Artem R. Oganov

Artem R. Oganov
Born Artem R. Oganov
(1975-03-03) 3 March 1975
Moscow, Soviet Union
Fields Crystallography
Physics
Chemistry
Materials Science
Institutions Stony Brook University
Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology
Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology
Alma mater Moscow State University
University College London
Known for crystal structure prediction
high-pressure chemistry
computational mineral physics
methods of computational materials discovery
Notable awards

ETH Latsis Prize,[1]

European Mineralogical Union Research Excellence Medal [2]

Artem R. Oganov is a Russian and American theoretical crystallographer, chemist, physicist, and materials scientist.[3] 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 160 peer-reviewed articles (many in top journals, e.g. Nature, Science) and book chapters. He is an author of 5 patents. Total citations >8400, h-index 46 (Google scholar).[4]

He is a laureate of several prestigious awards, including an ETH Latsis Prize,[5] Research Excellence Model of the European Mineralogical Union,[6] three most-cited paper awards from Elsevier. In 2001, Forbes ranked Oganov among 10 most successful Russian scientists.[7] In 2012, highly acclaimed cinema director, Laureate of State Prize Vladimir Gerchikov made a film "The color of a crystal" about Oganov.,[8] and in 2015 famous TV journalist Leonid Parfenov made a film "Made by Russians" about him.[9] In 2012, Oganov became a Professor Honoris Causa of Yanshan University (China), in 2013 elected Fellow of the Mineralogical Association of America,[10] in 2015 elected Professor of the Russian Academy of Sciences.[11] In 2013, magazines "Russian reporter" and "Expert" have listed Oganov among 100 most influential Russians today.[12]

His most significant works are in fields of computational materials discovery, in particular the effects of pressure on chemical bonding, and state of matter at extreme conditions (e.g. inside the Earth and other planets). He has developed novel methods of crystal structure prediction [13] that became basis of the USPEX code,[14] used by >2900 researchers worldwide. Among the highlights are the discovery of the structure of a superhard phase of boron, gamma-B,[15][16] transparent phase of sodium,[17] new carbon allotrope,[18] stability of MgSiO3 post-perovskite in the Earth's mantle,[19] prediction of "forbidden" compounds (e.g., Na3Cl),[20][21] and discovery of borophene - a 2D-monolayer of boron atoms, with great promises for future technologies.[22] Computational methods developed by Oganov open up the way to discovery of materials with desired properties.

In 2013, having won a megagrant of Russian Government, Oganov opened a laboratory at Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology,[23] and since 2015 holds professorship at Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology. Oganov speaks 5 languages (Russian, English, French, German, and Italian). His father is Armenian, his mother is of Jewish ancestry. Artem also has a brother, Arthur.[24][25] Artem is married, has three children and is a parishioner of St. Louis Catholic Church in Moscow.[26]

References

  1. ↑ "Latsis – Preisträger/Innen der ETH Zürich seit 1985" (PDF).
  2. ↑ "Medal for Research Excellence 2007".
  3. ↑ Oganov's laboratory site
  4. ↑ Google scholar citation
  5. ↑ List of ETH Latsis Prize Laureates
  6. ↑ 2007 Research Excellence Medal
  7. ↑ Forbes names 50 Russians who "conquered" the world
  8. ↑ «The color of a crystal»
  9. ↑ Made by Russians
  10. ↑ List of MSA Fellows
  11. ↑ Elected Professors of RAS
  12. ↑ 100 people of modern Russia
  13. ↑ Oganov A.R., Glass C.W. (2006). "Crystal structure prediction using ab initio evolutionary techniques: principles and applications.". Journal of Chemical Physics 124: 244704. doi:10.1063/1.2210932. PMID 244704.
  14. ↑ USPEX code site
  15. ↑ 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. doi:10.1038/nature07736. PMID 19182772.
  16. ↑ Chang, Kenneth (2 February 2009). "Theory and Experiment Meet, and a New Form of Boron Is Found". New York Times. Retrieved 9 February 2015.
  17. ↑ 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. doi:10.1038/nature07786.
  18. ↑ 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. doi:10.1103/physrevlett.102.175506.
  19. ↑ 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. doi:10.1038/nature02701. PMID 15269766.
  20. ↑ 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. doi:10.1126/science.1244989. PMID 24357316.
  21. ↑ "Salty surprise: Ordinary table salt turns into 'forbidden' forms". Phys.org. 19 December 2013. Retrieved 9 February 2015.
  22. ↑ Mannix A. J., Zhou X.-F., Kiraly B., Wood J. D., Alducin D., Myers B. D., Liu X., Fisher B. L., Santiago U., Guest J. R., Yacaman M. J., Ponce A., Oganov A. R., Hersam M. C., Guisinger N. P. (2015). "Synthesis of borophenes: Anisotropic, two-dimensional boron polymorphs.". Science 350: 1513–1516.
  23. ↑ "Artem Oganov opens a laboratory of computer design of materials at MIPT".
  24. ↑ "Артем Оганов: Как я придумал себе талисман.".
  25. ↑ "Прямая речь: Артем Оганов.".
  26. ↑ "Артем Оганов: "Будущее есть только о тех, кто в него верит"." Check |url= value (help).

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