Semion K. Saikin

Semion Saikin was born in Kazan, Russia. He received the M.S. degree in physics and the Ph.D. degree in theoretical physics from the Kazan State University, Kazan, Russia, in 1995 and 1998, respectively. Since 1999, he has been an Assistant Professor with the Theoretical Physics Department, Kazan State University. On leave of absence from Kazan State University since 2001, he has been a Research Associate with the Center for Quantum Device Technology, affiliated with the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Clarkson University, Potsdam, NY. His research interests center on the field of solid-state physics with an emphasis on application to modern device technology, including microscopic structure of crystals and evolution of open quantum systems for quantum computation and spintronics application.