
At A.F. Ioffe Institute in
1992-1997 I was a Leader of the group and a PI in
the opal project. My group:
Yurii
Vlasov
- quantum wells and opals,
Ph.D. 1995 (Ioffe), Current employment: Leader of the
group at
Oleg
Karimov
- quantum wells and opals,
Ph.D. 2000 (U. Bath, UK), Current employment: Research scientist at

At the University of Sheffield in 1997-2001 I
was a co-supervisor of Ph.D thesis work for the
following students:
Alan Bristow – photonic crystal waveguides, Ph.D. 2003
(Sheffield). Current employment: Postdoctoral Fellow, JILA, University
of Colorado
Ali Adawi – opals, Ph.D. 2002 (Sheffield), Current
employment: Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Sheffield, UK
Mohammed
Emam-Ismail –
semiconductor microcavities, Ph.D. 2002 (
Mark
Stevenson – semiconductor microcavities
and photonic crystals, Ph.D. 2000 (

At UNC-Charlotte in 2002-2007:
Seungmoo
Yang – modeling and experiments on semiconductor
pillars and coupled microspheres since 2006, Ph.D. planned in 2008
Shashanka
Ashili – coupled whispering gallery modes in
microspheres since 2003, Ph.D. 2007. Current employment: Postdoc,
University of Missouri-Columbia
Jason Franchak – coupled whispering gallery modes in
microspheres, M.S. 2004. Currently studying to become an Orthodox Priest