Sergey A. Tsysar

Areas of Research Activity:

• Ultrasonic methods in diagnostics and therapy of the brain
• Mechanical non-invasive ultrasound surgery (histotripsy)
• Ultrasonic lung diagnostics
• Ultrasound-assisted biofabrication
• Acoustic holography
• Industrial airborne ultrasound
• Design of high-power ultrasonic phased arrays
• Metrology of ultrasound sources and their fields
• Ultrasound propagation through metal – liquid metal interface
• Ultrasound visualization in environments with unfavorable conditions
• Nonlinear wave physics
• Optical (Schlieren) visualization of ultrasound fields
• Ultrasonic cavitation
• Measurement of acoustic properties of various media
  

Education: 

• 2011 – Ph.D. in Acoustics, Lomonosov Moscow State University
• 2008 – 2011 – Ph.D. Program, Department of Acoustics, Physics Faculty, Lomonosov Moscow State University
• 2002 – 2008 – Combined BS and MS Program (diploma with honors), Department of Acoustics, Physics Faculty, Lomonosov Moscow State University
• 2002 – Moscow high school №802 (Russia)

Professional position: 

• 2017 – present – Associate Professor, Department of Nanophotonics,  Physics Faculty, MSU
• 2012 – 2017 – Senior Researcher, Department of Photonics and Microwave Physics, Physics Faculty, MSU
• 2011 – 2012 – Researcher, Department of Photonics and Microwave Physics, Physics Faculty, MSU
• 2011 – 2011 – Junior Researcher, Department of Photonics and Microwave Physics, Physics Faculty, MSU

Awards/Honors: 

• 2023 – Award of the Moscow State University for cycle of outstanding scientific papers
• 2022 – 2023 – Grant of the Russian Scientific Foundation 22-22-00751 “Mechanical elasticity of tissue-like materials for tissue engineering”
• 2017 – 2019 – Grant of the Russian Scientific Foundation 17-72-10284 “Development of physical and technical principles of waveguide ultrasonic visualization of objects in liquid metal coolants”
• 2016  – Award for young scientists of Faculty of Physics of Moscow State University
• 2016  – Award of the Moscow State University for teaching and methodical activities
• 2015  – Award for young scientists of Moscow State University
• 2014  – U.S. Civilian Research & Development Foundation travel grant to International Symposium on Therapeutic Ultrasound
• 2013  – Grant of the International Commission for Acoustics and Acoustical Society of America for excellent contributions to Acoustics
• 2012 – 2013 – Grant of the Russian Fund for Basic Research for young scientists RFBR 12-02-31925 “Nonlinear acoustic holography for therapeutic transducers characterization”
• 2009 – 2010 – Grant of the President of Russian Federation for progress in the study
• 2009 – Award of the Acoustical Society of America (Student Stipend Program) to assist the research of promising graduate students in acoustics