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Bilde av Zakoldaev, Roman
Postdoctoral Research Fellow / Ultrasound, microwaves and optics Department of Physics and Technology roman.zakoldaev@uit.no Tromsø You can find me here

Roman Zakoldaev

Job description

Designing novel photonic components and laser technologies to advance spectroscopic analysis, enabling ultra-sensitive detection and precise measurement for scientific and biomedical applications.

  • Henock Demessie Yallew, Marek Vlk, Anurup Datta, Sebastian Alberti, Roman Zakoldaev, Jens Høvik et al.:
    Sub-ppm Methane Detection with Mid-Infrared Slot Waveguides
    ACS Photonics 2023 ARKIV / DOI
  • Jehona Salaj, Roman Zakoldaev, Ragnar Alexander Seton, Marek Vlk, Astrid Aksnes, Jana Jagerska :
    Isotope ratio measurements using on-chip laser absorption spectroscopy
    2024
  • Jehona Salaj, Marek Vlk, Roman Zakoldaev, Jens Høvik, Astrid Aksnes, Jana Jagerska :
    On-chip spectroscopy with membrane waveguides at low pressure
    2023

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    Research interests

    My research explores the intersection of photonics, laser technologies, and nanomaterials for advanced spectroscopic analysis. I developed a method for inscribing nanofluidic elements, culminating in a patented photonic gas sensor in 2019.

    In 2020, I founded the 'Direct Laser Writing in Glass' group to push the boundaries of sub-micron structuring for applications in augmented reality, microfluidics, and bulk waveguide designs.

    Since moving above the Arctic Circle in 2023, I have been advancing waveguide-based sensors for greenhouse gases. Recently, our team demonstrated a nanophotonic waveguide engineered to ‘localize light in air,’ enabling CO₂ detection at the level of a single molecule in a billion and achieving the first real-time stable isotope ratio measurements.

    Since 2024, I'm preparing the project on developing a photonics biosensing platform for protein analysis. Ultimately, this technology could revolutionize how we monitor protein misfolding, paving the way for earlier and more reliable Alzheimer's diagnoses.

    I’m excited to welcome collaborators to join me on this journey. 

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    ResearchGate
    ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6212-0532

    Member of research group

    Ultrasound, Microwaves and Optics   Norsk innhold

    CV

    EDUCATION
    2015 – 2018
    Ph.D. in Quantum Electronics
    Project:
    Laser modification of porous glass: physical and technological fundamentals and applications

    2013 – 2015
    MS in Laser technologies
    Project:
    Laser micro-plasma for micro-optical elements fabrication

    2009 – 2013
    BS Technical Physics
    Project:
    Laser-induced internal modification of porous glass

    Teknologibygget Tromsø 3.044


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