Biography

Artem R. Oganov FRSC FCAcad MAE is a Distinguished Professor at Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology (Moscow, Russia).

He received his Master of Science degree in Crystallography and Crystal Chemistry in 1997 at Moscow State University under the supervision of Academician Vadim S. Urusov. In 1998 he moved to the U.K. where in 2002 he received a PhD in Crystallography at University College London. During his PhD and subsequent postdoctoral research he worked with Prof. G. David Price.

In 2003 he became a senior researcher and group leader at ETH Zurich, where he obtained Habilitation in Crystallography and Mineralogy in 2007. In 2008 he moved to Stony Brook University (USA) as Associate Professor, in 2010 promoted to Full Professor. In 2013-2017 he was a Professor at Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology. In 2020-2024 he was a Professor at MISIS University (in 2021-2024 serving as the Head of Department of Semiconductors and Dielectrics). Since 2015 he is a Professor of Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology, since 2024 - Distinguished Professor.

His main research interests include:
-crystal structure prediction and computational materials discovery. In these fields he has developed methods enabling prediction of new materials with target properties, new compounds (including exotic substances at high pressures), and new stable and metastable crystal structures. In particular, his works deal with superhard, superconducting, thermoelectric and other classes of materials. His USPEX code (http://uspex-team.org) has >10000 registered users, including several companies.
-high-pressure chemistry. At high pressures chemical behavior of the elements is different from their normal chemistry. Completely unexpected compounds and crystal structures appear, and many of them have exciting properties (including record high-temperature superconductivitiy). Such research has important geophysical and geochemical implications, as most planetary matter exists at high pressures. His theoretical predictions are often combined with experiments.

His research is now expanding into prediction of the structure of nanoparticles, 2D-materials, proteins. He has >300 publications and five patents. He has received a number of awards, including the 2007 Research Excellence medal (from European Mineralogical Union), 2012 "1000 talents professor" award (from Chinese government), the 2017 George Gamow award (RASA-USA), and the 2019 Friendship award – the highest award given by Chinese government to foreign experts. In 2013 he was elected Fellow of the Mineralogical Society of America, in 2020 – Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry (FRSC) and Fellow of American Physical Society. In 2015 he was elected Professor of Russian Academy of Sciences, and in 2017 – member of Academia Europaea. In 2011 he founded the Commission on Crystallography of Materials at the International Union of Crystallography (IUCr) and was its chair in 2011-2017 and consultant since 2017. He is a 2022 and 2024 Highly Cited Researcher (Clarivate Analytics). Since 2023 he chairs the Scientific Committee of the VYZOV Prize, a new top-level scientific award. In 2024 he was elected Fellow of the International Core Academy of Sciences and Humanities.