Grigory V. Gelikonov

Birth date/place:
2 October 1970, Archangelsk, Russia

Education
1987-1992: Radiophysics and Electronics, Radiophysical Department of Nizhny Novgorod (Gorky) State University. M.S. (Diploma YB#112470 Jun 17, 1992)

Scientific degree:
Ph.D. (Diploma KT#172554 of Sep 26, 2005) “Low coherence fiber-optic interferometry for Optical coherence tomography tasks“.

Professional experience:
1992-present: Research Intern, Junior Researcher, Research Scientist, Head of Laboratory at the Institute of Applied Physics of the Russian Academy of Science
2006-present: Director of BioMedTech Llc. (Developing and production OCT devices for medical use.)

Scientific background:
Fiber optics:
Development and creation of single mode fiber elements, such as couplers, multiplexers, polarizers, including elements with polarization maintaining fibers. Invention of a new type coupling ratio adjusting modality of fiber-optcal couplers.
Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT) imaging of biotissues:
Participation in creation of an optical coherence tomography, the first one in the FSU – a device for non-invasive optical imaging in turbid media, including animal and human biotissues. Development of software for automated data acquisition and image processing. Invention of a brand new fast in-depth scanning OCT system (Russian and US patents). Invention of a micro lateral scanning probe for endoscopic OCT. Experiments with laboratory and clinical imaging of animal and human tissues. Experimental study of middle-infrared laser ablation of biotissue with OCT monitoring.
Invention of a number of modifications of the OCT technique, including cross-polarization OCT and two-wavelength OCT. Development of spectral domain OCT imaging methods. Development of the Broadband Digital Holography technique for biotissue imaging.

Awards:
State Prize of the Russian Federation in Science and Technology of Sept. 29, 1999 (Diploma #1775).
Contributed to over 150 scientific publications and over 10 patents.