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Natalia M. Dushkina

Assistant Professor of Physics, Ph.D.

   

 

Personal Information

 

EDUCATION

PUBLICATIONS and PRESENTATIONS

RESEARCH GRANTS

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS

EMPLOYMENT HISTORY

THEACHING EXPERIENCE

RESEARCH WITH UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS

AREA OF PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE AND INTERESTS

ACTIVITIES and SERVICES

LIST OF PUBLICATIONS

PARTICIPATION IN SCIENTIFIC CONFERENCES

 

 

EDUCATION

  • Ph.D. in Physics, 1993, Central Laboratory of Optical Storage and Processing of Information, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Sofia.
  • M.S., October 1984, Faculty of Physics, University of Sofia, Bulgaria. Major: Quantum Electronics and Lasers. B.S. in Engineering Physics.
  • B.S. in Physics Pedagogy and Education (second major).
  • High French Language School, 1974 –1979, Sliven, Bulgaria.

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PUBLICATIONS and PRESENTATIONS

  • 26 papers, 1 patent and 1 textbook,
  • Presentations at 19 international conferences.

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RESEARCH GRANTS

  • “New Nano-structure Pigment”, L’Oreal Art and Science Foundation, 2000, JPY 3,500,000.
  • “Magneto-Optical Properties of Nanostructures “, Summer Research Fellowship from The Petroleum Research Fund of The American Chemical Society (ACS PRF), Department of Physics and Astronomy, The University of Toledo, Ohio, June – July 2006, $7,000.

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PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS

  • Consultant to the Ministry of Education, Bulgaria, 1985-1988.
  • Member of the International Society for Optical Engineers SPIE, 1999.
  • Member of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, 2001-2003.
  • Member of the Australian Optical Society, since 1998-2000.
  • Member of the Union of the Bulgarian Scientists, since 1993.
  • Biographically listed in Marquis Who’s Who 2000.

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EMPLOYMENT HISTORY

8/2004 – present Assistant Professor, Department of Physics, Millersville University, PA.
8/2003 – 12/2003  Lecturer, Physics 201 (5 credits), Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, OH, USA.
8/2001 – 7/2003 Manager, Laser Applications, TheGem City Engineering Co., Dayton, USA.
8/2000 – 8/2001 Visiting Researcher, Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, USA.
10/1999 – 8/2000 Researcher and Lecturer, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, Tokyo, Japan.
3/1997 – 7/1999  Researcher, Mechanical Engineering Laboratory, MITI, Tsukuba, Japan.
4/1995 - 3/1997  Post-doc, Monbusho (Ministry of Education, Science and Culture of Japan),  Department of Physics, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan.
2/1988 -3/1995 Researcher, Central Laboratory of Optical Storage and Processing of Information, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Sofia, Bulgaria.
10/1984 - 1/1988 Teacher in Optics and Lasers, High Technical School of Fine Mechanics and Optics, Sofia, Bulgaria.

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THEACHING EXPERIENCE

8/2004 – present  Physics 103 Elements of Physics, an introductory course (4 credit hours); Phys 132 (an algebra based physics course 4 credits), Phys 131 Lab, Phys 231 and Phys 232 recitation and lab (a calculus based physics course), Phys 395 Mathematical Methods in Physics (for Physics majors, 3 credit hours), workshop “Color formation”, MU Summer Science Training Program (SSTP) 2005 and 2006.
8/2003 – 12/2003 Physics 201 (credit hours 5), an algebra based physics course, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, OH.
6/2001 - 8/2001  Physics 202 recitation, an algebra based physics course, (credit hours 5). 
5/2001 - 6/2001  Workshop “Measuring Techniques in Optoelectronics”, shared with Dr. Bruno Ullrich, (credit hours 3), Department of Physics and Astronomy, Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, USA.
10/1999 – 4/2000  “Optics and Optical measurements”, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, Tokyo, Japan.
10/1984 - 1/1988  Optics and Lasers, High Technical School of Fine Mechanics and Optics, Sofia, Bulgaria, (full time position, 18 hours a week), courses in General Optics, Lasers, Laser techniques and applications, Industrial laser applications. Textbook for the High Technical Schools: "Lasers and Laser Technologies"(see publications).
1/1984 – 5/1984 Post-graduate practices as a teacher in General Physics.

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RESEARCH WITH UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS

  • “Laser Pointers in Physics Education (Secondary Level)”, under progress, MU Physics Department, (student: A. Hyde – graduation in May, 2007).
  • “Surface Plasmon Microscopy”, MU Physics Department, (student: L. Gallek, graduated in May 2006); Two student research grants totaling $364.00.
  • “Observation of Surface Plasmon Resonance using Thin Films”, MU Physics Department, (student: D. Saint John, graduated in May 2006); Two student research grants totaling $975.00.

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AREA OF PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE AND INTERESTS

  • Optics, Lasers and Material Science: Optical properties of semiconductors, Photorefractive effect, Total internal reflection, Diffraction gratings, Ultrafast nonlinear optical phenomena, Femto-second laser systems;
  • Nano-materials, Photoluminescence from nanoparticles, Self-assembled nanostructures,
  • Holography; Laser applications,
  • Industrial laser systems, Laser processing of thin foils and semiconductor wafers; Water-jet guided laser technology;
  • Physics Education and Physics Education Research;
  • Mathematics Education and Mathematics Education research;

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SERVICES

  • The American Board for Certification of Teacher Excellence, The Physics Item Review Meeting, March 22-25, 2006, Washington D.C. An expert commission of six members from all over the USA met in Washington D.C. to make the final and most important review, before their approval for field testing, of the examinations for certification of physics teachers in USA.
  • The June 2006 College Board AP® Reading Scoring the AP Physics Exam at the University of Nebraska in Lincoln.
  • Member of the MU President’s Commission on the Status of Women since Fall 2005
  • Member of the MU International Selection Committee since Fall 2006.
  • Member of the MU Upward Bound Mathematics and Science Curriculum Committee – Fall 2006.
  • Member of the MU Committee on Women in Mathematics and Science since fall 2004.
  • Instructor at the MU Summer Science Training Program (SSTP), workshop “Color formation” – 2005 and 2006.

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LIST OF PUBLICATIONS

Textbook : V. Mitutsov, N. Dushkina and L. Hinkova, "Lasers and Laser Technologies", textbook for the High Technical Schools, "Technics-Press", Sofia, 1992 (in Bulgarian).
Patents: S. Sainov and N. Dushkina, patent No 85797/22.12.1988, Bulgaria.
Book review: “Physics: A World View”, Larry Kirkpatrick and Greg Francis, 6th edition, Thomson Brooks/Cole, 2006.

Articles:

  • C. Dushkin, K. Papazova, N. Dushkina, E. Adachi, Attenuated Quantum Confinement of the Exciton in Semiconductor Nanoparticles, Colloid Polymer Science, 284, 80-85, 2005.
  • N. Dushkina, C. Dushkin, K. Nagayama, Diffraction from monolayer latex crystals, will be published in Annuaire de Universite de Sofia “Kl. Ohridski”, 98, 23-37, 2005.
  • N. Dushkina, Safely Dicing of GaAs Wafers with the Laser WaterJet, Industrial Laser Solutions, June, 2003, p. 31-33 .
  • N. Dushkina,  Safely Dicing of GaAs Wafers with Lasers, Technical Papers of ISA, vol. 438, 175-183, 2003.
  • N. Dushkina,  Water-jet guided laser vs. saw dicing, Photonics West Proc. 2003.
  • N. Dushkina, Is Dicing of GaAs wafers with Synova Laser MicroJet safe?, The Gemstone News, Nov. 2002, p. 2.
  • N. Dushkina, F. Wagner, C. Boillat, J-M. Buchilly, B. Richerzhagen, Free-shape cutting with Synova Laser MicroJet, Technical Digest, CS-MAX, 79-81, 2002.
  • N. Dushkina, B. Richerzhagen, Dicing of GaAs wafers with Synova Laser MicroJet – Challenges, Improvements and Safety Issues, Technical Digest, ICALEO, 94, 2002.
  • N. M. Dushkina, B. Ullrich, Intensity dependence of two-photon absorption in CdS measured by photoluminescence excited by femtosecond laser pulses, Opt. Eng. 41, 2365-2368, 2002.
  • Y. Otani, N. M. Dushkina, H. Kanno and T. Yoshizawa, Disk inspection system by two-dimensional birefringence distribution measurement, Proceedings of SPIE Vol. 4081, 17, 2000.
  • B. Ullrich, J.W. Tomm, N. M. Dushkina, Y. Tomm, H. Sakai, Y. Segawa, Photoelectric dichroism of oriented thin film CdS fabricated by pulsed-laser deposition, Solid State Commun. 116, 33, 2000.
  • N. M. Dushkina, B. Ullrich, H. Sakai, K. Hibino and T. Eiju, Reflection Properties of thin CdS films formed by laser ablation, Thin Solid Films 360, 222, 2000.
  • N. Dushkina, B. Ullrich, H. Sakai, T. Eiju and Y. Segawa, Influence of the crystal direction on the optical properties of thin CdS films formed by laser ablation, Proceedings of SPIE vol. 3629 Photodetectors: Materials and Devices IV, p.424, 1999.
  • N. M. Dushkina and B. Ullrich, Angular dependence of reflectance and transmittance of CdS films formed by laser ablation, Appl. Phys. Lett. 72, 2150, 1998.
  • B. Ullrich, H. Sakai, N. M. Dushkina, H. Ezumi, S. Keitoku, T. Kobayashi, The influence of the laser fluence on the transmission features of thin CdS films formed by laser ablation, Microelectronic Engineering 43/44 , 695, 1998.
  • B. Ullrich, N. M. Dushkina and T. Kobayashi, Bleaching and Spectral Shape Modification of CdS Photocurrent due to He-Ne Laser Pumping, Jap. J. Appl. Phys. 36, L682, 1997.
  • B. Ullrich, N. M. Dushkina, H. Ezumi, S. Keitoku, T. Kobayashi, Dependence of the photocurrent on a bias of a p-InP/n-CdS heterojunction formed by laser ablation, Solid State Commun. 103, 635, 1997.
  • B. Ullrich, H. Sakai, N. M. Dushkina, H. Ezumi, S. Keitoku, T. Kobayashi, The effect of the substrate on the emission features of thin CdS films formed by laser ablation, Mat. Sci. Eng. B47, 187, 1997.
  • B. Ullrich, H. Sakai, N. M. Dushkina, H. Ezumi, S. Keitoku, T. Kobayashi, Luminescence properties of thin CdS films formed by laser ablation, Jap. J. Spectr. 46, 245, 1997 (in Japanese).
  • N. Dushkina, C. Dushkin, Prospective of the optical science in Bulgaria: From glory to uncertainty, "O plus E" 200, 168 and 201, 122, 1996. (in Japanese)
  • M. Miteva, N. Dushkina, M. Gospodinov, Nonstationary amplification of the holographic recording in doped BSO crystals: a base for photorefractive incoherent-to-coherent optical conversion, Appl. Opt. 34, 4083, 1995.
  • S. Sainov, B. Chernov and N. Dushkina, Influence of the relative refractive index on the efficiency of total internal reflection diffraction gratings, Opt. Las. Eng. 18, 297, 1993.
  • N. Dushkina and S. Sainov, Diffraction efficiency of binary metal gratings working in total internal reflection, J. Mod. Opt. 39, 173, 1992.
  • S. Sainov and N. Dushkina, Simple laser microrefractometer, Appl. Opt. 29, 1406, 1990.
  • S. Sainov and N. Dushkina, Angular and polarization characteristics of metal holographic diffraction gratings working in total internal reflection, SPIE vol. 1183 Holography' 89, p. 690, 1989.
  • E. Spasova, B. Mednikarov, G. Danev, S. Sainov and N. Dushkina, Metal diffraction gratings - preparation by holographic illumination, SPIE vol. 1183 Holography' 89, p. 683, 1989.

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PARTICIPATION IN SCIENTIFIC CONFERENCES:

  1. The American Physical Society 2006 Spring Meeting, Baltimore, MD, March 13-17, 2006, Photonic Digitizing by Laser Crossing in Thin-Film Semiconductors”, C. Liyanage, A. Erlacher, B. Ullrich, N. Dushkina.
  2. The 54th Meeting of the Central Pennsylvania Section of The American Association of Physics Teachers (CPS-AAPT), April 7-8, 2006, Williamsport, PA, “Characterization of Thin Films by Surface Plasmon Technique”, L Gallek, D. Saint John, N. Dushkina.
  3. ISA Safety Symposium, March 17-20, 2003, Houston, TX, USA, Safely Dicing of GaAs Wafers with Lasers, N. Dushkina (talk).
  4. Photonics West, January 25-31, 2003, San Jose, USA, Water jet guided laser vs conventional saw dicing of silicon and compound semiconductors, N. Dushkina, F. Wagner, C. Boillat, J-M. Buchilly, B. Richerzhagen (talk).
  5. Compound Semiconductor Manufacturing Expo (CS-MAX), November 11-13, 2002, San Jose, USA, Free-shape cutting with Synova Laser MicroJet, N. Dushkina, F. Wagner, C. Boillat, J-M. Buchilly, B. Richerzhagen (talk).
  6. 21st International Congress on Applications of lasers and Electro-Optics (ICALEO), October 14-17, 2002, Scottsdale, USA, Dicing of GaAs wafers with Synova Laser MicroJet, N. Dushkina, B. Richerzhagen (talk).
  7. Color Symposium, 20 October, 2000, Osaka, Japan, Colors based on the photoluminescence of nanostructures, N. Dushkina.
  8. SPIE's International Optoelectronics Symposium Photonics Taiwan, 26-28 July 2000, Taipei, Taiwan, Disk inspection system by two-dimensional birefringence distribution measurement, Y. Otani, N. M. Dushkina, H. Kanno  and T. Yoshizawa.
  9. The 47th Spring Meeting 2000, The Japan Society of Applied Physics and Related Societies, 28-31 March 2000, Tokyo, Japan, Disk inspection system using birefringence measurement, Y. Otani, N. Dushkina, T. Yoshizawa and H. Kanno.
  10. SPIE's International Symposium Photonics West'99, 23-29 January 1999, San Jose, USA, Influence of the crystal direction on the optical properties of thin CdS films formed by laser ablation, N. Dushkina, B. Ullrich, H. Sakai, T. Eiju and Y. Segawa.
  11. Australasian Conference on Optics, Lasers and Spectroscopy (ACOLS'98), 14-17 December 1998, Christchurch, New Zealand, Effect of the crystal direction on the optical properties of thin CdS films formed by laser ablation, N. Dushkina, B. Ullrich, H. Sakai and T. Eiju.
  12. XI Australian Optical Society Conference, 12-15 December 1997, Adelaide, Australia, Reflection properties of thin CdS films formed by laser ablation, N. Dushkina, B. Ullrich, H. Sakai, H. Ezumi, S. Keitoku, K. Hibino and T. Eiju.
  13. Low Dimensional Structures & Devices (LDSD 97), 19-21 May 1997, Lisbon, Portugal, Optical properties of thin CdS films formed by laser ablation, B. Ullrich, H. Sakai, N. Dushkina, H. Ezumi, S. Keitoku and T. Kobayashi.
  14. Conference on Lasers and Electro-optics (CLEO 97), 14-18 July 1997, Chiba, Japan, Novel hybrid device by interaction of chopped light with a laser beam in a CdS crystal, B. Ullrich, N. Dushkina and T. Kobayashi.
  15. XX International Quantum Electronics Conference, 14-19 July, 1996, Sydney, Australia, Measurement of difference phase and transmission spectra using femtosecond Sagnac interferometer, K. Misawa, H. Kanou, N. Dushkina, A. Ueki and T. Kobayashi.
  16. Ultrafast Phenomena, May 28 - June 31, 1996, San Diego, California, USA, Femtosecond time-resolved phase spectroscopy using a novel Sagnac interferometer, T. Kobayashi, K. Misawa, H. Kanou, N. Dushkina and A. Ueki.
  17. International Workshop on Femtosecond Thechnology FST'96, Feb. 21-22, 1996, Tsukuba, Japan, Femtosecond time-resolved phase spectroscopy using Sagnac interferometer, H. Kanou, N. Dushkina, K. Misawa, A. Ueki and T. Kobayashi.
  18. European Conference on Reactivity in Organized Microstructures, 6-11 July 1994, Strasbourg, France, Diffraction from monolayer latex crystals, N. Dushkina, C. Dushkin and K. Nagayama.
  19. Materials Science and Technology, October 1993, Sofia, Bulgaria, Incoherent-to-coherent optical conversion based on the nonstationary amplification of the holographic recording in doped BSO crystals, M. Miteva, N. Dushkina and M. Gospodinov.
  20. Holography' 89, May 1989, Varna, Bulgaria, Angular and polarization characteristics of metal holographic diffraction gratings working in total internal reflection, S. Sainov and N. Dushkina.
  21. Holography' 89, May 1989, Varna, Bulgaria, Metal diffraction gratings - preparation by holographic illumination, E. Spasova, B. Mednikarov, G. Danev, S. Sainov and N. Dushkina.

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