Artem Abakumov

Biography

1997 Ph.D. in Chemistry (Department of Chemistry, Moscow State University). Ph.D. thesis: Hexagonal perovskites with anion and cation vacancies, 1993 Master in Chemistry (Department of Chemistry, Moscow State University) Master thesis: Hexagonal perovskites with vacancies at cation and anion sublattices. 1.2 WORK EXPERIENCE Since 2015 Full professor in the Center for Electrochemical Energy Storage at Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology (Skoltech), Moscow 2008 – 2015 Research leader in the Electron Microscopy for Materials Science (EMAT) laboratory, University of Antwerp 2006 – 2008 Senior Scientific Researcher in the Department of Chemistry of Moscow State University 2004 - 2008 Deputy chair of the Inorganic Chemistry Division of the Department of Chemistry of Moscow State University 2005 Guest professor at University of Antwerp, EMAT laboratory 2001 Guest researcher at Max Planck Institute for Chemical Physics of Solids, 2 Dresden 1999 - 2006 Scientific Researcher in the Department of Chemistry of Moscow State University 1997-1998 Postdoctoral research position at University of Antwerp, EMAT laboratory 1997-1999 Junior Scientific Researcher in the Department of Chemistry of Moscow State University 1.3 FIELDS OF EXPERTISE ï‚· Advanced transmission electron microscopy (electron diffraction, electron crystallography, high resolution TEM and STEM imaging using aberration-corrected microscopes, energy-dispersive X-ray analysis, electron energy loss spectroscopy), scanning electron microscopy. ï‚· X-ray and neutron powder diffraction, crystallography, modulated and composite crystals, analysis of magnetic structures. ï‚· Strongly correlated transition metal oxides, magnetically frustrated systems, local structure of materials, defects in solids. ï‚· Inorganic chemistry, synthesis of inorganic materials, solid state chemistry of oxide materials, oxide ceramics for high temperature electrochemistry applications, oxide materials for energy storage applications, cathode materials for metal-ion batteries. 1.4 LANGUAGE SKILLS Russian - mother tongue, English - fluent, Dutch - intermediate. 1.5 PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS Member of the Belgian Society for Microscopy, member of the European Microscopy Society, chair of the Special Interest Group on Aperiodic Crystals of the European Crystallographic Association, Coordinator of the Strategic Initiative for Materials (SIM) program at the University of Antwerp. 1.6 REFEREE FOR INTERNATIONAL JOURNALS Nature Communications, Journal of the American Chemical Society, Chemistry of Materials, Inorganic Chemistry, Journal of Solid State Chemistry, Materials Research Bulletin among others. 1.7 AWARDS 1998 – Struchkov prize of the X-ray diffraction centre for structure investigations (Russian Academy of Science). 2001, 2002 – the Scientific Council of Moscow State University fellowship for young and talented scientists.

Research Interest

Dr Abakumov’s research focuses on understanding the crystal and defect structure of inorganic solids and linking this knowledge to designing new materials and getting deeper insight into their functional properties. Areas of Artem’s interest include inorganic solid state chemistry, complex transition metal oxides, materials for metal-ion batteries and electrocatalysis, magnetic and ferroelectric materials, aperiodic structures, conventional and multidimensional crystallography, structure analysis using a combination of transmission electron microscopy, synchrotron X-ray and neutron powder diffraction.