Pavel Belov

Pavel Aleksandrovich Belov (; born 18 December 1977 in Ust-Ilimsk) is a Russian physicist who is the head of the International Research Centre for Nanophotonics and Metamaterials at ITMO University and dean of the School of Engineering of New Uzbekistan University in Tashkent, Uzbekistan.

Education After completing his education at Saint Petersburg Lyceum 30, Pavel Belov graduated with honors from ITMO University in 2000. He defended his PhD thesis twice: at ITMO University in Russia in 2003 with the thesis "Analytical modeling of electromagnetic crystals", and in Finland in 2006 at the Helsinki University of Technology with the thesis "Analytical modeling of metamaterials and new principle of sub-wavelength imaging". In November 2010 he received a doctor of science degree for his thesis "Analytical modeling of electromagnetic crystals and left-handed materials".

Career Belov's primary achievement is the development of metamaterials which can transfer superresolution images (i.e., much smaller than the wavelength of the radiation used), resulting in higher resolutions than conventional optical systems for image transmission and processing.

In 2010 Pavel Belov invited professor Yuri Kivshar as a leading researcher in terms of government Megagrant program. Together they established the International Research Centre for Nanophotonics and Metamaterials. This laboratory performs broad research in the fields of metamaterials, plasmonics, and non-linear optics.

Dr. Belov has worked in Finland, South Korea, and the United Kingdom with companies including Nokia, Samsung Electronics and Bosch. He is a member of the Council of Young Scientists and Specialists of ITMO University. He is also a member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), IEEE Antennas & Propagation Society, IEEE Electron Devices Society, IEEE Microwave Theory and Techniques Society, Laser and Electro-Optics Society , International Union of Radio Science (URSI), and SPIE. Since October 2015, Belov has been on the Board of Scientific Advisors at Metamaterial Technologies Inc., an international optical nano-composites company. Belov is dean of the School of Engineering at New Uzbekistan University.

Awards Dr. Pavel Belov was given the Russian Federation President's Prize in Science and Innovation for Young Scientists in 2009 (Presidential Decree No.139 of 4.02.2010). The prize was awarded for his contributions to the physics of metamaterials and the development of devices for transmission and processing of superresolution images. He was the winner of grants for State Support of Young Russian Ph.D. Scientists in 2005 and 2009. His other awards include: IET Achievement Medal (Institution of Engineering and Technology, UK, 2006) International Dennis Gabor Award (NOVOFER Foundation, Hungary, 2003) URSI Young Scientist Award (Belgium, 2002)

Publications Pavel Belov is the author of more than 200 scientific articles in refereed journals, 90 conference proceedings and 13 book chapters. His h-index is 34. His work has generated over 4,300 citations.