Curriculum Vitae

Irakli Sikharulidze

Born: 1 June 1977 in Tbilisi, Republic of Georgia

Citizenship: Georgian

1994. Admitted to the Moscow State University, Department of Physics

1996. Admitted to the Russian-German Institute of Science and Culture (RGI)

1998. B.S. from Moscow State University (physics of polymers)

Since 1998. MS course at the Moscow State University, Department of Physics, Chair of Polymer and Crystal Physics (Head Professor Alexei R. Khokhlov)

1999. Graduated from the Russian-German Institute of Science and Culture

 

Grants
  1. International Soros Science Education Program (ISSEP) grant for 1 year
  1. Russian-German Institute grant for one semester (October 97- February 98) study at the Humboldt University zu Berlin. Group Physics of Macromolecules (Head Professor Jürgen P. Rabe)
  2. Leonard Euler one year Stipendium and two months (July-August 1999) stay at the Humboldt University zu Berlin. Group Physics of Macromolecules (Head Professor Jürgen P. Rabe)

Present research activity:

Scanning Probe Microscopy of Polymers, Biopolymers and Polymer films

Computer Simulation of Polymer-Solvent Complex Formation

Publications

1. D. Ulbrich, G. Werner, I. Sikharulidze, I.V. Yaminsky, O.E. Phillipova, A.R. Khokhlov. Self-assembly of sulfonated polyparaphenylenes. Polymer Materials ’98, 23-25 September 1998 Merseburg, Germany

2. P. Samori, I. Sikharulidze, V. Francke, K. Müllen, J.P. Rabe. Nanoribbons from conjugated macromolecules on amorphous substrates observed by SFM and TEM. Nanotechnology 10 (1999) 77-80

3. I. Sikharulidze. Investigation of IPLON film structure: atomic-force microscopy and computer simulation (in Russian) Summer School in Polymer Physics and Chemistry, 14-15 June 1999, Pushino, Russia

 

Other

Languages: Russian, Georgian, English, German (casual)

Programming: Delphi, C++ Builder, Borland C++ (for DOS and Windows)