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Spin Optics Laboratory, State University of Saint-Petersburg
Physics and Astronomy School, University of Southampton
Mediterranean Institute of Fundamental Physics, Rome
Mediterranean Institute of Fundamental Physics and
Russian MegaGrants:
two approaches to collaboration with the Russian Scientific Diaspora
Russian Physics at home and abroad: present and future vision:
• In 2010 MIFP founded in Rome
• In 2011 Russian MegaGrant: Spin Optics laboratory is created
• In 2012 we apply for creation of a Research Center at SkTech
Alexey Kavokin
1st French – Russian meeting on New trends in Solid State Physics
(Clermont-Ferrand, 2001)
Sponsored by Velery Giscard d’Estaing
President of the Region Auvergne
ex-President of France
Further meetings in Clermont-Ferrand:
2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006
In Rome: 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011
The hystory:
Informal meetings of 15-50 world leading
experts in Solid State Physics
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www.mifp.eu
Mediterranean Institute of Fundamental Physics
New private institute of physics
created in July 2010
Scientific Director: Prof. A. Kavokin, University of Southampton
President of Scientific Council: Prof. B. Altshuler, Columbia University
Admin Officer: Dr. Giuseppe Eramo, University of Rome II Tor Vergata
Mission:
•Help researchers doing research (reduce time losses for administration,
teaching and project management)
•Bring together a strong international team (analogy with a professional
football club)
•Promote cooperation in the Mediterranean region
•Reunification of the Russian scientific diaspora dispersed in the world
during the Brain drain of 1990s
Typical university Private institute
Administration, project
management, teaching
Research
Bureacracy,
incompetitive
salaries
Flexibility,
accumulation of
excellence in
research
Mediterranean Institute of Fundemental Physics (110 Members):
Extremely high H-factor and comparatively young age of the Members
Member H-factor Citation index Age
Altshuler Boris 51 11 821 57
Baumberg Jeremy 42 7 240 44
Di Carlo Aldo 31 5 288 43
Bloch Jacqueline 38 6 841 44
Aleiner Igor 35 4 194 45
Kavokin Alexey 37 3 980 42
Vinokur Valery 54 16 176 56
Butov Leonid 24 2 321 48
Ciuti Cristiano 27 2 281 38
Ivchenko Eugeny 33 4 239 61
Shelykh Ivan 21 1 276 35
Portnoi Mikhail 19 1 248 45
Pozina Galia 18 1 341 45
Bramati Alberto 19 1 121 44
Vladimirova Maria 17 1 470 39
Lagoudakis Pavlos 15 1 234 37
Members of MIFP: average age 41, average h-factor 27
50% of Members are from Russian Scientific Diaspora A. Di Carlo,
Rome
J.J. Baumberg,
Cambridge
B.L. Altshuler,
Columbia
E.L.Ivchenko,
Member of Russian
Academy of Science,
St-Petersburg
J. Bloch,
CNRS, Paris
Mediterranean Institute of Fundemental Physics compared with leading
world institutions
68 81
96 105 107 110
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h-index for Institutions
Despite the relatively young age of its Members, MIFP has better h-factor than
that of all Italian Physical Institutions and comparable with the best schools in
Europe
Two strategies of development
Virtual institute Real institute
• Administrative group (3-5 person)
• No permanent research positions
• No laboratories
• Budget comes from the grants
essentially
• Members work in different
countries
May be financed from the grants
brought in by the Members
• Core of permanent researchers (20-
30 person)
• Postdocs, PhD students, visiting
professors (50-60 person)
• Administration, technical support
team (20-25 person)
• Central building + labs
• Budget 7-10.000.000 euro per year
A General sponsor is needed
This is what we have now This is what we propose to build
Application 1: Quantum Technologies
Quantum teleportation Quantum metrology
Quantum sensors
Quantum imaging
Quantum computer
Quantum cryptography
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Application 2: Radiation terapy of single cells affected by cancer
Cyberknife robot
• 3-dimensional imaging of the tumors
• Treatment with terahertz and X-ray sources
• Operations of late stage and recidive tumors without
anestesy
Collaboration with MIFP on terahertz lasers, 3D imaging and X-ray lasing
Prof. G. Ambrosino,
university of Vicenza
Application 3: Alternative energy sources. New generations of solar cells
New physics: Bose-Einstein condensation of photons
Organic photovoltaics
Spherical organic microcavities
Expected efficiency 60% instead of 8% now
MIFP in action:
• October 2010 Nanophotonics School, Armenia
• December 2010 visit of a group of PhD students from StPb to the leading
Italian laboratories in Rome, Pisa, Pavia, Trento
• March 2011 1st March meeting of MIFP in Rome
• May 2011 participation in the ESF conference on Crete
• September 2011 IMMEA conference, Agadir
• September 2011 Nanophotonics School in Maratea
• January 2012 MIFP-Latin America meeting in Campinas
• March 2012 2nd March meeting of MIFP in Rome
• April 2012 Nanophotonics School, Phuket
• June 2012 PLMCN conference, Hangzhou, China
• July 2012 Spin-optronics School, Saint-Petersburg
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Spin Optics Laboratory, St-Petersburg State University
Difficulties:
• Heavy reporting rules:
Financial reporting: every 3 months;
Scientific reporting: every 6 months;
• Difficulties with work permits for foreign
citizens;
• Unclear future after 2013, financing, structure
Overview:
• 6 faculty, 4 staff, 4 PostDocs, 10 PhD students
• Budget 150 m rubles (5m USD) for 2 years
• Collaboration with MIFP
• Benefits from EU networks “CLERMONT4”,
“SpinOptronics”
• Benefits from the multi-million Resource
centers of SPbU
• Publications in Nature and Nature Physics
Conclusions
• A major part of Russian physicists born in 1960-1980
now work abroad
• MIFP: 50% of Members originate from the ex-Soviet
Union
• Management is easier in a private institute
• Ideal institute: non-governmental, international, based
both in Russia and abroad
• SkTech Research Centers: excellent idea!
Annex A: Code of Conduct of the Mediterranean Institute of Fundamental Physics
(MIFP)
MIFP is governed by Scientific Council (later referred to as SC). SC consists of Council Members (currently
6) and the President. One of the Members is the Scientific Director of the Institute.
Directors: Scientific Director (SD) is responsible for all Scientific content and people management as well
as Marketing and PR of the Institute.
Administration Director (AD) reports to SD and is responsible for all Administrations, Organization,
Finance, HR, Legal, Tax.
Members: The Members of the Institute may have research or teaching commitments in other research
organisations, universities etc. The Membership is free of charge, it is granted upon request by the candidate
and after approval by the Scientific Council of MIFP.
Some members may hold permanent or fixed term assignments in MIFP subject to SC approval and
availability of grant/other funding.
Grants: Any member can request from MIFP management assistance for grant applications/organisation of
events and other admin help. Each request should be approved by SD and in case of large spend may need
to get SC approval.
Permanent Scientific Roles: will be financed from individual grants or sponsorships, subjects to SC
approvals. Reporting to SD.
Permanent Admin Roles: will report to AD and financed from grant overheads, subject to SD and AD
approvals.
Temporary Scientific Roles: will be financed by respective grants, subject to grand owner and SD
approval. Will report to Grant owners, Grant Owners report to SD.
Law: Governed by the Law of Italy and EU.
Annex B: Scientific Council of MIFP
President, Prof. Boris Altshuler, Columbia University, USA
Members:
Alexey Kavokin, Physics and Astronomy School, University of Southampton, UK
Scientific Director of MIFP
Rinaldo Santonico, Physics Department, University of Rome II, Italy
Andrey Varlamov, Consiglo Nazionale della Ricerca, Italy
Aldo Di Carlo, Engineering Department, University of Rome II, Italy
Igor Lukyanchuk, Universite d'Amiens, France
1993 Hewlett-Packard Europhysics Prize
1993 fellow of the American Physical Society
1996 Elected to the American Academy of Arts and
Sciences
2002 Elected to the National Academy of Sciences
2003 Oliver E. Buckley Prize of the American Physical
Society