Sergey I. Bozhevolnyi

Sergey I. Bozhevolnyi (Russian: Сергей Иосифович Божевольный, born June 19, 1955) is a Russian-Danish physicist. He is currently a professor and the leader for the Centre for Nano Optics at the University of Southern Denmark...
Education and career.
Bozhevolnyi was raised in the village of , Yeysky District, Krasnodar Krai, USSR and grew up in a family of teachers of physics and mathematics. In 1978 he graduated from Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology with a Master of Science degree in physics. In 1981, he earned a PhD-degree from the same university with the thesis entitled "Study of electro-optical modulators and deflectors based on diffuse waveguides in LiNbO₃". In 1998, he earned a Doctor of Science Degree at Aarhus University, Denmark, with his thesis entitled "Subwavelength apertureless light confinement".
In 2006, together with professor Alexander Tishchenko at Jean Monnet University, he founded the Laboratory of Nano-Optics and Plasmonics in Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology
In 2017-2019, Bozhevolnyi was in the list of the most highly cited scientists ( Clarivate / Thomson-Reuters).
Publications.
Professor Bozhevolnyi has authored and co-authored more than 500 peer-reviewed articles with 10 patents and 14 book chapters. His h-index was 68 as of June 12, 2020