My main interests and activities lie in the broad area of finite-size systems and phenomena (atomic and molecular clusters, nanosystems, nanophenomena) and include fundamental conceptual and methodological developments as well as applications in the form of modeling and numerical simulations. The issues and properties studied cover structural forms, dynamics, phases and phase changes, dielectric, electronic, magnetic, optical, and chemical reactivity features of finite-size systems as defined by their size and composition.

Education

1969	Diploma with Distinction in Theoretical Physics (equivalent to M.Sc.), Physics Department, Uzhgorod University, Ukraine, former USSR
1969 - 1972	Aspirant (Ph.D. student) - Theoretical High Energy Physics, Physics Department, Uzhgorod University, Ukraine, former USSR
1983	Ph.D. in Chemical Physics, The Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel

Experience

1983 - 1986	Weizmann Fellow/Research Associate, Department of Chemistry, The University of Chicago.
1986 - 2005	In charge of the Theory Component in the Cluster Studies Group, Chemistry Division, Argonne National Laboratory
1986 - 1991	Assistant Scientist, Chemistry Division, Argonne National Laboratory
1991 - 1997	Scientist, Chemistry Division, Argonne National Laboratory
1997 - Oct. 2017	Senior Scientist, Chemical Sciences and Engineering Division, Argonne National Laboratory
2000 - 2005	Group Leader, Cluster Studies Group (experiment and theory), Chemical Sciences and Engineering Division, Argonne National Laboratory
2006 - July 2018	Senior Fellow, University of Chicago/Argonne Computation Institute
Oct. 2017- Present	Senior Scientist Emeritus, Chemical Sciences and Engineering Division, Argonne National Laboratory

Honors and Awards

1980	Minerva Award, Minerva Foundation, Germany
1981	The Dov Elad Distinction Award, The Weizmann Institute of Science
1983 - 1984	The Chaim Weizmann Fellowship, The Weizmann Foundation
2005	The University of Chicago Award and Medal for Distinguished Performance at the Argonne National Laboratory
2007	Introductory Lecturer, The Royal Society of Chemistry Faraday Discussion Meeting No138 on ​“Nanoalloys: From Theory to Application”, Birmingham, UK
2008	Research Excellence Award in Computational Physics, The European Society of Computational Methods in Science and Engineering
2010	Humboldt Senior Scientist Research Award, The Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, Germany
2010	Fellow,  American Physical Society
May - July 2011	Humboldt Awardee Visitor, The Fritz Haber Institute, Berlin, Germany
Oct. 2011	The Humboldt Lecture + Medal, Berlin, Germany
May - Aug. 2015	Humboldt Awardee Visitor, The Fritz Haber Institute, Berlin, Germany
Nov. 2016 -June 2017	Weston Visiting Professor, Dept. of Chemical Physics, The Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel
2020	Humboldt Research Award Extension, The Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, Germany (extension for an additional 3-month visit at The Fritz Haber Institute, Berlin, Germany)

Publications:

More than 170

Books:

“Theory of Atomic and Molecular Clusters”, J. Jellinek (Ed.), Springer-Verlag, Heidelberg, (1999), pp. 1-429

Invited Talks:

More than 260

Select Professional Activities

• Board of Directors, Telluride Summer Research Center, Colorado, USA (1986-1990)
• Guest Co-Editor:  Z. Phys. D, Vol. 26, 1993
• Organizer and Co-Organizer of National and International Meetings (Workshops at Telluride Summer Research Center, Telluride, Colorado, USA, 1987-1989; Berry Symposium, Chicago, USA, 1991; Sixth International Symposium on Small Particles and Inorganic Clusters, Chicago, USA, 1992; Second International Symposium on Theory of Atomic and Molecular Clusters, Fontana, Wisconsin, USA, 1996; Series of NATO Advanced Study Institutes, Cetraro, Italy, 1994, 1998, 2002; International Workshop on New Trends in Science and Technology, Ankara, Turkey, 2008)
• Member of International Advisory Boards:
  •  International Symposium on Atomic Cluster Collisions (ISACC) (Darmstadt, Germany, 2007; St. Petersburg, Russia, 2008; Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA, 2009; Berlin, Germany, 2011; Wuhan, China, 2013; Madrid, Spain, 2015; Varadero, Cuba, 2017; Canterbury, UK, 2019; Santa Margherita, Italy; 2021
  •  International Symposium on Theory of Atomic and Molecular Clusters (TAMC) (Fontana, WI, USA, 1996; Berlin, Germany, 1999; Toulouse, France, 2004; Richmond, VA, USA, 2007; Mexico City, Mexico, 2010; Birmingham, UK, 2013; Beijing, China, 2017)
• International Conference on Dynamics of Systems on the Nanoscale (DySoN) (Rome, Italy, 2010; St. Petersburg, Russia, 2012; Edinburgh, UK, 2014; Bad Ems, Germany, 2016;
• International Workshop on Frontiers in Electronic Structure Calculations: Techniques and Applications (Pune, India, 2010)
  •  Third International Conference on Nonlinear Science and Complexity (Ankara, Turkey, 2010)
  •  International Symposium on Physics and Chemistry of Clusters: Clusters in Gases and Plasmas (Pushchino, Russia, 1997, 1999)
  •  International Interdisciplinary Scientific Research Congress, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, 2013-2020
• Supervision and mentoring of postdocs: about 25