Staff
 
 
 
   

Ekaterina A. Sergeeva,
Senior research fellow at Department for Radiophysics Methods in Hydrophysics, Laboratory for optical techniques

Educational Background :
2008 – Ph.D., Radiophysics, Institute of Applied Physics RAS, Nizhny Novgorod, Russia. Thesis title: “Theoretical models of light propagation and images for the problems of optical diagnostics of biotissues”, Scientific advisor: L.S. Dolin
2001 – 2004: Ph.D. Student of the Institute of Applied Physics RAS, Nizhny Novgorod, Russia
2001 – Master of Science, Physics, N.I. Lobachevsky Nizhny Novgorod State University, Russia
1999 – 2001: Master Student of N.I. Lobachevsky Nizhny Novgorod State University, Russia
1999 – Bachelor of Science, Physics, N.I. Lobachevsky Nizhny Novgorod State University, Russia
1995 – 1999: Student of N.I. Lobachevsky Nizhny Novgorod State University, Russia

Research Interests:

Light propagation in highly scattering media

  • Theory of light propagation in highly scattering media, application for biotissues
  • Optical methods of biomedical diagnostics
  • Effect of nanoparticles on light propagation in scattering media

Laser Scanning Microscopy (LSM)

  • Confocal LSM of cells and biotissues
  • Study of novel fluorophores
  • Multiphoton fluorescence LSM

Optical Diffuse Tomography
Fluorescent Diffuse Tomography
Optical Coherence Tomography

Research Experience:
2011 – present: Senior Researcher, Institute of Applied Physics RAS, Nizhny Novgorod, Russia
2008 – 2011: Researcher, Institute of Applied Physics RAS, Nizhny Novgorod, Russia
2001 – 2008: Junior Researcher, Institute of Applied Physics RAS, Nizhny Novgorod, Russia

Visits:
2006: Visiting Researcher, RIKEN Brain Science Institute, Tokyo, Japan
2005, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2012: Visiting Researcher, University of Oulu, Finland
2012: Visiting Researcher, Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden

Membership:
2003 – 2012: The International Society for Optical Engineering (SPIE).
2007, 2009, 2011, 2013 – Scientific Secretary of the Conference on Neuroimaging, International Symposium "Topical Problems of Biophotonics"
2009 – Member of organizing committee of the V International Conference on Current Problems in Optics of Natural Waters
2007 – Scientific Secretary of the IV International Conference on Current Problems in Optics of Natural Waters
2003, 2005 – Member of organizing committee of International Symposium "Topical Problems of Nonlinear Wave Physics"

Awards, Honors and Grants:

2005 - Best Poster Prize of the International Autumn School "Modern Biophysical Techniques for Human Health"
2005 - Best Poster Prize of the International Graduate Summer School Biophotonics 2005
2001 - Diploma with Honors for achievements in studies, N.I. Lobachevsky Nizhny Novgorod State University, Russia

Principal investigator

2008-2010: Grant of the Russian Foundation for Basic Research "Noninvasive imaging of cells and biological tissues by means of multiphoton fluorescence microscopy"
2009-2010: Grant of the President of Russian Federation for support of young scientists "Potentialities of colloidal quantum dots for in vivo multiphoton microscopy imaging of biological tissue structure"
2011-2013: Grant of the Russian Foundation for Basic Research "Visualization of nanoparticles distribution in biological objects by means of linear and nonlinear optical biomedical imaging"
2012-2013: Grant of the President of Russian Federation for support of young scientists "Optical diffuse spectroscopy for functional diagnostics of human brain"

Teaching Experience:
2008 – 2012: Senior Teacher, N.I. Lobachevsky Nizhny Novgorod State University, Russia
Lecture course "Optical Imaging in Neurobiology" (master students of physics department, biology department)
Lecture course "General physics" (students of 1-2 year of physics department, biology department)
Practical and laboratory course in general physics (students of physics department, biology department)

2000 – 2008: Teacher, N.I. Lobachevsky Nizhny Novgorod State University, Russia
Practical and laboratory course in general physics (students of 1-3 year of physics department)

Publications:
40 peer-reviewed journal publications, 80 publications and abstracts in conference proceedings

Selected papers:

  • V. O. Korhonen, T. S. Myllylä, M.Yu. Kirillin, A. Popov, A. Bykov, A.V. Gorshkov, E.A. Sergeeva, M. Kinnunen, V. Kiviniemi, “Light propagation in near-infrared spectroscopy of the human brain”, IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics, 20 (2): 7100310 (2014).
  • R. Su, M. Kirillin, P. Ekberg, A. Roos, E. Sergeeva, L. Mattsson “Optical coherence tomography for quality assessment of embedded microchannels in alumina ceramic”, Optics Express, 20(4),4603-4618(2012).
  • A.V. Maslennikova, M.V. Kochueva, N.Yu Ignatjeva, O.L. Zakharkina, V.A. Kamensky, E.A. Sergeeva, and V.N. Bagratashvili. «Effects of gamma irradiation on collagen damage and remodeling. Radiotherapy and Oncology», 103(s1):189–189 (2012).
  • Dolin, Lev S.; Sergeeva, Ekaterina A.; Turchin, Ilya V., «Correlation characteristics of optical coherence tomography images of turbid media with statistically inhomogeneous optical parameters», JQSRT, 113(9), 691-703 (2012).
  • Loginova Y.F., Kazachkina N.I., Zherdeva V.V., Rusanov A.L., Shirmanova M.V., Zagaynova E.V., Sergeeva E.A., Dezhurov S.V., Wakstein M.S., Savitsky A.P. «Biodistribution of intact fluorescent CdSe/CdS/ZnS quantum dots coated by mercaptopropionic acid after intravenous injection into mice». J Biophotonics, 11-12, 848-859 (2012)
  • M. Kirillin, I. Meglinski, V. Kuzmin, E. Sergeeva and R. Myllylä “Simulation of optical coherence tomography images by Monte Carlo modeling based on polarization vector approach”, Optics Express, 18(21), 21714-21724(2010).
  • E. A. Sergeeva, A. R. Katichev and M. Y. Kirillin, "Two-photon fluorescence microscopy signal formation in highly scattering media: theoretical and numerical simulation," Quantum Electron. 40(12), 1053-1061 (2010)