Invited researcher

Chigrinov Vladimir Grigorievich

Microplastics Research Centre (10)

Russia

Academic degree

Doctor of Sciences

Field of studies

Material Technology

Professor, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST)

Vladimir Grigorievich Chigrinov is a renowned scientist and leading expert in the field of photoorientation of molecular systems, liquid crystal physics, photonics, and functional materials. He is the author of fundamental works on the creation of thin films and coatings with controllable properties

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Research interests: Materials science, optics, physics, crystallography

Membership of the leading scientist in editorial boards of scientific and peer-reviewed journals:

Member of the Editorial Board of the journal Liquid Crystals Today since 1995
Associate Editor of the Journal of the Society for Information Display since 2005
Member of the Editorial Board of The Open Crystallography Journal since 2007
Editor-in-Chief of the “Liquid Crystals” section of the journal Crystals since 2023

Prof. V. G. Chigrinov is a member of several advisory and scientific boards and societies (6), and serves as chair (7) and member of program committees (7) of various international conferences, in particular:

Member of the International Advisory Board of the International Liquid Crystal Conference
Member of the International Advisory Board of the new open-access journal Photonics Letters of Poland
Member of the Russian Liquid Crystal Society “Sodruzhestvo” since 1994
Vice-President of the Russian Chapter of the Society for Information Display (SID) since 1997
Member of the “Detectors, Sensors and Displays” Subcommittee of the IEEE International Electron Devices Meeting (IEDM)-2000
Member of the Program Committee of the conference Emerging Liquid Crystal Technologies (Photonics West), the International Conference on the Physics of Condensed Matter, the IMID Conference, and others
Chair of the LC Photonics Conference, Hong Kong (2010, 2012); Chair of the Optics Conference, Barcelona, Spain (2019); Honorary Chair of the committees of the Conference on Information Management and Informatics (2022).

Scientific prizes and awards of the leading scientist

№	Name of the prize/award	Awarding organization:	Year of award	Achievement for which the prize/award was received:
1	Senior Member of the Society for Information Display (SID)	The Society for Information Display (SID)	2004	For significant technical contributions to the development of displays and active participation in the activities of the SID display-specialist community
2	SID Fellow	The Society for Information Display	2008	For outstanding qualifications and experience as a scientist or engineer in the field of information display who has made widely recognized and significant contributions to the development of this field
3	The Research Excellence Award of SENG, HKUST	SENG, HKUST	2012	The award is presented in recognition of the efforts of an outstanding faculty member with a proven track record in research
4	Gold Medal and The Best Award in the Invention & Innovation Awards 2014	Malaysia Technology Expo (MTE)	2014	Invention & Innovation Award 2014
5	Slottow-Owaki Prize	The Society for Information Display (SID)	2018	For contributions to education in the field of liquid-crystal devices
6	Distinguished Fellow of IETI (International Engineering and Technology Institute).	International Engineering and Technology Institute	2019	For exceptional achievements and contributions to science
7	Member of EU Academy of Sciences (EUAS)	EU Academy of Sciences (EUAS)	2020	For exceptional achievements and contributions to science
8	Distinguished Fellow of Institute of Data Science and Artificial Intelligence	Institute of Data Science and Artificial Intelligence	2021	For exceptional achievements and contributions to science
9	A Fellow of National Academy of Technology	National Academy of Technology	2022	For contributions to research in electronics and electrical engineering
10	IETI Industry Innovation Award	Institute of Data Science and Artificial Intelligence	2024	For exceptional achievements and contributions to science
11	Liquid Crystals: Excellence in Optical Technology development Award	Amo Physics	2025	The award is presented to pioneers in this field, recognizing breakthrough achievements that push the boundaries of optical technologies

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Hosting organization	Field of studies	City	Invited researcher	Time span of the project
Centre for Isotope Bio-geochemistry Tyumen State University - (UTMN)	Agriculture, forestry and fisheries	Tyumen	Kuzyakov Yakov Viktorovich	2021-2023
Grain Quality Assessment Laboratory Omsk State Agrarian University named after P. A. Stolypin - (Omsk SAU)	Agriculture, forestry and fisheries	Omsk	Koksel Hamit Turkey	2021-2023
Laboratory for Forest Genomics Siberian federal University - (SibFU)	Agriculture, forestry and fisheries	Krasnoyarsk	Krutovsky Konstantin Valeriyevich Russia, USA	2014-2018