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Professor Sergei G. Kazarian

  My principal research interests are molecular spectroscopy of materials, supercritical fluids processing, intermolecular interactions, pharmaceuticals and development of advanced spectroscopic methods (Prof. Kazarian profile page). My overall strategy is to combine physical chemical studies with chemical engineering research and applications. I am interested in studying intermolecular interactions in polymers and supercritical fluids, using them to engineer new products and processes. I develop and apply in situ spectroscopic methods to study supercritical fluid-polymer interactions, plasticisation of polymeric materials, supercritical fluid dyeing, drying, extraction and impregnation. In recent years my research interests have broadened to include preparation of polymer/drug formulations, supercritical fluids enhanced processing, rheology, separations using supercritical fluids and ionic liquids, confocal Raman microscopy and FTIR spectroscopic imaging.  We also develop and apply tip-enhanced Raman spectroscopy to study carbon nanotubes and nanostructured materials. Since 2001 we are developing new analytical approaches in FTIR spectroscopic imaging for obtaining chemical images of materials at the microscopic level. For example, we can now see the processes inside tablets when they dissolve, which helps pharmaceutical companies developing better products.  We also analyse the chemistry of fingerprints, benefitting police forensics, we study biomedical samples advancing healthcare diagnostics, and examine objects of cultural heritage, for the preservation of important artwork (Brochure). My research in ATR-FTIR spectroscopic imaging led to the Sir George Stokes Award 2015 from the Royal Society of Chemistry in 2015.

Multidisciplinary collaborations with colleagues from universities, industry and government institutions play an important role in my research focusing on solving problems with implications for health, the environment and security as well as those of significant industrial interest.  I am a Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry (United Kingdom) since 2004 and a Fellow of the Society for Applied Spectroscopy (USA) since 2014. I am Editor in Chief  of Applied Spectroscopy since summer 2018 (Associate Editor July 2012 - March 2017, Editor 2017-2018); Applied Spectroscopy has achieved its highest ever impact factor: 3.588, the journal has moved to Q1 for ranking in Spectroscopy.   I am a member of Editorial Board of Vibrational Spectroscopy, a member of Editorial Advisory Board of Journal of Spectral Imaging,  the International Steering Committee of the European Congress on Molecular Spectroscopy (EUCMOS), a member of Scientific Committee of the 13^th International Conference on Clinical Spectroscopy (SPEC2024) and I was Program Chair of the 11th International Conference on Advanced Vibrational Spectroscopy (ICAVS-11). My research publications can be found in the Publications section here, or on Google Scholar.