Yuri Efremenko

Biography

Biographical Sketch – Yuri Efremenko

EDUCATION AND TRAINING
Master of Nuclear Science, Moscow Engineering Physics University, Moscow, Russia 1982
Ph.D. in particle physics, Institute For Theoretical and Experimental Physics Moscow, 1990

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Full professor University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN: 2010 - Present
IPMU, University of Tokyo Japan, Senior Scientist, 2008-present
Tenure professor University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN: 2005 - 2010
Tenure track professor University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN: 2000 - 2005
Associated professor University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN: 1992 - 2000
Guest Scientist J-Lab 1991 - 1992
Scientist, Institute For Theoretical and Experimental Physics Moscow, Russia, 1982-1991

RESEARCH
2015 - present COHERENT collaboration, spokesman since 2017.
2012 - 2016 RED-100 collaboration. Scientific leader.
2004 - present MJD collaboration. Level 2 task leader for Materials & Assay, and Veto system.
2007 - 2012 Double Chooz collaboration. Responsible for deployment of PMT system
2007 - 2009 Spokesman for nu-SNS Collaboration
2001 - 2005 Spokesman of the E930 experiment at the TRIUMF.
1998 - present, Board Member of the KamLAND/KamLAND-Zen Collaboration.

SYNERGISTIC ACTIVITIES
Reviewer for DOE, NSF, NIM, Guest editor of a special issue of Nuclear Physics G: “Neutrino Physics at Spallation Neutron Sources.”, convener of the reactor and accelerator sections of the Neutrino Town Meeting in Chicago organized by the Department of Energy, Office of Nuclear Physics, 2006, member of the International Advisory Board for the non-neutron physics program at the European Spallation Source, 2009, member of the international panel to review Doctorate Program of the Austrian Science Fund.
AWARDS
Laureate of the International award “Break Through in the Fundamental Physic 2016”
Laureate of the “Kurchatov Prize”, 2017. This is prestigious prize in Nuclear Physics in Russia.
UTK 2018 Chancellor Senior Research Award
UTK 2018 Distinguished Research Career at UT