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Vitae of Mykhaylo V. Balaban

IRE NASU, vul. Proskury 12, Kharkiv 61085, Ukraine
Tel: +380-57-720-3782 (office)
E-mail: mikhail.balaban[at]gmail.com
PERSONAL:
Date & Place of Birth: February 20, 1980, Kharkiv, Ukraine

EDUCATION and EMPLOYMENT:
2015+ Senior scientist, Laboratory of Micro and Nano Optics, Institute of Radio-Physics and Electronics NASU, Kharkiv, Ukraine (internally displaced after Feb. 2022)
2013-2015 Scientist, LMNO, IRE NASU
Scientist (p/t), Department of Microwave Electronics, Institute of Radio Astronomy NASU, Kharkiv, Ukraine
2012 Ph.D. degree in Radio Physics, IRE NASU
2005-2012 Junior scientist and part-time Ph.D. student, IRE NASU
2002-2005 Ph.D. student in Radio Physics, IRE NASU
2002 Student of English course, Linguistic Club "Way"
1997-2002 Student in Applied Mathematics, Kharkiv National University, Ukraine. M.S. degree

TOPICS of THESES:
Ph.D.: "Method of analytical regularization in the problem of electromagnetic wave scattering by a thin dielectric disk." [summary-pdf] Supervisor: Prof. A.I. Nosich Full text, in English, is available upon request.
M.S.: "A problem of the theory of nonlinear oscillations." Supervisor: Prof. I.D. Chuyeshov

CURRENT RESEARCH INTERESTS:
Singular Integral Equations, Analytical Regularization, Hankel Transform, Thin Disk Scatterers, Microstrip Antennas, Eigenvalue Problems, Plasmon Resonances, Lasing, Radar Signal Processing

AWARDS AND ACHIEVEMENTS:
2013 Young Scientist Prize of the Ukrainian Physical Society for the best paper presentation at MSMW-2013 int'l symposium, Kharkiv
Researcher Mobility Grant of ESF RNP "Newfocus" for collaboration with the University of Nottingham, UK
2012-2014 NASU Young Scientist Scholarship, for excellence in research
2012 NATO Travel Grant for attending THz Workshop in Izmir
2011 ONRG Travel Grant for attending TACONA-2011 in Bad Honnef
Researcher Mobility Grant of ESF RNP "Newfocus" for collaboration with the University of Rennes 1, France
2008-2009 PhD study scholarships of MENESR for the training at the University of Rennes 1, France (Prof. R. Sauleau)
2007 Travel grant of RS-UK for attending EuCAP-2007 in Edinburgh
2002-2005 Scholarship from NASU
1997-2002 Scholarships from the Kharkiv National University

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES:
2020-2022 Elected secretary of the IEEE Ukraine Section
2020-2023 Team member, research project of NRFU #2020-02-0150 "Electromagnetic modeling of micro and nano lasers with resonant graphene elements, at the threshold of stationary radiation"
2016-2019 Elected treasurer of the IEEE Ukraine Section (two terms)
2015-2016 Elected vice-chair of the IEEE East Ukraine Joint Chapter
2015-2017 Team member, NATO SPS joint research project with University of Seattle, USA
2015 TPC co-chairman, Young Scientist Forum on Applied Physics (YSF-2015), Dnipropetrovsk
2014 Secretary of the Int'l Conference on Mathematical Methods in Electromagnetic Theory (MMET*14), Dnipropetrovsk
2011-2012 Elected Chairman, IRE NASU Young Scientists' Council
Team member, ESF research network "Newfocus"
Team member, Dnipro Programme joint research project with ENS de Cachan, France
2008-2009 Team member, MENESR joint research and training network with the University of Rennes 1, France
Elected Chairman, IRE NASU IEEE Student Branch
2007-2013 Volunteer work at the Int'l Kharkiv Symposia on Microwaves, MM and Sub-MM Waves: MSMW-07, MSMW-10, MSMW-13, MSMW-16
2006-2007 Team member, joint research projects with the University of Nottingham, UK and Bilkent University, Ankara, Turkey
2003+ IEEE Student Member, Member (2011)
2002-2014 Volunteer work at the Int'l Conferences on Mathematical Methods in Electromagnetic Theory: MMET*2002, Kyiv; MMET*2004, Dnipro; MMET*2006, Kharkiv; MMET*2008, Odesa; MMET*2010, Kyiv; MMET*2012, Kharkiv; MMET*2014, Dnipro

JOURNAL PAPERS:
12. M. Lucido, M.V. Balaban, A.I. Nosich, "Terahertz range plasmon and whispering gallery mode resonances in the plane wave scattering from thin microsize dielectric disk with graphene covers," Proc. Royal Society A, vol. 478, no 2262, art. no 20220126, 2022. [pdf]
11. G.P. Ermak, A.S. Vasilev, A.V. Varavin, M.V. Balaban, A.V. Fateev, V.N. Zheltov, "Signal formation and processing features from autodyne radar with a wide frequency modulation band. Part. 1. Modeling of operating modes of a frequency-modulation autodyne in view of modulation characteristic nonlinearity," Radio Physics and Radio Astronomy, IRA NASU Press, Kharkiv, vol. 27, no 1, pp. 53 – 63, 2022 (in Ukrainian).
10. M. Lucido, M.V. Balaban, A.I. Nosich, "Plane wave scattering from thin dielectric disk in free space: generalized boundary conditions, regularizing Galerkin technique and whispering-gallery mode resonances," IET Microwaves, Antennas and Propagation, vol. 15, no 10, pp. 1159-1170, 2021. [pdf]
9. M. Lucido, M.V. Balaban, S.V. Dukhopelnykov, A.I. Nosich, "A fast-converging scheme for the electromagnetic scattering from a thin dielectric disk," Electronics, vol. 9, no 9, art. no 1451, 2020. [pdf]
8. M.V. Balaban, A.V. Somov, "Increasing the directivity of a circular antenna array," Radio Physics and Electronics, IRE NASU Press, Kharkiv, vol. 19, no 3, pp. 9-19, 2010 (in Russian). Translated into English in Telecommunications and Radio Engineering, Begell House Publ., vol. 74, no 13, pp. 1129-1146, 2015.
7. M.V. Balaban, O.V. Shapoval, A.I. Nosich, "THz wave scattering by a graphene strip and a disk in the free space: integral equation analysis and surface plasmon resonances," IOP J. of Optics, vol. 15, no 11, pp. 4007-4016, 2013. Special Issue on Graphene Nanophotonics [pdf]
6. M.V. Balaban, E.I. Smotrova, O.V. Shapoval, V.S. Bulygin, A.I. Nosich, "Nystrom-type techniques for solving electromagnetics integral equations with smooth and singular kernels," Int. J. Numerical Modeling: Electronic Networks, Devices and Fields, vol. 25, no 5, pp. 490-511, 2012. [pdf]
5. M.V. Balaban, R. Sauleau, T.M. Benson, A.I. Nosich, "Accurate quantification of the Purcell effect in the presence of a dielectric microdisk of nanoscale thickness," IET Micro and Nano Letters, vol. 6, no 6, pp. 393-396, 2011. [pdf]
4. M.V. Balaban, A.I. Nosich, "Radiation of complex electric and magnetic dipoles in the presence of a perfectly conducting disk," Radio Physics and Electronics, IRE NASU, Kharkiv, vol. 15, no 3, pp. 4-10, 2010 (in Russian). Translated into English in Telecommunications and Radio Engineering, Begell House Publ., vol. 72, no 10, pp. 841-852, 2013.
3. M.V. Balaban, R. Sauleau, T.M. Benson, A.I. Nosich, "Dual integral equations technique in electromagnetic wave scattering by a thin disk," Progress in Electromagnetic Research B, vol. 16, pp. 107-126, 2009. [pdf]
2. T. Benson, A. Nosich, E. Smotrova, M. Balaban, P. Sewell, "Laser eigenvalue problems: The electromagnetic modelling of microlasers," Proc. SPIE, vol. 6452, pp. 64520L/8, 2007. Special Issue on Laser Resonators and Beam Control [pdf]
1. M.V. Balaban, "Mathematical model of electromagnetic wave diffraction by a resistive disk," Radio Physics and Electronics, IRE NASU, Kharkiv, vol. 10, no 1, pp. 45-50, 2005 (in Russian). Translated to English in Telecommunications and Radio Engineering, Begell House Publ., vol. 65, no 11, pp. 967-976, 2006.

CONFERENCE PAPERS:
26. M.V. Balaban, R. Sauleau, M. Garcia-Vigueras, A I. Nosich, "Terahertz range elementary dipole excitation of a thin dielectric disk sandwiched between two graphene covers: integral equation analysis," Proc. Int. Conf. Microwave Communic., Antennas, Electronic Syst. (COMCAS-2019), Tel Aviv, 2019. Invited paper
25. A.I. Nosich, M.V. Balaban, V.O. Byelobrov, D.M. Natarov, O.V. Shapoval, "Essentials and merits of the method of analytical regularization in computational optics and photonics," Proc. Int. Conf. Laser and Fiber-Optics Numerical Modeling (LFNM-2016), Odesa, 2016, pp. 77-81. Invited paper
24. A. Kovorotniy, M. Balaban, V. Gorobets, F. Kivva, Y. Goncharenko, G. Farquharson, A. Jessup, "ATI SAR simulation shows signatures of complex objects," Proc. Int. Symp. Physics and Engineering of Microwaves, MM, and Sub-MM Waves (MSMW-2016), Kharkiv, 2016.
23. M.V. Balaban, "Modeling of stratified graphene-dielectric structures using the generalized boundary conditions: the THz wave scattering by thin sandwiched disks," Proc. Int. Conf. Electronics and Nanotechnology (ELNANO-2015), Kyiv, 2015, pp. 207-210.
22. M.V. Balaban, "Accurate numerical study of electromagnetic wave scattering by a dielectric-covered graphene disk," Proc. Int. Conf. Microwaves, Radar and Wireless Communications (MIKON-2014), Gdansk, 2014, pp. 349-351.
21. A.I. Nosich, M.V. Balaban, "Terahertz wave scattering by a graphene disk," Proc. Int. Conf. Applied Electromagnetics and Communcations (ICECOM-2013), Dubrovnik, 2013, s_31_9.
20. M.V. Balaban, A. Vukovic, T.M. Benson, "Electromagnetic wave scattering by a graphene-sandwiched dielectric disk analyzed using the generalized boundary conditions," Proc. Int. Symp. Physics and Engineering of Microwaves, MM, and Sub-MM Waves (MSMW-2013), Kharkiv, 2013, pp. 237-239. This paper was awarded Young Scientist Prize of the Ukrainian Physical Society for the best paper presentation
19. M.V. Balaban, A. Vukovic, T.M. Benson, A.I. Nosich, "Accurate numerical study of graphene disk surface plasmon resonances," Proc. Int. Conf. Electronics and Nanotechnology (ELNANO-2013), Kyiv, 2013, pp. 73-75.
18. M.V. Balaban, A.I. Nosich, "Accurate modeling of the THz beam scattering by a graphene disk," Proc. NATO Advanced Research Workshop on Detection of Explosives and CBRN Using Terahertz, Cesme, 2012, p. 45. [pdf]
17. M.V. Balaban, "Long-wave asymptotics of electromagnetic scattering by thin dielectric disk," Proc. Int. Conf. Mathematical Methods in Electromagnetic Theory (MMET*12), Kharkiv, 2012, pp. 473-475. [pdf]
16. A.I. Nosich, M.V. Balaban, R. Sauleau, "Modification of spontaneous radiation in the presence of a 3-D thin dielectric microdisk and partial justification of the effective index model," Proc. Int. Conf. Micro and Nano Photonic Materials and Devices (MINAP-2012), Trento, 2012, pp. 115-116. [pdf]
15. M.V. Balaban, R. Sauleau, A.I. Nosich, "Dual integral equations and analytical regularization technique in the study of Purcell effect for a thin dielectric disk," Proc. Int. Conf. Theoretical and Computational Nanophotonics (TACONA-2011), Bad Honnef, 2011, pp. 117-119. [pdf]
14. M.V. Balaban, R. Sauleau, A.I. Nosich, "Complex-source-point beam scattering by a thin high-contrast dielectric disk," Procs. European Conf. on Antennas and Propagation (EuCAP-11), Rome, 2011, pp.882-885. [pdf]
13. M.V. Balaban, R. Sauleau, A.I. Nosich, "Modification of the power radiated by an electric dipole in the presence of thin dielectric disk," Proc. Int. Conf. on Advanced Optoelectronics and Lasers (CAOL-2010), Sebastopol, 2010, pp. 133-135. [pdf]
12. M.V. Balaban, R. Sauleau, A.I. Nosich, "Numerical study of electromagnetic field scattering by an electrically resistive disk," Proc. Int. Conf. on Mathematical Methods in Electromagnetic Theory (MMET*10), Kyiv, 2010, AR-2. [pdf]
11. M.V. Balaban, A.I. Nosich, A. Altintas, T.M. Benson, "The method of analytical regularization in the electromagnetic wave scattering by thin disks," Procs. European Conf. on Antennas and Propagation (EuCAP-07), Edinburgh, 2007, Th.AP.020. [pdf]
10. M.V. Balaban, A. Altintas, "Application of Abel’s integral transform to solving the electromagnetic wave diffraction by a thin disk," Abstracts Int. Conf. Days on Diffraction (DoD-07), St. Petersburg, 2007, pp. 13-14.
9. M.V. Balaban, "Axially symmetric excitation of a Fabry-Perot resonator made of two PEC disks," Proc. Int. Conf. Mathematical Methods in Electromagnetic Theory (MMET*06), Kharkiv, 2006, pp. 614-616.
8. M.V. Balaban, "Electromagnetic wave scattering by a thin dielectric disk," Proc. Int. Workshop Microwaves, Radar and Remote Sensing (MRRS-2005), Kiev, 2005, pp. 310-314.
7. M.V. Balaban, "Optical field in the presence of two stacked dielectric disks," Proc. Int. Conf. Advanced Optoelectronics and Lasers (CAOL-05), Yalta, 2005, vol. 1, pp. 194-197.
6. A.I. Nosich, A.V. Boriskin, E.I. Smotrova, M.V. Balaban, "Analytical regularization and analytical preconditioning in computational electromagnetics," Proc. Int. Symp. Microwave and Optical Technologies (ISMOT-05), Fukuoka, 2005, pp. 307-310. Invited paper
4. M.V. Balaban, A.I. Nosich, "Vector Hankel transform and dual integral equations in electromagnetic diffraction by a PEC disk," Proc. Int. Conf. Mathematical Methods in Electromagnetic Theory (MMET*04), Dnipropetrovsk, 2004, pp. 272-274.
5. M.V. Balaban, A.I. Nosich, "Analytical regularization of dual integral equations in electromagnetic diffraction by a resistive disk," Proc. Int. Conf. Antennas and Electromagnetics (ANTEM-2005), Saint Malo, 2005, pp. 350-351.
2. M.V. Balaban, "Discrete semi-inversion method in the electromagnetic diffraction by a PEC disk," Proc. Int. Symp. Physics and Engn. of Microwaves, MM, and Sub-MM Waves (MSMW-04), Kharkiv, 2004.
3. M.V. Balaban, "Electromagnetic wave diffraction by a perfectly conducting disk," Abstracts Int. Conf. Days on Diffraction (DoD-04), St. Petersburg, 2004, p. 16.
1. M.V. Balaban, A.I. Nosich, "Arbitrary excitation of high-contrast thin dielectric disk," Proc. Int. Conf. Advanced Optoelectronics and Lasers (CAOL-03) , Alushta, 2003, vol. 1, pp. 207-209.

EXTERNAL REFERENCES:
Prof. A. Altintas, Bilkent University, Ankara, 06800, Turkey. FAX: +90-312-266-1489, Email: altintas[at]ee.bilkent.edu.tr  
Prof. T. Benson, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, NG7 2RD, UK. FAX: +44-115-951-5616, Email: trevor.benson[at]nottingham.ac.uk  
Prof. R. Sauleau, Universite de Rennes 1, Rennes Cedex 35042, France. FAX: +33-22323-6969, Email: ronan.sauleau[at]univ-rennes1.fr up
 

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