Oleg I. Utesov
Curriculum Vitae

Education

  • PhD: NRC "Kurchatov Institute" B.P. Konstantinov Petersburg Nuclear Physics Institute, 2016
    Theoretical Physics Division
    Thesis: "Quantum phase transitions and role of disorder in spiral magnets and magnetic systems in spin-liquid-like phases"

  • MSc: Saint-Petersburg Academic University, 2012, diploma with honors,
    Condensed Matter Physics
    Thesis: "Study of elementary excitations spectrum and quantum phase transition in dimer systems"

  • BSc: Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University, 2010, diploma with honors,
    Solid State Physics
    Thesis: "Pure spin currents generation under quantum wells photoionization"


Research
  • 2021 - present time
    Assistant Professor, St. Petersburg School of Physics, Mathematics, and Computer Science, HSE University

  • 2019 - present time
    Assistant Professor, Physics Department, St. Petersburg State University

  • 2018 - 2019
    Researcher, Laboratory of Nanobiotechnologies, St Petersburg National Research Academic University of the Russian Academy of Sciences

  • 2016 - present time
    Researcher, Theoretical Physics Division, NRC "Kurchatov Institute" B.P. Konstantinov Petersburg Nuclear Physics Institute

  • 2015-2016
    Junior Researcher, Theoretical Physics Division, NRC "Kurchatov Institute" B.P. Konstantinov Petersburg Nuclear Physics Institute

  • 2012 - 2015
    Senior Laboratory Assistant, Theoretical Physics Division, NRC "Kurchatov Institute" B.P. Konstantinov Petersburg Nuclear Physics Institute


Teaching
  • 2017-2018
    Course "Condensed matter physics" for PhD students in NRC "Kurchatov Institute" B.P. Konstantinov Petersburg Nuclear Physics Institute

  • 2018 - present time
    Course "Quantum mechanics in solid state physics" in master’s program in Physics Department of St. Peterburg State University

  • 2019 - present time
    Course "Phase transitions" in master’s program in Physics Department of St. Peterburg State University

  • 2020 - present time
    Course "Magnetism and superconductivity" in master’s program in Physics Department of St. Peterburg State University

  • 2021 - present time
    Course "Quantum field theory in condensed matter physics" in master’s program of St. Petersburg School of Physics, Mathematics, and Computer Science, HSE University


Experience as scientific advisor
  • Master’s thesis of Artemiy S. Sherbakov,
    "Spin wave spectrum and spin resonance in antiferromagnet with large single-ion easy-plane anisotropy",successfully defended at St. Petersburg Academic University, 2019.
Awards
  • Winner of the Dmitry Zimin’s foundation "Dynasty" grant for students in physics, 2010.

  • Winner of the Dmitry Zimin’s foundation "Dynasty" grant for PhD students in physics, 2015.

  • Second degree diploma in contest for best talk at I PNPI young scientists and specialists conference, 13-14 November 2014, in "Theoretical Physics" section.

  • First degree diploma in contest for best talk at II PNPI young scientists and specialists conference, 11-13 November 2015, in "Theoretical Physics" section.

  • Gribov grant for theoretical physics researches, 2016.

  • Kurchatov Prize for best research among young scientists and engineers, 2016.

  • Kurchatov Prize for best research among young scientists and engineers, 2019.

  • Second prize in the contest for best young scientists work of Academic Council of Physics Department (St. Petersburg State University), 2021.