Hanna Bandarenka
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Head of R&D Lab "Applied plasmonics" Doctor in Engineering Sciences, Associate Professor ☏ +375 17 293 88 43
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FIELD OF EXPERTISE
- plasmonic nanomaterials,
- silicon micro- and nanostructures, porous silicon,
- porous polymers,
- wide-band-gap semiconductors,
- ultrasensitive bioanalysis by SERS,
- integrated silicon photonics,
- microelectronics and MEMS,
- antimicrobial coatings.
TEACHING OF ACADEMIC DISCIPLINES
- Hybrid nanostructures
- Nanostructures and their formation technology
- Devices based on quantum, optical and magnetic effects
- Heteronanostructures
EDUCATION
November 2023 – full Doctor of Science in Engineering Sciences (Nanotechnology and Nanomaterials program), Belarusian State University of Informatics and Radioelectronics (BSUIR), Minsk, Belarus.
October 2014 – Ph.D. in Engineering Sciences (Nanotechnology and Nanomaterials program), BSUIR, Minsk, Belarus.
September 2005 – M.Sc. in Engineering Sciences (Solid-State Electronics, Radioelectronics, Micro- and Nanoelectronics, Quantum Effect Devices program), BSUIR, Minsk, Belarus.
June 2004 – higher education degree, qualification of Electrical Engineer (Micro- and Nanoelectronics program), BSUIR, Minsk, Belarus.
RESEARCH POSITIONS
2018 – present – Head of R&D laboratory “Applied plasmonics”, BSUIR, Minsk, Belarus.
2023 – 2024 – Visiting Research Scholar, SUNY at Buffalo, AZ, USA.
2020 – Fulbright Visiting Professor, Arizona State University, USA.
2016 – 2018 – Deputy Vice-Rector on Research and Development, BSUIR, Minsk, Belarus.
2003 – 2016 – Senior Researcher, Research Scientist, Junior Researcher, Electrical Engineer, Laboratory Assistant, R&D laboratory “Materials and structures of nanoelectronics”, BSUIR, Minsk, Belarus.
TENURE TRACK FACULTY POSITION
2015 – 2023 – Associate Prof., Department of Micro- and Nanoelectronics, BSUIR, Minsk, Belarus.
PROFESSIONAL ACHIEVEMENTS
GRANTS/AWARDS
- 2020 – Fulbright Visiting Scholar/Prof. Grant for research project “Novel plasmonic materials for ultrasensitive analysis and bacteria killing” and teaching project “Class on hybrid small-sized structures with a special focus on Belarusian research”
- Mar. 2019 – Travel Grant of the Belarusian foundation for fundamental research to participate at the 2019 MRS Spring meeting, Phoenix, USA
- Feb. 2019 – SPIE Travel Grant for participation at the Photonics West 2019 Conference, San Francisco, USA
- Dec. 2017 – EU Grant MOST for traineeship in the NEW University of Lisbon, Portugal
- Nov. 2017 – Travel grant of EaP PLUS project (ICT-proposers' Day 2017, Budapest, Hungary)
- Jul. 2017 – EU Travel Grant MOST (participation at the Congress on Analytical Proteomics, Caparica, Portugal)
- Mar. 2016 – EU Travel Grant MOST for participation at the PSST Conference, Tarragona, Spain
- 2016 – scholarship of President of Belarus for young scientists
- Jan. 2016 – Certificate of honor of the Ministry of Education of Belarus
- Dec. 2015 – Second place diploma for the “Best innovation project of young scientist of Belarus"
- Aug. 2015 – Best Poster Award at the AMT Conference, Palanga, Lithuania
- May 2013 – ECS Student Travel Grant, Toronto, Canada
- Sept. 2012 – Best Poster Award at the EMRS Fall Meeting (Symposium E), Warsaw, Poland
- Sept. 2012 – Best Poster Award at the EMRS Fall Meeting (Symposium L), Warsaw, Poland
- Jun. 2012 – Best supervisor of Bachelor’s student, BSUIR, Minsk, Belarus
- Jul. 2012 – EMRS Travel Grant, Warsaw, Poland
- May 2011 – Grant of Ministry of Education of Belarus (participation at the EMRS Spring Meeting 2011, Nice, France)
- Sept. 2008 – Best Poster Award at the EMRS Fall Meeting (Symposium F), Warsaw, Poland
COMMISSIONS OF TRUST
- 2023 – present – member of the Expert Council of the Ministry of Education of Belarus for the evaluation of grant proposals of doctoral students, postgraduate/undergraduate students
- 2017 – 2024 – evaluator of the grant proposals, Belarusian Republican Foundation for Fundamental Research
- 2017, 2019 – reviewer, The International Conference “Nanomeeting” link
- 2016 – reviewer, The International Conference “Porous semiconductors – science and technology” link
- 2008 – present – reviewer of the manuscripts submitted to the journals of scientific publishers including Springer, Elsevier, Wiley, and MDPI, to name a few.
- 2021 – evaluator of proposals, HORIZON-EIC-2021-PATHFINDEROPEN
- 2020 – evaluator of proposals, HORIZON 2020 FET-OPEN
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS
- 2024 – present – member of the BSUIR Council
- 2023 – present – member of the Belarusian Physical Society
- 2019 – 2020 – member of the Materials Research Society (MRS)
- 2018 – 2020 – member of the International Society of Optics and Photonics (SPIE)
- 2016 – present – member of the Council on the Science and Technology of BSUIR
- 2011 – 2014 – member of the Electrochemical Society
- 2008 – 2011 – member of the European Materials Research Society
PUBLICATIONS, PATENTS AND OTHER SCIENTIFIC WORKS
As per Google Scholar Database
Over 170 scientific publications, including 2 books and papers in international journals and conference proceedings. Citations: > 1080. H-index: 17.
MAJOR PAPERS PUBLISHED IN 2015-2020
- S. Zavatski, E. Neilande, H. Bandarenka, A. Popov, S. Piskunov, and D. Bocharov, ‘Density functional theory for doped TiO2: current research strategies and advancements’, Nanotechnology, vol. 35, no. 19, 2024, doi: 10.1088/1361-6528/ad272e. IF = 2.9
- K. Mamatkulov et al., ‘Conformational analysis of lipid membrane mimetics modified with Aβ42 peptide by Raman spectroscopy and computer simulations’, Journal of Biomolecular Structure and Dynamics, 2024, doi: 10.1080/07391102.2024.2330706. IF = 4.47
- S. V. Dubkov et al., ‘Express formation and characterization of SERS-active substrate from a non-degradable Ag-Nb-N-O film’, Applied Surface Science, vol. 645, 2024, doi: 10.1016/j.apsusc.2023.158682. IF = 6.78
- H. Bandarenka, A. Kuzmin, A. Baev, S. Gupta, and P. N. Prasad, ‘Photoluminescence Spectroscopy Sheds New Light on Silicon Microchip Functional Properties’, ACS Omega, vol. 9, no. 31, pp. 34036–34045, 2024, doi: 10.1021/acsomega.4c04590. IF = 3.7
- S. Zavatski, S. Dubkov, D. Gromov, and H. Bandarenka, ‘Comparative Study of SERS-Spectra of NQ21 Peptide on Silver Particles and in Gold-Coated “Nanovoids”’, Biosensors, vol. 13, no. 9, 2023, doi: 10.3390/bios13090895. IF = 4.9
- S. Zavatski, H. Bandarenka, and O. J. F. Martin, ‘Protein Dielectrophoresis with Gradient Array of Conductive Electrodes Sheds New Light on Empirical Theory’, Analytical Chemistry, vol. 95, no. 5, pp. 2958–2966, 2023, doi: 10.1021/acs.analchem.2c04708. IF = 6.8
- U. Sharopov et al., ‘Comparative research fluorine and colloidal aggregate formation on the surface lithium fluoride thin films during electronic, ionic and thermal treatments’, Vacuum, vol. 213, 2023, doi: 10.1016/j.vacuum.2023.112133. IF = 3.8
- K. Girel, A. Burko, A. Barysiuk, S. Dubkov, D. Gromov, and H. Bandarenka, ‘Correlation of surface potential and SERS-activity of Ag particles formed by electroless deposition on Si-based substrate’, Current Applied Physics, vol. 49, pp. 18–24, 2023, doi: 10.1016/j.cap.2023.02.009. IF = 4.8
- A. Burko et al., ‘Polymer Membrane Modified with Photocatalytic and Plasmonic Nanoparticles for Self-Cleaning Filters’, Polymers, vol. 15, no. 3, 2023, doi: 10.3390/polym15030726. IF = 4.7
- S. Zavatski et al., ‘Model phospholipid interaction with cholesterol and melatonin: Raman spectroscopy and density functional theory study’, Journal of Raman Spectroscopy, vol. 53, no. 9, pp. 1540–1550, 2022, doi: 10.1002/jrs.6409. IF = 3.133
- S. Niauzorau, A. Sharstniou, V. K. Sampath, N. Kublik, H. Bandarenka, and B. Azeredo, ‘Electroless Dealloying of Thin-Film Nanocrystalline Au-Ag Alloys: Mechanisms of Ligament Nucleation and Sources of Its Synthesis Variability’, ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, vol. 14, no. 15, pp. 17927–17939, 2022, doi: 10.1021/acsami.1c24388. IF = 8.5
- I. V. Gorudko et al., ‘Structure-biological activity relationships of myeloperoxidase to effect on platelet activation’, Archives of Biochemistry and Biophysics, vol. 728, 2022, doi: 10.1016/j.abb.2022.109353. IF = 3.8
- A. Tkach et al., ‘Potent E. coli M-17 Growth Inhibition by Ultrasonically Complexed Acetylsalicylic Acid-ZnO-Graphene Oxide Nanoparticles’, ACS Applied Nano Materials, vol. 4, no. 1, pp. 778–792, 2021, doi: 10.1021/acsanm.0c03111. IF = 5.3
- N. Khinevich et al., ‘Porous silicon - A versatile platform for mass-production of ultrasensitive SERS-active substrates’, Microporous and Mesoporous Materials, vol. 323, 2021, doi: 10.1016/j.micromeso.2021.111204. IF = 5.1
- G. M. Arzumanyan et al., ‘Plasmon resonance, thermal, and optical contributions to anti-Stokes-to-Stokes line strength ratios in continuous wave-excited surface-enhanced Raman scattering spectra of molecules at random Ag surface’, Journal of Raman Spectroscopy, vol. 52, no. 9, pp. 1515–1528, 2021, doi: 10.1002/jrs.6190. IF = 3.133
- A. Tkach et al., ‘Poly(Vinyl Alcohol) Enhances Acetylation of Ascorbic Acid in Superparamagnetic Graphene Oxide Nanoparticles Ultrasonically Complexed with Acetylsalicylic Acid’, ACS Applied Polymer Materials, vol. 2, no. 8, pp. 3663–3673, 2020, doi: 10.1021/acsapm.0c00648. IF = 4.5
- J. Depciuch et al., ‘The spectroscopic similarity between breast cancer tissues and lymph nodes obtained from patients with and without recurrence: A preliminary study’, Molecules, vol. 25, no. 14, 2020, doi: 10.3390/molecules25143295. IF = 4.2
- S. Zavatski et al., ‘Surface enhanced Raman spectroscopy of lactoferrin adsorbed on silvered porous silicon covered with graphene’, Biosensors, vol. 9, no. 1, 2019, doi: 10.3390/bios9010034. IF = 4.9
- R. S. Puzko et al., ‘Incoherent scattering from dielectric metasurfaces under the influence of electromagnetic eigenmodes’, Optics Express, vol. 27, no. 15, pp. 21701–21716, 2019, doi: 10.1364/OE.27.021701. IF = 3.2
- N. Ferreira et al., ‘Label-Free Nanosensing Platform for Breast Cancer Exosome Profiling’, ACS Sensors, vol. 4, no. 8, pp. 2073–2083, 2019, doi: 10.1021/acssensors.9b00760. IF = 8.3