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Professor Rashid Ashirovich Ganeev was born in Tashkent (Uzbekistan) on 18 January 1955. Currently, he works at TIIAME National Research University, Tashkent, Uzbekistan.
Education Background
1972 – 1977, Tashkent Polytechnic Institute, Department of Physical Engineering, Tashkent, USSR. Undergraduate and graduate study. M.Sci. diploma of engineering physicist.
1984 – 1987, Institute of Electronics, Tashkent, USSR. Postgraduate and Ph.D. studies. Ph.D. diploma in Physics and Mathematics.
Scientific employment and academic responsibilities
Institute of Electronics, Tashkent, USSR
Staff Engineer, Research Fellow Oct. 1976 – Jan. 1993
Scientific Association Akadempribor, Tashkent, USSR, Uzbekistan
Research Fellow, Principal Scientist Jan. 1993 – Mar. 2009
Standards and Industrial Research Institute of Malaysia, Shah Alam, Malaysia
Visiting Researcher Mar. 1997– Feb. 1998
Centre for Advanced Technology, Indore, India
Visiting Fellow, Senior Visiting Researcher Mar. 1999 – May 1999, Oct. 1999 – Dec. 1999, Jan. 2006 – Mar. 2006, Feb. 2009 – Mar. 2009, Feb. 2010 – Mar. 2010
The University of Tokyo, Kashiwa, Japan
Foreign Research Fellow, Visiting Professor Sep. 2000 – Sep. 2001, Nov. 2002 – May 2005, Feb. 2007 – Dec. 2007, Nov. 2008 – Jan. 2009
International Centre for Theoretical Physics, Trieste, Italy
Visitor, Senior Associate Feb. 1994 – Mar. 1994, Sep. 2005 – Oct. 2005, Aug. 2009 – Sep. 2009, May 2010 – June 2010
Institut National de la Recherche Scientifique, Montreal, Canada
Visiting Researcher Sep. 2006 – Dec. 2006, May 2008 – Nov. 2008
Imperial College, London, United Kingdom
Visiting Researcher Nov. 2010 – Oct. 2012
Institute of Ion, Plasma, and Laser Technologies, Tashkent, Uzbekistan
Principal Scientist Nov. 2012 – Mar. 2013, Apr. 2014 – Sep. 2014
WestfalischeWilhelmsUniversitat, Muenster, Germany
Invited Researcher Jun. 2010, Sep. 2011, Feb. 2012
Instituto de Química Física Rocasolano, Madrid, Spain
Invited Researcher Feb. 2011, Oct. 2011
Saitama Medical University, Moroyama, Japan
Professor Apr. 2013 - Mar. 2014, Oct. 2014 - Oct. 2015
Voronezh State University, Voronezh, Russia
Professor, Principal Scientist Apr. 2012 - Aug. 2014, Apr. 2016 – Jul. 2017
Changchun Institute of Optics, Fine Mechanics and Physics, Changchun, China
Professor Aug. 2017 – Dec. 2018
American University of Sharjah, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates
Visiting Professor Apr. 2019 - Dec. 2020
The University of Latvia, Riga, Latvia
Senior Researcher Jan. 2021 - Nov. 2023
Institute of Fundamental and Applied Research, TIIAME National Research University, Tashkent, Uzbekistan
Professor Nov. 2023 - present
Awards, grants, and distinctions
-1994, awarded by the International Science Foundation Grant;
-1997, awarded by The World Academy of Sciences (TWAS) Associateship Scheme Grant;
-2000, awarded by the COE Grant of the Ministry of Sciences and Technology of Japan;
-2002, awarded the Galileo Galilei Award and Medal of the International Commission for Optics;
-2004, nominated a Visiting Professor at the University of Tokyo, Japan;
-2004, awarded by the International Center of Theoretical Physics Senior Associateship Grant;
-2006, awarded by Fond Quebecois sur la Recherche de la Nature et Technologies;
-2006, awarded by the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science Grant;
-2007, nominated a Visiting Professor at the University of Tokyo, Japan;
-2008, elected a Fellow of TWAS;
-2009, awarded by the TWAS-UNESCO Associateship Grant;
-2010, awarded by TWAS Research Grant;
-2010, awarded by Marie Curie International Incoming Fellowships Grant;
-2011, awarded by Khwarizmi International Award;
-2011, awarded by Volkswagen Grant;
-2012, nominated a Professor at Voronezh State University, Russia;
-2013, nominated a Professor at Saitama Medical University, Japan;
-2013, awarded by TWAS Research Grant;
-2015, awarded by the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science Grant;
-2016, awarded by the Russian Ministry of Science and Education grant;
-2017, nominated a Professor at Changchun Institute of Optics, Fine Mechanics and Physics, China;
-2017, awarded by the Russian Fund of Basic Research grant;
-2018, awarded by the Chinese Academy of Sciences President's International Fellowship Initiative;
-2018, awarded by High-End Foreign Expert Program Grant, China;
-2019, awarded by FRG grant from the American University of Sharjah, United Arab Emirates;
-2020, awarded by ERDF grant, ERA Chair "Quantum Optics and Photonics", Latvia;
-2024, awarded by grant of the American University of Sharjah, United Arab Emirates.
Main topics of scientific interests
-Nonlinear optics (high-order harmonic generation of laser radiation, investigation of the nonlinear optical properties of various media);
-Investigation and construction of coherent extreme ultraviolet radiation sources;
-Laser – surface interactions;
-Nanostructuring, nanofabrication, and characterization of small-sized species.
A brief account of scientific activity
Prof. Ganeev has initiated systematic studies of the nonlinear optical properties of various media. The nonlinear optical parameters (nonlinear refractive indices, nonlinear susceptibilities, multi-photon, and saturated absorption coefficients, etc.) of colloidal metal solutions, metal-doped organic polymers, low-excited plasmas, semiconductor chalcogenide films, and solutions, dye vapors and solutions, metal-doped glasses and polymers, nonlinear crystals, liquids, fullerenes, fullerene-doped organic films, nanoparticles, quantum dots, etc. have been analyzed. The optical limiting in fullerene-doped solutions, colloidal metals, and semiconductors was achieved. The studies of the low-order harmonic generation of picosecond laser radiation in colloidal metals, metal-doped organics and glasses, fullerenes, dye vapors, and solutions were carried out, and their nonlinear susceptibilities were analyzed in the frames of the influence of self-action processes on the harmonic generation. The low-order harmonic generation in dye vapors caused by the difference frequency generation was achieved. The nanorippling formation in different materials was studied.
Prof. Ganeev has established his methods to perform high-order harmonic generation in laser ablation plumes from various solid targets through collaboration with several leading laboratories. This has allowed him to study, in well-controlled samples, high-order harmonic generation of laser radiation from a variety of atoms and ions for instance a broad range of metals and organics. Through this he has been able to demonstrate strong resonant enhancement at particular harmonic orders due to the effects of resonance on phase matching. More recently he has shown that nanoparticles and fullerenes can, under the correct illumination conditions, be lifted from surfaces without fragmentation from a surface and form a gaseous plume of high density and purity. For instance, he has shown this for 10-nm nanoparticles of Ag, Pt, and Au and found evidence of enhanced harmonic generation. He has also performed the first-ever harmonic generation experiments using the carbon-contained clusters (C60, carbon nanoparticles, graphene, carbon fibers, and carbon nanotubes), which allowed achieving the efficient conversion efficiency of laser radiation in the extreme ultraviolet range. He has developed new methods of quasi-phase-matching in multi-jet plasmas allowing the enhancement of the groups of harmonics in the extreme ultraviolet range and the determination of the electron density in plasmas. Among his other achievements are the development of various methods of harmonic stabilization using the rotating targets during laser ablation using high pulse repetition rate lasers, characterization of plasma parameters, laser ablation-induced high-order harmonic generation spectroscopy, analysis of DNA components and various complex organic materials through the ablation and nonlinear optical study of plasma plumes, application of mid-infrared pulses for the amendment of plasma harmonics, application of extended laser-produced plasmas for efficient harmonic generation, quasi-phase matching in plasma plumes, application of two synchronized lasers for HHG, etc.
Prof. Ganeev has established a broad network of plasma harmonic studies with numerous scientists in Japan, India, Canada, Russia, Germany, United Kingdom, Malaysia, Italy, China, Spain, United Arab Emirates, Latvia, etc. where he carried out his studies. Among the grants awarded to Prof. Ganeev are The World Academy of Sciences Associateship Scheme grant, Ministry of Sciences and Technology of Japangrant, Visiting Professorship grant of the Institute for Solid State Physics (Japan), International Center of Theoretical Physics Senior Associateship grant, Fond Quebecois sur la Recherche de la Nature et Technologies grant (Canada), a few Japan Society for the Promotion of Science grants, the TWAS-UNESCO Associateship Grant, a few TWAS research grants, the Russian Fund of Basic Research grant, Marie Curie International Incoming Fellowships grant, Chinese Academy of Sciences President’s International Fellowship Initiative grant, Volkswagen grant (Germany), ERDF grant, ERA Chair "Quantum Optics and Photonics", Latvia, American University of Sharjah grant (UAE), etc.
Prof. Ganeev supervised six Ph.D. students. He also served as a senior adviser to formal supervisors of Ph.D. students in Japan, Canada, India, Germany, China, Latvia, and the United Kingdom. He has supervised a whole set of plasma harmonic studies, alongside the host researcher, in various laboratories worldwide. He published ten monographs based on his studies of the low- and high-order nonlinear optical properties of various materials. Prof. Ganeev is the first co-author of most of his 490+ publications in peer-reviewed journals. His h-index is 63 (Google Scholar, 2025). In 2002, the International Commission for Optics awarded him the ICO Galileo Galilei Award and Medal for his contribution to nonlinear optics. In 2011, he was awarded by Khwarizmi International Award. In 2008, The World Academy of Sciences elected him a Fellow of TWAS.