International Institute at the University of
Michigan, USA.
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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
Grant Proposals
- NSF MRI, "Acquisition of a mass spectrometric system for determination of biogeochemical fluxes between the atmosphere and ocean" ($890,000.00), 2009-2011
- New York State Strategic Partnership for Industrial
Resurgence (SPIR), "Self cleaning coatings for environmental applications",
($30,000.00),
2008-2009
- Co-author of 4 grant proposals
funded by the EPSRC (UK) and NERC (UK) totalling over £1.3 million ($2.6
million), 2000-2008.
Teaching experience
- Instructor, ESM 212, "Introduction to Environmental
Materials Engineering, SUNY Stony Brook, USA, Spring, 2009.
- Instructor, ESM 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
- Member of the Undergraduate Committee, SUNY, Stony Brook, 2008 - onwards.
- Member of the Cambridge University
Committee for Russian and Eastern European Studies (CamCREES),
University of Cambridge, UK, 2005-2008.
- Member of King's College
(University of Cambridge) Building
and Safety Committee, Unviersity of Cambridge, UK, 2005-2008
Policy and media related experience
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Member of
the
Science, Technology, Engineering and
Mathematics Policy Task Force, Chaired by
Hon.
Ian Taylor, UK, 2006-2007
- Consultant to the First Deputy
Minister, Ministry for Environmental
Protection , Ukraine, 2000-2001
- Fellowship, sponsored by the
University of Michigan: US House of
Representatives, Office of
Hon. Lynn Rivers, 1998
- Internship:
the
US House of Representatives, Office of
Hon. David Bonior, Democratic Whip of Congress, 1997
- Media experience: opinions and
interviews published/broadcasted in Nature, BBC,
Daily Telegraph and
Cambridge Evening News
Memberships
- Member of the Royal Society of
Chemistry and American Chemical Society
- Member, Royal
Institute of International Affairs (Chatham House)
- Who's Who in the World (since 2005), Who is Who in Higher
Education (since 2008)
Recent
journal publications 2008 - onwards
- Colmenares-Angulo, J., Zhao, S., Young, C., Orlov, A. "The effects of thermal spray technique and post-deposition treatment on the photocatalytic activity of TiO2 coatings",Surf. Coat. Tech., 204(4), 423-427, 2009.
- In, S., Kean, A.H., Orlov, A., Tikhov, M. S., Lambert, R. M. "Versatile new method for synthesis and deposition of doped, visible light-activated TiO2 thin films on any kind of solid surface", Energy and Environment, 2009, in press.
- Orlov, A., Klinowski, J.K. "Oxidation of VOCs by SBA-15 mesoporous molecular sieves modified with manganese", Chemosphere, 74, 344-348, 2009.
2004-2007
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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
- Bringing
Groundwater Quality Research to the Watershed Scale. Edited by N. R.
Thompson. IAHS Publ. 297, 2005
Recent
conferences
- American Chemical Society National Meeting, Washington DC, USA, 2009
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13th IACIS International Conference, New York City, 2009
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American Chemical Society National Meeting, Pennsylvania, USA, 2008
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International Conference on Photochemistry, Germany, 2007
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International Conference on Semiconductor Photochemistry, UK, 2007
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International Conference on Materials for Advanced Technologies, Singapore, 2007
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Royal Society: Science and the Environment: Solutions for mitigating pollution, UK, 2006
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House of Commons: Annual Presentation by Britain's Top Young Scientists, London, UK, 2006
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Royal Society of Chemistry Conference, Runcorn, UK, 2006
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Pacifichem, Honolulu, USA, 2005
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American Chemical Society National Meeting, San Diego, USA, 2005
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International Conference on Photochemical Conversion and Storage of Solar Energy, Paris, France, 2004
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American Chemical Society National Meeting, New York, USA, 2003
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International Union of Material Research Societies Symposium, Yokohama, Japan, 2003
- Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, Austin, USA, 2003
Languages
English, Ukrainian, Russian
