Andrei Sanov

Curriculum Vitae (abbrv.)

Associate Professor
Department of Chemistry
University of Arizona
1306 E. University Blvd.
Tucson, AZ 80721-0041
U.S.A.

Phone: (520) 626-8399
FAX: (520) 621-8407
E-mail: sanov@u.arizona.edu
Faculty profile: www.chem.arizona.edu/sanov
Group: www.chem.arizona.edu/sanov/group

Education

1992-1996	Ph.D. in Chemistry (1996) University of Southern California Research Advisor: Prof. Hanna Reisler
1986-1992	M.S. in Physics and Mathematics (1992) Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology Research Advisor: Prof. Vladlen S. Letokhov

Professional Appointments

2005-	Associate Professor (with tenure), Department of Chemistry, University of Arizona, Tucson
1999-2005	Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry, University of Arizona, Tucson
1996-1999	Postdoctoral Fellow, JILA, University of Colorado, Boulder Advisor: Prof. W. Carl Lineberger

Awards and Distinctions

	Favorite Teacher Award, Student Affiliates of the American Chemical Society, The Univetsity of Arizona (2004-2005)
	Camille Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar Award, The Camille and Henry Dreyfus Foundation (2004)
	Invited participant, U.S. National Academy of Sciences Frontiers of Science Symposium (2004)
	Packard Fellowship for Science and Engineering, The David and Lucile Packard Foundation (2002-2007)
	Beckman Young Investigator Award, Arnold and Mabel Beckman Foundation (2002-2005)
	Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Award, National Science Foundation (2002-2007)
	Member of the U.S. delegation, German-American Symposium Frontiers of Chemistry, sponsored by Gesellschaft Deutscher Chemiker and the American Chemical Society (2004)
	Invited feature and bio in the Emerging Investigators special issue of The Analyst (2003)
	Research Innovation Award, Research Corporation (2000)
	Academic Achievement Award, University of Southern California (1996)
	Royal Society of Chemistry Faraday Division Travel Award, Los Angeles-London-Oxford (1995)
	Excellence in Research Award, University of Southern California (1994)
	Red Diploma (Honors), Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology (1992)

Grants

	National Science Foundation, Chemistry Research Instrumentation and Facilities (CRIF) program. Purchase of a Femtosecond Laser System for Ultrafast Photoelectron Imaging Spectroscopy of Negative Ions and Ionic Clusters (Grant No. CHE-9982057). Role on grant: co-PI with 100% funding allocation (nominal PI is the Dept Head). Award period: 01/15/2000 - 12/31/2002. Amount of support: $230,000 (NSF) + $150,000 (UA match) = $380,000 total.
	University of Arizona, Vice President for Research, Faculty Small Grants Program. Imaging Studies of Chemical Reactivity at the Molecular-Orbital Level. Role on grant: sole PI. Award period: 01/01/2000 - 06/30/2001. Amount of support: $5,000.
	Petroleum Research Fund, American Chemical Society. ACS-PRF Type G grant. Role on grant: sole PI. Award period: 09/01/2000 - 08/31/2002. Amount of support: $25,000.
	Research Corporation. Research Innovation Award. Role on grant: sole PI. Award period: 06/01/2001 - 05/31/2004. Amount of support: $35,000.
	University of Arizona, Vice President for Research, Faculty Small Grants Program in Imaging and Image Science (State of Arizona Prop. 301) Photoelectron Imaging of Negative Ions. Role on grant: sole PI. Award period: 01/10/2002 - 06/30/2003. Amount of support: $13,000.
	University of Arizona, Office of International Affairs, Foreign Travel Grant to attend the Quantum Dynamics Workshop at the Max-Planck Institute for Physics of Complex Systems in Dresden, Germany, April 2002. Amount of support: $700.
	National Science Foundation, CAREER Award (grant No. CHE-0134631). Role on grant: sole PI. Award period: 06/01/2002 - 04/30/2007. Amount of support: $435,000.
	The Arnold and Mabel Beckman Foundation, Beckman Young Investigator Award. Role on grant: sole PI. Award period: 09/01/2002 - 08/31/2005. Amount of support: $240,000.
	The David and Lucile Packard Foundation, Packard Fellowship for Science and Engineering. Role on grant: sole PI. Award period: 10/2002 - 09/2007. Amount of support: $625,000.
	The Camille and Henry Dreyfus Foundation, Camille Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar Award. Role on grant: sole PI. Award period: 06/2004 - 05/2009. Amount of support: $60,000.
	University of Arizona, Office of International Affairs, Foreign Travel Grant to attend the Gordon Research Conference on Molecular & Ionic Clusters in Aussois, France, Sep 2004. Amount of support: $550.

Publications

See complete list at http://www.chem.arizona.edu/sanov/publications.html

Selected recent papers:

Time-resolved electron detachment imaging of the I^- channel in I₂Br^- photodissociation
R. Mabbs, K. Pichugin, E. Surber, and A. Sanov, J. Chem. Phys. 121, 265-272 (2004).

Cluster anions: Structure, interactions and dynamics in the sub-nanoscale regime
A. Sanov and W. C. Lineberger, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 6, 2018-2032 (2004). // Invited cover article

An experimental manifestation of distinct electronic-structural properties of covalent dimer anions of CO₂ and CS₂
R. Mabbs, E. Surber, and A. Sanov, Chem. Phys. Lett. 381, 479-480 (2003).

Photoelectron imaging of carbonyl sulfide cluster anions: Isomer coexistence and competition of excited-state decay mechanisms
E. Surber and A. Sanov, J. Chem. Phys. 118, 9192-9200 (2003).

Imaging of Direct Photodetachment and Autodetachment of (OCS)₂^-: Excited-State Dynamics of the Covalent Dimer Anion
E. Surber and A. Sanov, Phys. Rev. Lett. 90, 093001 (2003).

Photoelectron imaging spectroscopy of molecular and cluster anions: CS₂^- and OCS^-(H₂O)_1,2
E. Surber and A. Sanov, J. Chem. Phys. 116, 5921-5924 (2002).

Invited Lectures

(Recent sample)

The XIXth Conference on the Dynamics of Molecular Collisions
Lake Tahoe, California, July 13-18, 2003.

Packard Fellows Conference and 15-year Reunion, The David and Lucile Packard Foundation
Vancouver, British Columbia, CANADA, September 3-7, 2003.

Gordon Research Conference on Photoions, Photoionization and Photodetachment
Oxford University, Queen's College, ENGLAND, September 21-26, 2003.

University of Maryland, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
College Park, Maryland, 8 October 2003.

University of Southern California, Department of Chemistry
Los Angeles, 20 October 2003.

University of California, Irvine, Department of Chemistry
Irvine, California, 21 October 2003.

University of California, San Diego, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
La Jolla, California, 18 November 2003.

University of Chicago, The James Frank Institute
Chicago, 3 February 2004.

National Meeting of the American Chemical Society
Anaheim, California, March 28 - April 1, 2004.

University of California, Santa Barbara, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
Santa Barbara, California, 10 May 2004.

International Symposium on Molecular Spectroscopy, Ohio State University
Columbus, Ohio, June 21-25, 2004.

Gordon Research Conference on Molecular and Ionic Clusters
Centre Paul Langevin, Aussois, FRANCE, September 5-10, 2004.

University of Arizona, Department of Chemistry
Tucson, Arizona, 30 September 2004.

XXI International Symposium on Molecular Beams
Hersonissos, Crete, GREECE, May 15-20, 2005.

Photoelectron Spectroscopy for Chemical Research and Education, an ACS-PRF Summer School
Tucson, Arizona, June 12-16, 2005.

Beckman Young Investigators Symposium, The Arnold and Mabel Beckman Foundation
Irvine, California, August 26-27, 2005

National Meeting of the American Chemical Society
Washington, D.C., August 28 - September 1, 2005.

PACIFICHEM 2005, International Chemical Congress
Symposium on Imaging Probes of Spectroscopy and Dynamics
Honolulu, HAWAII, December 15-20, 2005.

Gordon Research Conference on Photoions, Photoionization and Photodetachment
Buellton, California, January 29 - February 3, 2006.

International Symposia Organized

ULTRAFAST PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY - Symposium Organizer and Chair.
Laser Science 2005 meeting of the American Physical Society, Division of Laser Sciences, in conjunction with the Frontiers in Optics Annual meeting of the Optical Society of America. Tucson, Arizona, October 16-20, 2005.

Service on Professional Committees

	Executive Committee, Department of Chemistry, University of Arizona (2005-2006)
	Graduate Admissions and Recruiting Committee, Department of Chemistry, University of Arizona (1999-2005)
	Special Committee on the strategy of faculty hiring, Department of Chemistry, University of Arizona (2003-2004)
	Faculty Search Committee, Department of Chemistry, University of Arizona (2003-2005)
	Business Manager Search Committee, Department of Chemistry, University of Arizona (2004-2005)
	Acting Head of the Physical Chemistry Division, Department of Chemistry, University of Arizona (2003-2004)
	Peer Review Committee, Department of Chemistry, University of Arizona (2001)
	Coordinator of the Physical Chemistry Seminar Series, Department of Chemistry, University of Arizona (2000-2001)
	Student Seminars Committee, Department of Chemistry, University of Arizona (2002-2004)
	Departmental Web Site Redesign Committee, Department of Chemistry, University of Arizona (2002-2003)
	Junior Faculty Advisory Committee, Department of Chemistry, University of Arizona (2004 -)
	Faculty advisor to the student-run Chemical Physics After Dark Discussion Group, Department of Chemistry, University of Arizona (2002 -)
	Graduate College Representative, University of Arizona (2000-2002)
	Dissertation Committees for more than 30 Ph.D. students (since 2000)

Service as Reviewer

Funding agencies:

National Science Foundation (USA)
Department of Energy (USA)
Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (Canada)
Foundation for Fundamental Research on Matter (The Netherlands)

Journals:

Journal of Chemical Physics
Journal of Physical Chemistry
Chemical Physics Letters
Journal of the American Society for Mass-Spectrometry
Chemical Reviews

Publishers:

John Wiley

Dissertation review at Universities other than the University of Arizona:

Nizhniy Novgorod State University