Zheludev started his academic career at the International Laser Centre at Moscow State University, where he also obtained MSc, PhD and DSc.
He moved to the UK in 1991, becoming in 2007 the Director of the Centre for Photonic Metamaterials and Deputy Director of the Optoelectronics Research Centre of the University of Southampton, one of the world’s leading institutes for photonics research and the largest photonics group in the UK.

Nikolay also works in Singapore, where since 2012 he has founded and directed the Centre for Disruptive Photonic Technologies at Nanyang Technological University.
Since 2014 he has been the founding Co-Director of The Photonics Institute, Singapore, Asia leading research organization uniting 250 faculty and researches working in photonics.

Zheludev has led some major multi-million research programmes in the UK and Singapore including UK EPSRC NanoPhotonics Portfolio Partnership (2004-2009), Basic Technology Programme “Nanoscope” (2008-2013), Programme on “Nanostructured Photonic Metamaterials” (2010-2016), Programme on “The Physics and Technology of Photonic Metadevices and Metasystems” (2015-2021), the Singapore Ministry of Education Tier 3 Programmes on “Disruptive Photonic Technologies” (2012-2017) and “Quantum and Topological Nanophotonics” (2016-2022).

He is currently the Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Optics and an Advisory Board Member for Nanophotonics, ACS Photonics, and Nature Publishing Group Scientific Reports.
In 2007, he established the European Physical Society international biennial meeting for nanophotonics and metamaterials, the NANOMETA conference.
Zheludev started his academic career at the International Laser Centre at Moscow State University, where he also obtained MSc, PhD and DSc. He moved to the UK in 1991, becoming in 2007 the Director of the Centre for Photonic Metamaterials and Deputy Director of the Optoelectronics Research Centre of the University of Southampton, one of the world’s leading institutes for photonics research and the largest photonics group in the UK.
Nikolay also works in Singapore, where since 2012 he has founded and directed the Centre for Disruptive Photonic Technologies at Nanyang Technological University. Since 2014 he has been the founding Co-Director of The Photonics Institute, Singapore, Asia leading research organization uniting 250 faculty and researches working in photonics.
Zheludev has led some major multi-million research programmes in the UK and Singapore including UK EPSRC NanoPhotonics Portfolio Partnership (2004-2009), Basic Technology Programme “Nanoscope” (2008-2013), Programme on “Nanostructured Photonic Metamaterials” (2010-2016), Programme on “The Physics and Technology of Photonic Metadevices and Metasystems” (2015-2021), the Singapore Ministry of Education Tier 3 Programmes on “Disruptive Photonic Technologies” (2012-2017) and “Quantum and Topological Nanophotonics” (2016-2022).
He is currently the Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Optics and an Advisory Board Member for Nanophotonics, ACS Photonics, and Nature Publishing Group Scientific Reports. In 2007, he established the European Physical Society international biennial meeting for nanophotonics and metamaterials, the NANOMETA conference.
Nikolay Zheludev