Professor, Department of Physical and Colloid Chemistry

Dr.Sc. in Chemistry

e-mail: azus2004@bk.ru

EDUCATION

2007 Dr.Sc. in Chemistry, Physical and Colloid Chemistry, Kazan State Technological University, Kazan, Russia

1999 Associate Professor, Physical and Colloid Chemistry, Kazan State Technological University, Kazan, Russia.

1989–1995 Ph.D. in Chemistry, Physical and Colloid Chemistry, Kazan State Technological University, Kazan, Russia.

1983–1989 Chemist’s Technologist’s Engineer (M.S. in Chemistry, specialized in chemical technology of polymers) Kazan Chemical Technological Institute, Faculty of Polymers, Kazan, Russia.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

2007 – present Professor, Department of Physical and Colloid Chemistry, Kazan National Research Technological University, Kazan, Russia

2012, 2013, 2014 Visitor researcher with Claudia Schmidt, Universität Paderborn, Department Chemie, Paderborn, Germany

2008 – 2011 Postdoctoral researcher with Ulf Olsson, Division of Physical Chemistry, Lund University, Lund, Sweden

2002 – 2004 Postdoctoral fellow with Björn Lindman, Division of Physical Chemistry, Lund University, Lund, Sweden

1995 – 2007 Senior Lecturer, Department of Physical and Colloid Chemistry, Kazan National Research Technological University, Kazan, Russia

1989–1995 Assistant Professor, Department of Physical and Colloid Chemistry, Kazan National Research Technological University, Kazan, Russia

MAIN ACHIEVEMENTS

Azat V. Bilalov is an expert at the Russian Foundation for Basic Research (RFBR) in the areas of nanostructures and clusters, supramolecular chemistry, and colloid systems (http://www.rfbr.ru/). He contributes substantially to PhD and postdoctoral projects, which had been initiated within the various European research programs: from 2002 periodically worked as a post-doctoral fellow at the Division of Physical Chemistry at Lund University, Sweden (DNA-lipid systems); periodically worked as visiting scientist at the department of Physical Chemistry, University of Paderborn, Germany (synthesis of silver particles with bio-functional surface).

Azat V. Bilalov is a member of the European Colloid and Interface Society (ECIS).

He authored several papers in peer-refereed academic journals, including Soft Matter, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., J. Phys. Chem. B, J. Colloid Interface Sci., Langmuir. His Hirsch index is 11.

RESEARCH INTERESTS

• Tuning of biocolloids by cyclodextrins
• DNA-lipid complexes
• Biocolloids with advanced mechanical and optic-electric properties
• Gen delivery systems

MAIN PUBLICATIONS

1. Bilalov, A., Elsing, J., Haas, E., Schmidt, C., Olsson, U. Embedding DNA in surfactant mesophases: The phase diagram of the ternary system DNA-dodecyltrimethylammonium/ monoolein/water in comparison to its DNA-free analogue. J. Colloid Interface Sci., 2013, 394, 360-367.

2. Bilalov, A., Olsson, U., Lindman, B. Complexation between DNA and surfactants and lipids: phase behavior and molecular organization (Review), Soft Matter, 2012, 8, 11022-11033.

3. Bilalov, A., Carlstedt, J., Krivtsova, E., Olsson, U., Lindman, B. DNA with amphiphilic counterions: Tuning colloidal DNA with cyclodextrin. Soft Matter, 2012, 8, 4988-4994.

COURSES TAUGHT

• Physical Chemistry – Basic Course
• Instrumental Research Methods in Chemistry – Master and Postgraduate Courses
• Actual Problems of Physical Chemistry – Master Course

LANGUAGE PROFICIENCY

Russian: native
English: fluent