Sergei V. Popruzhenko (Сергей Васильевич Попруженко)
Profession: Theoretical physicist 
Date of birth: 17 March 1974 
Place of birth: Republic of Kabardino-Balkariya, USSR 
Citizenship: Russian Federation 
Languages: Russian (native), English, German 
Current affiliation: National Research Nuclear University Moscow Engineering Physics Institute, Moscow, Russia 
Other affiliations*: Max Born Institute, Berlin, Germany 
Max Planck Institute for Nuclear Physics, Heidelberg, Germany 
 Address: National Research Nuclear University Moscow Engineering Physics Institute, Kashirskoe shosse 31, 115409, Moscow, Russia
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Education and Academic Status 
1997 Graduated from Moscow Engineering Physics Institute with Master of Science degree. Diploma thesis “Angular distributions of photoelectrons in a strong elliptically polarized laser field”. Diploma with distinction. 
1997-2000 Ph.D. student. Dep. of Theoretical Physics, Moscow Engineering Physics Institute. Scientific adviser – Prof. S.P. Goreslavski. 
June 2000 Doctor of Philosophy degree. Thesis “Tunneling limit in the theory of above-threshold ionization and rescattering”. 
2000-2002 Researcher at the Department of Theoretical Physics, Moscow Engineering Physics Institute 
2002-2012 Associated professor at the Department of Theoretical Physics, National Research Nuclear University Moscow Engineering Physics Institute
October 2011 Doctor of Science degree. Thesis “Nonperturbative methods in theory of nonlinear ionization and generation of high harmonics in intense laser fields”.
2012-present Professor at the Department of Theoretical Physics, National Research Nuclear University Moscow Engineering Physics Institute 
 
Teachers
Prof. S.P. Goreslavski, Moscow Engineering Physics Institute. Scientific adviser for my Diploma thesis and PhD thesis. 
Prof. V.S. Popov, Institute for Theoretical and Experimental Physics, Moscow. 
Prof. D.F. Zaretsky, Russian Research Center “Kurchatov Institute”

Teaching 
Exercises: 1997-present. Theoretical physics, fundamental course: classical mechanics, classical theory of the field, quantum mechanics, statistical physics 
Lecturing: 2002-present Quantum theory of radiation
2003-2009 Classical electrodynamics 
2006 Classical mechanics 
2009-present Statistical mechanics and thermodynamics 

Research Area and Scientific Interests 
Main research field: Interaction of intense electromagnetic (laser) fields with atoms, molecules, nanostructures and plasmas.
Research experience in:  
· nonlinear (single and multiple) ionization of atoms and negative ions in strong laser fields; 
· high order harmonic generation in intense femtosecond laser pulses; 
· interaction of atomic clusters and nanofilms with intense short laser pulses, including nonlinear plasma effects and mechanisms of energy absorption and conversion. 

Collaborations 
I work in close contact with several small research theoretical groups in Russia and Germany. Those groups are (the group leader and affiliation are listed):
1. Vladimir S. Popov, Institute for Theoretical and Experimental Physics, Moscow. Strong field phenomena in atomic physics. 
2. Wilhelm Becker, Max Born Institute, Berlin. Strong field phenomena in atomic physics. 
3. Dieter Bauer, University of Rostock. Strong field phenomena in atomic physics, laser-plasma interactions. 
4. Tatiana Liseykina, Institute for Computational Technologies, Novosibirsk. Laser-plasma interactions. 
5. Christoph H. Keitel, Max Planck Institute for Nuclear Physics, Heidelberg. Physics of superintense electromagnetic fileds. 

Selected publications  
1. S.V. Popruzhenko, V.D. Mur, V.S. Popov and D. Bauer 
Strong Field Ionization Rate for Arbitrary Laser Frequencies 
Physical Review Letters 101, 193003, 2008 
2. S.V. Popruzhenko and D. Bauer D 
Strong field approximation for systems with Coulomb interaction 
Journal of Modern Optics 55, 2573–2589, 2008 
3. M. Ruggenthaler, S.V. Popruzhenko and D. Bauer 
Recollision-induced plasmon excitation in strong laser fields 
Physical Review A 78, 033413, 2008 
4. S.V. Popruzhenko, G.G. Paulus and D. Bauer 
Coulomb-corrected quantum trajectories in strong-field ionization 
Physical Review A 77, 053409, 2008 
5. B.M. Karnakov, Ph.A. Korneev and S.V. Popruzhenko 
Radiation of a nonrelativistic particle during its finite motion in a central field 
Journal of Experimental and Theoretical Physics 106 650, 2008 [Zh. Exp. Teor. Fiz. 133, 751, 2008] 
6. S.P. Goreslavski, G.G. Paulus, S.V. Popruzhenko, N.I. Shvetsov-Shilovskii 
Coulomb asymmetry in above-threshold ionization 
Physical Review Letters 93, 233002, 2004 
7. S.V. Fomichev, S.V. Popruzhenko, D.F. Zaretsky and W. Becker 
Laser-induced nonlinear excitation of collective electron motion in a cluster 
Journal of Physics B 36, 3817, 2003 
8. S.V. Popruzhenko, Ph.A. Korneev, S.P. Goreslavski and W. Becker 
Laser-induced recollision phenomena: Interference resonances at channel closings 
Physical Review Letters 89, 023001, 2002 
9. V.D. Mur, S.G. Pozdnyakov, V.S. Popov and S.V. Popruzhenko 
On the Zel'dovich regularization method in the theory of quasistationary states 
JETP Letters 75, 249, 2002 
10. S.V. Popruzhenko and S.P. Goreslavskii 
Photoelectron momentum distribution for double ionization in strong laser fields  
Journal of Physics B 34, L239, 2001 
11. S.P. Goreslavskii and S.V. Popruzhenko 
Tunneling limit in the theory of photoelectron rescattering by the parent ion 
Journal of Experimental and Theoretical Physics 90, 778, 2000 [Zh. Exp. Teor. Fiz. 117, 895, 2000] 
12. S.P. Goreslavskii and S.V. Popruzhenko 
Rescattering and quantum interference near the classical cut-offs 
Journal of Physics B 32, L531, 1999