Prof. Alexey P. Popov

Alexey Popov graduated from Physics Department of M.V. Lomonosov Moscow State University (Russia) in 2003, received his PhD in 2006 from the same university and his D.Sc.(Tech.) degree from the University of Oulu (Finland) in 2008. He performed his postdoctoral research also in Oulu, with frequent visits abroad and formed an extensive collaboration network spreading from Australia to Russia and Europe. Alexey Popov is a Research Professor at VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland. His scientific activity covers photonics and nanotechnology focusing on development of optical sensors and modalities for biomedical diagnostics, quality of agricultural products and environmental conditions, UV protection, gas sensing and photocatalysis.