Andrey Shukurov

Professor, Charles University, Czech Republic

Andrey Shukurov (also Andrei Choukourov) received the Ing. degree from Ivanovo State University of Chemistry and Technology, Russia, in 1995, and the Ph.D. degree from Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic, in 2003. He worked as a researcher at the University of Illinois at Chicago, USA, and completed a postdoctoral appointment at Nagoya University, Japan. He habilitated in 2012 as an Associate Professor, and since 2020 he has held a Full Professorship at the Department of Macromolecular Physics, Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic. His research focuses on thin-film deposition and nanoparticle (NP) formation under vacuum and low-temperature plasma conditions; resistive switching in nanofluids for neuromorphic applications; hybrid nanomaterials for laser-driven ion acceleration and proton–boron fusion; NP-assembled mesoporous coatings for photoelectrochemical water splitting and electrochemical CO₂ reduction; plasmonic and photoluminescent metal/semiconductor nanoparticles; optically active nanofluids; nanomaterials with regenerative and antimicrobial activity for wound healing; phase separation and nanoconfinement in homo- and copolymer thin films; solution plasma processing of natural polymers; and plasma medicine and agriculture.

He is the author or co-author of more than 170 articles in peer-reviewed journals. He is a member of Laserlab-Europe AISBL, Expert Group on Micro- and Nanostructured Materials for Experiments with High-Power Lasers. He is also a member of the International Advisory Board of Plasma Processes & Polymers and has served as a guest editor for this and several other journals.