| Sergey I. Bozhevolnyi | |
| Birth Date: | 19 June 1955 |
| Birth Place: | Krasnodar Krai, USSR |
| Citizenship: | Danish |
| Work Institution: | University of Southern Denmark |
| Alma Mater: | Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology |
Sergey I. Bozhevolnyi (Russian: Сергей Иосифович Божевольный, born June 19, 1955) is a Russian-Danish physicist. He is currently a professor and the leader for the Centre for Nano Optics at the University of Southern Denmark.[1]
Bozhevolnyi was raised in the village of Kopanskaya, Yeysky District, Krasnodar Krai, USSR and grew up in a family of teachers of physics and mathematics. In 1978 he graduated from Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology with a Master of Science degree in physics. In 1981, he earned a PhD-degree from the same university with the thesis entitled "Study of electro-optical modulators and deflectors based on diffuse waveguides in LiNbO₃". In 1998, he earned a Doctor of Science Degree at Aarhus University, Denmark, with his thesis entitled "Subwavelength apertureless light confinement".[2]
In 2006, together with professor Alexander Tishchenko at Jean Monnet University, he founded the Laboratory of Nano-Optics and Plasmonics in Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology[3]
In 2017-2023, Bozhevolnyi was on the list of the most Highly Cited Researchers in Physics (Clarivate / Thomson-Reuters[4]).
Professor Bozhevolnyi has authored and co-authored more than 550 peer-reviewed articles with 13 patents and 14 book chapters.[5] [6] His h-index was 81 (Web of Science) and 95 (Google Scholar) as of November 25, 2023.[7]