Biography
Education
- Ph.D., Physics and Materials Research, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic, 2001
- M.Sc. Degree in Physics summa cum laude, Donetsk State University, Donetsk, Ukraine, 1996
Professional Experience
- 2008-present Staff Physicist, Materials Science Division, Argonne National Laboratory
- 2006-2008 Enrico Fermi Fellow, Materials Science Division, Argonne National Laboratory
- 2004-2006 Postdoctoral Researcher, Materials Science Division, Argonne National Laboratory
- 2002-2004 Postdoctoral Researcher, Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of South Carolina
- 1996-2002 Research Scientist, Department of Low Temperature Physics, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic
Selected Awards
- Distinguished Performance Award, University of Chicago, Chicago, USA (2014)
- Enrico Fermi Fellowship, Argonne National Laboratory, Illinois, USA (2006)
- Special Fellowship from International Soros Foundation for Science and High Education, Donetsk State University, Ukraine (1995)
Research Interests
- Out-of-equilibrium self-assembly and collective dynamics at micro and nano scales
- Emergent phenomena in complex systems
- Pairing symmetries of novel superconductors, vortex matter
Selected Publications
(More than 70 papers in refereed scientific journals including Physical Review Letters, Nature Materials, Science etc.)
- “Self-assembled magnetic surface swimmers”
A. Snezhko, M. Belkin, I. S. Aranson, W.-K. Kwok
Physical Review Letters 99, 158301 (2009) - “Magnetic manipulation of self-assembled colloidal asters”
A. Snezhko, I. Aranson
Nature Materials 10, 698 (2011) - “Manipulation of emergent vortices in swarms of magnetic rollers”
G. Kokot, A. Snezhko
Nature Communications 9, 2344 (2018) - “Emergence of reconfigurable wires and spinners via dynamic self-assembly”
G. Kokot, D. Piet, G.M. Whitesides, I. S. Aranson, A. Snezhko
Scientific Reports 5, 9528 (2015) - “Surface wave assisted self-assembly of multidomain magnetic structures”
A. Snezhko, I. S. Aranson, W.-K. Kwok
Physical Review Letters 96, 078701 (2006) - “Flocking ferromagnetic colloids”
A. Kaiser, A.Snezhko, I. Aranson
Science Advances 3, e1601469 (2017) - ”Active turbulence in a gas of self-assembled spinners”,
G. Kokot, S. Das, R. Winkler, G. Gompper, I. Aranson, and A. Snezhko
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 114,12870 (2017) - “Magnetic nanoparticles as efficient bulk pinning centers in type-II superconductors”
A. Snezhko, T. Prozorov, R. Prozorov
Physical Review B 71, 024527 (2005) - “Nodal Order Parameter in Electron-Doped Superconducting Films PrCeCuO (x=0.13, 0.15, 0.17)”
A. Snezhko, R. Prozorov, R. W. Giannetta, D. D. Lawrie, P. Fournier
Physical Review Letters 92, 157005 (2004).