Valery Nikolaev

Biography

  Vladimir was born on 24th May, 1973 in Murmansk at the Kola Peninsula. He graduated from the Baltic State Technical University (St. Petersburg, Russia) with honours and received an M.Sc. in Engineering Mechanics in 1997. He specialized in optics, lasers physics and applied laser systems at university. From 1995 he worked for the Centre of Nanoheterostructure Physics at the Ioffe Physico-Technical Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences, where he investigated and improved performance of quantum-size semiconductor laser structures. In 2000 Vladimir received a Ph.D. in Physics and Mathematics from the State Institute of Fine Mechanics and Optics (St. Petersburg, Russia). He has had over 20 articles published in physics journals and conference papers. Vladimir joined Tydex in 2000 as a sales engineer, and since 2004 has headed the commercial department. His main responsibilities include monitoring and coordinating relationships with clients, as well as the entire company's sales activity, expanding the product range supplied and introduction of the advanced technologies of their manufacturing. Vladimir personally deals mainly with sapphire and crystal quartz products.

Research Interest

 Physics of space, Crystal quartz products