Maria M. Karzova

Areas of Research Activity:

• Manipulation of objects with ultrasound for kidney stone propulsion and fragmentation
• Thermal HIFU surgery
• Ultrasound in cosmetology
• Ultrasound-assisted targeted drug delivery
• Design of high-power ultrasonic phased arrays
• Nonlinear wave physics
• Acoustic radiation force
• Nonlinear problems in aeroacoustics
• Numerical modeling in acoustics
• Propagation of sound waves in inhomogeneous media
  

Education: 

• 2016 – Ph.D. (Doctorat de l’Université de LYON), Ecole Centrale de Lyon, France
• 2016 – Ph.D. in Acoustics, Lomonosov Moscow State University
• 2012 – 2016 – Ph.D. Program: cotutelle program between Department of Acoustics, Physics Faculty, Lomonosov Moscow State University, and Ecole Centrale de Lyon, LMFA laboratory (France). Specialization: Acoustics, thesis title: “Nonlinear focusing and reflection of shock pulses and high intensity ultrasound waves: applications in medical ultrasound and aeroacoustics”. Co-Supervisors: Dr.Sc. Vera A. Khokhlova (in Russia), Dr. Philippe Blanc-Benon (in France). PhD thesis title: “Nonlinear focusing and reflection of shock acoustic waves: applications in medical ultrasound and aeroacoustics”
• 2006 – 2012 – Combined BS and MS Program (diploma with honors), Department of Acoustics, Physics Faculty, Lomonosov Moscow State University. Branch: Fundamental radiophysics and Physical electronics, speciality: Physical acoustics. Thesis title: “Saturation mechanisms of shock wave parameters in pulsed and periodic high-intensity focused ultrasound beams”
• 2004 – 2006 – high school, Moscow State University Advanced Educational Center (Russia)

Professional position:

• 2021 – present – Senior Researcher, Department of General Physics and Condensed Matter Physics, Physics Faculty, MSU
• 2019 – 2021 – Physicist, Department of General Physics and Condensed Matter Physics, Physics Faculty, MSU
• 2019 – 2020 – Researcher, Department of Acoustics, Physics Faculty, MSU (part-time)
• 2016 – 2019 – Research fellow, Department of Acoustics, Physics Faculty, MSU

Awards/Honors:

• 2024 – Moscow Government Prize for Young Scientists
• 2023 – Prize in the competition of works that contribute to solving the problems of the Moscow State University Development Program, in the nomination “Outstanding scientific papers”
• 2022 – 2024 – Grant of the Russian Scientific Foundation “The use of shock-waves to accelerate volumetric thermal ablation of biological tissues by high-intensity focused ultrasound”
• 2020, 2022 – Rector’s scholarship for young scientists from M.V. Lomonosov Moscow State University
• 2019 – 2021 – Grant from Russian Foundation for Basic Research (RFBR) “New approaches to volumetric thermal ablation of biological tissues by focused ultrasound with high-amplitude shock fronts in non-invasive surgery applications”
• 2018 – Award and medal of the Russian Acoustical Society named after L.M. Brekhovskikh​ 
• 2017 – Grant of the Russian Scientific Foundation “Effects of atmospheric turbulence and irregular reflection from rigid surfaces on the parameters of a sonic boom wave in relation to the problems of aeroacoustics”
• 2016 – Award for young scientists of Faculty of Physics of Moscow State University
• 2016 – 2018 – Scholarship from the President of Russia for young scientists
• 2015 – Award for young scientists of Moscow State University
• 2013 – Grant from the International Commission for Acoustics and Acoustical Society of America for excellent contributions to Acoustics
• 2013 – Award for the best student poster presentation at the 4th Winter School on Therapeutic Ultrasound (17-22 March, Les Houches, France)
• 2012 – 2013 – Grant of the Russian Foundation for Basic Research for young scientists, RFBR 12-02-31830, “Experimental and numerical study of the spatial and temporal structure of acoustical fields with shocks in the processes of nonlinear focusing and reflection from boundaries” 
• 2012 – 2015 – Scholarship from the French Government for joint PhD Program between Moscow State University (Russia) and Ecole Centrale de Lyon (France)
• 2012 – Award for the best student presentation at the XXV Session of the Russian Acoustical Society, section on Nonlinear acoustics
• 2012 – First place at the R.V. Khokhlov contest of the best MS student thesis at the Physics Department of Moscow State University
• 2011 – 2012 – M.V.Lomonosov stipend for excellence in research and studies at the Physics Department of Moscow State University
• 2011 – Award from the Acoustical Society of America (Student Stipend Program) to assist the research of promising graduate students in acoustics
• 2011 – Student stipend in theoretical physics from Dynasty Foundation
• 2011 – Award for the best student presentation at the XXIV Session of the Russian Acoustical Society, section on Nonlinear acoustics