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 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
Select Awards
Argonne Board of Governors’ Distinguished Performance Award, University of Chicago, USA (2014)
Enrico Fermi Fellowship, Argonne National Laboratory, Illinois, USA (2006)
Research Interests
Out-of-equilibrium self-assembly and collective dynamics at micro and nano scales
Emergent phenomena in complex systems, active colloids
Select Publications
“Polar state reversal in active fluids”
B. Zhang, H. Yuan, A. Sokolov, M. O. de la Cruz, A. Snezhko Nature Physics18, 154-159 (2022)
“Reconfigurable emergent patterns in active chiral fluids”
B. Zhang, A. Sokolov, A. Snezhko Nature Communications11, 4401 (2020)
“Emergence of radial tree of bend stripes in active nematics”
A. Sokolov, A. Mozaffari, R. Zhang, J. de Pablo, A. Snezhko Physical Review X9, 031014 (2019)
“Driving self-assembly and emergent dynamics in colloidal suspensions by time-dependent magnetic fields”
J. Martin, A. Snezhko Reports on Progress in Physics76, 126601 (2013)
”Active turbulence in a gas of self-assembled spinners”
G. Kokot, S. Das, R. Winkler, G. Gompper, I. Aranson, A. Snezhko Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 114, 12870 (2017)
“Magnetic manipulation of self-assembled colloidal asters”
A. Snezhko, I. Aranson Nature Materials10, 698 (2011)
“Manipulation of emergent vortices in swarms of magnetic rollers”
G. Kokot, A. Snezhko Nature Communications9, 2344 (2018)
“Self-assembled magnetic surface swimmers”
A. Snezhko, M. Belkin, I. S. Aranson, W.-K. Kwok Physical Review Letters99, 158301 (2009)
“Surface wave assisted self-assembly of multidomain magnetic structures”
A. Snezhko, I. S. Aranson, W.-K. Kwok Physical Review Letters96, 078701 (2006)
“Flocking ferromagnetic colloids”
A. Kaiser, A.Snezhko, I. Aranson Science Advances3, e1601469 (2017)
“Magnetic nanoparticles as efficient bulk pinning centers in type-II superconductors”
A. Snezhko, T. Prozorov, R. Prozorov Physical Review B 71, 024527 (2005)
“Reconfigurable structure and tunable transport in synchronized active spinner materials”
K. Han, G. Kokot, S Das, R.G. Winkler, G. Gompper, A. Snezhko Science Advances6, eaaz8535 (2020)