Milichko Valentin Andreyevich

Valentin A. Milichko is a physicist and materials scientist specializing in nanophotonics, hybrid materials, nonlinear optics, and metal–organic frameworks (MOFs). His research explores the interaction of laser light with hierarchical structures, advanced functional nanomaterials, and hybrid photonic systems, contributing significantly to the fields of optical sensing, data processing, and advanced photonic devices. He has authored over 160 peer-reviewed papers, including highly cited works in Advanced Materials, Angewandte Chemie, Advanced Functional Materials, Nature Communications, and Nano Letters, achieving an h-index of 29 (Scopus) with nearly 3,000 citations. His career bridges fundamental physics and practical applications, and his leadership has shaped international collaborations, research groups, and academic programs in Europe and Asia.

1. Doctor of Science (Habilitation equivalent), ITMO University, Russia (2023)
2. Thesis: Interaction of laser light with hybrid hierarchical structures
3. PhD in Physics, Institute of Automation and Control Processes, Russian Academy of Sciences, Russia (2014)
4. Thesis: Anomalous optical nonlinearity of liquid dielectric nano systems in laser radiation
5. MSc in Quantum Optics (Cum Laude), Far East Federal University, Russia (2010)

Junior Professor, Université de Lorraine (Institut Jean Lamour, Mines Nancy), CNRS, France (2024–present)

Associate Professor, School of Physics and Engineering, ITMO University, Russia (2022–2024)

Head, Russian–French Laboratory, ITMO University (2018–2024)

Invited Professor, Tongji University, China (2020–2021)

Associate Researcher, Université de Lorraine, CNRS, France (2018–2021)

Invited Researcher, Delft University of Technology, Netherlands (2018)

Assistant Professor, ITMO University, Russia (2017–2022)

Invited Researcher, Karolinska Institutet, Sweden (2015)

Postdoctoral Researcher, ITMO University, Russia (“Megagrant” project) (2014–2017)

Lecturer, Far Eastern Federal University, Russia (2014)

Assistant Researcher, Institute of Automation and Control Processes, Russian Academy of Sciences, Russia (2010–2014)

Member: American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), American Chemical Society (ACS), SPIE (since 2010)

Session Chair: “Advanced Systems for Applied Nanoscience” at METANANO Conferences (2017–2020)

Organizer: Russian–French Workshop for students, Sirius, Sochi (2019)

Academic Council Member, ITMO University (2022–2024)

Reviewer for major funding agencies: FWF (Austria), Russian Science Foundation, Priority2030, Komissarov Foundation

Peer reviewer for leading journals: Advanced Materials, JACS, Nature Communications, Advanced Optical Materials, ACS Applied Materials Interfaces

Lecturer, MSc course “Materials Characterization,” Université de Lorraine (2024–present)

Lecturer, MSc course “6 Rising Stars in Material Science,” Université de Lorraine (2022–2024)

Head of MSc program “Hybrid Materials,” ITMO University (2020–2024)

Lecturer, MSc and BA courses in optics, nanophotonics, and mechanics across ITMO University and Far Eastern Federal University (2009–2024)

Supervisor of PostDocs, 12+ PhD students, and numerous MSc students across Russia and France

Erasmus+ European Union Professorship (2021, 2022)

French Embassy “Metchnikov” Fellowship (2020)

Hot Paper recognition, Angewandte Chemie International Edition (2020)

Academia Europaea Prize in Chemistry (2019)

Medal of Russian Academy of Sciences (Physics & Astronomy, 2019)

Scopus Award, Russia: “Most Cited Young Researcher” (2018)

SPIE Optics and Photonics Scholarship (2011, 2012)

1. Milichko V.A. et al. Light-driven ultrafast sensor based on biocompatible solvatochromic MOF, Mater. Horiz. (2024).
2. Milichko V.A. et al. Grayscale to Multicolor Laser Writing Inside Label-Free MOFs, Adv. Funct. Mater. (2024).
3. Milichko V.A. et al. Exfoliation of 2D MOFs for Scalable Materials in Optical Sensing, Small Methods (2023).
4. Milichko V.A. et al. Dimensionality Mediated Optical Data Processing in Coordination Polymer Crystals, Nano Lett. (2022).
5. Milichko V.A. et al. Photochromic Free MOF-Based NIR Optical Switch, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. (2020).

(Over 160 peer-reviewed publications, including 101 in Q1/Q2 journals, with an average IF of 8.2.)

h-index: 29 (Scopus), 31 (Google Scholar)

Citations: ~3,000 (Scopus), ~3,700 (Google Scholar)

Ranked in Top 0.3% of cited researchers at ITMO University and Top 2% globally at Université de Lorraine