V. K. Valev

Prof Valev Short CV

Personal Information:

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Place of birth:

Ventsislav Kolev Valev
v.k.valev[at]bath.ac.uk
French, Bulgarian
Silistra(Bulgaria)

Address:

Department of Physics
University of Bath
BA2 7AY, Bath
United Kingdom

Experience:

2022 - Present	Head of Department in the Physics Department, at the University of Bath, United Kingdom.	2021 - Present	Associate Fellow in Homerton College of the University of Cambridge, United Kingdom.
2019 - Present	Professor of Physics in the Physics Department, at the University of Bath, United Kingdom.	2014 - Present	University Research Fellow of the Royal Society.
2014 - 2019	Reader in the Physics Department, at the University of Bath, United Kingdom.	2013 - 2014	Research Associate in Homerton College of the University of Cambridge, United Kingdom.
2012 - 2014	NanoPhotonics Research Fellow in the Cavendish Laboratory, at the University of Cambridge, United Kingdom.	2009 - 2012	Postdoctoral Research Fellow from the Research Foundation - Flanders (FWO) in the KU Leuven University, Belgium.
2006 - 2009	Postdoctoral Researcher at the Institute for Nanoscale Physics and Chemistry (INPAC), a Centre of Excellence of the KU Leuven University, Belgium.	2001 - 2006	Junior Scientist at Radboud University, Nijmegen, the Netherlands.
2000 - 2001	Masters degree in Physics (ERASMUS student exchange program) at the University of Wales, Cardiff, United Kingdom.	1996 - 2000	Bachelor Degree in Physics at the Université de Bretagne Occidentale, Brest, France.

Awards:

2025, Elected Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry (FRSC)
2024, Included in the Photonics 100 list (by the magazine Electro Optics).
2023, Thomas Young Medal jointly with David Andrews (the Institute of Physics).
2023, Elected Fellow of SPIE (the international society for optics and photonics).
2023, Elected Fellow of Optica (OpticaF).
2023, Elected Senior Member of IEEE (the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers).
2023, Visiting Professorship, at The Sapienza University of Rome (Italy, 1 month).
2022, Faraday Division Horizon Prize (Royal Society of Chemistry).
2021, Elected Fellow of the Institute of Physics (FInstP).
2021, Elected Senior Member of OSA (the Optical Society).
2021, Elected Fellow of the Royal Microscopical Society (FRMS).
2021, Elected Senior Member of SPIE (the international society for optics and photonics).
2021, Visiting Professorship, at The Sapienza University of Rome (Italy, 1 month).
2019, University Research Fellowship of the Royal Society - extended (United Kingdom, 3 years).
2019, Elektra Award for University Research Project of the Year (attributed by the magazine Electronics Weekly, sponsored by RS Components).
2018, Vice-Chancellor's Award for Public Engagement with Research, awarded by HRH Prince Edward.
2016, Visiting Professorship, at The Sapienza University of Rome (Italy, 2 months).
2015, Visiting Professorship, at The Sapienza University of Rome (Italy, 1 month).
2014, University Research Fellowship of the Royal Society (United Kingdom, 5 years).
2012, Visiting Professorship, at The Sapienza University of Rome (Italy, 3 months).
2010, Young Speaker Award, 2nd place at the joint symposium of the Belgian Society of Physics and the Dutch Society of Physics - FYSICA 2010.
2009, FWO Research Fellowship (Belgium).
2006 – 2011, 7 best poster awards at conferences in Belgium, the Netherlands, Serbia and Bulgaria.

Editorial work:

2022 – : Member of Advisory Board of Natural Sciences
2020 – : Member of Advisory Board of Nanoscale
2020 – : Member of Advisory Board of Nanoscale Advances
2016 – : Member of Editorial Board of Advanced Optical Materials
2016 – 2022: Member of Editorial Board of Proceedings of the Royal Society A

Patents:

J. Baumberg, T. Ding, V. K. Valev, “A reversible cycle phase change fluid”, PC927751GB, filed 01/09/2015; 19/04/2016.
V. K. Valev, D. Slavov, K. Rusimova, W. Wadsworth, P. Mosley, “Nanoparticle coatings for alkali-metal vapour containers”, IP2423.1GB, filed 13/11/2018.
N. Kotov, V. K. Valev, L. Ohnoutek, J.Y. Kim, “Devices and methods for determining chiral optical properties from third harmonic mie scattering of semiconductor nanohelices”, 2115-008277-US-PS1, filed 01/12/2021.

Professional Societies: (Fellow of)

Optica (the Optical Society)
SPIE (the international society for optics and photonics)
IoP (the Institute of Physics)
RSC (the Royal Society of Chemistry)

Professional Societies: (Senior Member of)

SPIE (the international society for optics and photonics)
Optica (the Optical Society)
IEEE (the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers)

Professional Societies: (Member of)

APS (the American Physical Society)
SPIE (the international society for optics and photonics)
Optica (the Optical Society)
IEEE Photonics (the optical society of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers)
RSC (the Royal Society of Chemistry)

PhD evalualtion/vivas for:

21/12/2022	PhD student at	KU Leuven University, Belgium	09/06/2022	PhD student at	UTT de Troyes, Troyes, France
17/08/2021	PhD student at	University of Bath, Bath, UK	30/04/2021	PhD student at	Imperial College London, UK
03/03/2020	PhD student at	King’s College London, London, UK	25/06/2019	PhD student at	University College London, London, UK
11/09/2018	PhD student at	University of Exeter, Exeter, UK	19/04/2017	PhD student at	Department of Engineering, University of Salento, Lecce, Italy
09/12/2016	PhD student at	CIC nanoGUNE, San Sebastian, Spain	05/12/2017	PhD student at	EPFL, Lausanne, Switzerland
30/05/2017	PhD student at	EPFL, Lausanne, Switzerland	27/05/2014	PhD student at	KU Leuven University, Belgium
05/05/2014	PhD student at	KU Leuven University, Belgium	27/05/2014	PhD student at	KU Leuven University, Belgium