Associate Professor, Department of Physical and Colloid Chemistry

E-mail: ksenuya@mail.ru

EDUCATION

2010 - 2013 Ph.D. in Chemistry, Thesis «Quantum-Chemical Simulation of Photophysical Properties of Lanthanide Coordination Compounds», Kazan National Research Technological University, Institute of Polymers, Faculty of Rubber and Elastomer Technology and Processing, Department of Physical and Colloid Chemistry.

2006 - 2009 Translator Degree in Professional Communication (English), Kazan National Research Technological University, Institute of Additional Professional Education, School of Foreign Languages «Lingua».

2005 - 2010 Specialist Degree, Diploma of Engineer, Kazan National Research Technological University, Institute of Polymers, Faculty of Plastics and Composite Materials Technology, Processing and Certification, Plastics Technology Department, Kazan, Russian Federation.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

2015 - present Associate Professor, Kazan National Research Technological University, Institute of Polymers, Faculty of Rubber and Elastomer Technology and Processing, Department of Physical and Colloid Chemistry.

2013 - 2015 Assistant Professor, Kazan National Research Technological University, Institute of Polymers, Faculty of Rubber and Elastomer Technology and Processing, Department of Physical and Colloid Chemistry.

2014 (April-June) Postdoctoral researcher, Department of Chemistry, Prof. Claudia Schmidt, University of Paderborn, Paderborn, Germany, Theme: "Rheo-NMR spectroscopy for shear-induced orientations in polymers and anisotropic structures".

2013 Junior Research Scientist, Kazan National Research Technological University, Institute of Polymers, Faculty of Rubber and Elastomer Technology and Processing, Department of Physical and Colloid Chemistry.

2012 - 2013 Laboratory assistant, Kazan National Research Technological University, Institute of Polymers, Faculty of Rubber and Elastomer Technology and Processing, Department of Physical and Colloid Chemistry. Laboratory works on Colloid and Physical Chemistry for bachelor and master students.

2010 - 2011 IT Administrator, Kazan National Research Technological University, Institute of Polymers, Faculty of Rubber and Elastomer Technology and Processing, Department of Physical and Colloid Chemistry.

MAIN ACHIEVEMENTS

Ksenia A. Romanova is an expert in fundamental issues of physical and theoretical chemistry.

She studies lanthanide-containing liquid crystals, semiconductor quantum dots and conjugated polymers by means of computational chemistry (DFT, TDDFT, CASSCF, XMCQDPT, MD, etc.). Performs theoretical simulation of the structure and physico-chemical properties of chemical compounds and hybrid functional materials for their further application in optoelectronics and biomedicine.

She took part in more than 15 grants and scientific projects, including as the head of grants from the Russian Science Foundation (2018-2020) and Russian Foundation for Basic Research (2018-2020), the grant of the President of the Russian Federation (2016-2017), the grant of the Government of the Republic of Tatarstan "Algarysh" (2018) for scientific internships, the European Union grant "Erasmus+" for the development of new educational programs for undergraduates and postgraduates of natural sciences (2019-2021), the grant for teachers of Master's programmes from Vladimir Potanin Foundation (2021), etc. Nominee of the young scientists competition for the Arbuzov Prize (2014) for outstanding research in the field of organic and organoelement chemistry.

She authored over 40 papers in peer-refereed academic journals, 20 educational and methodological works.

Scientific and educational internships: 2013 – University of Leuven (Belgium); 2014 – University of Paderborn (Germany); 2015, 2019 – Jagiellonian University, Krakow (Poland); 2016 – University of Stuttgart (Germany); 2017 – Tokyo Telecommunication University (Japan); 2018 – Munich Technical University (Germany).

RESEARCH INTERESTS

• Physical Chemistry
• Quantum chemistry
• Lanthanide complexes
• Liquid crystals
• Quantum dots
• Simulation of the functional materials

MAIN PUBLICATIONS

1. Romanova K.A., Kremleva A.V., Galyametdinov Yu.G. Ab initio molecular dynamics study of the structure and supramolecular organization in mesogenic lanthanum(III) complexes with β-diketones and Lewis bases // International Journal of Quantum Chemistry. 2020. V. 121. № 7. e26569.
2. Romanova К.А., Galyametdinov Yu.G. Theoretical simulation of quantum cascade lasers based on InGaAs/AlInAs and InGaAs/AlAsSb quantum wells // IOP Conference Series: Materials Science and Engineering. 2020. V. 862. № 2. Р. 022040-1-022040-5.
3. Romanova K.A., Galyametdinov Yu.G. Quantum-chemical simulation of optical functional materials based on semiconducting quantum dots CdSe/CdS and liquid-crystalline polymers // Liquid crystals and their application. 2020. V. 20 (2). P. 76-84.
4. Romanova K.A., Kremleva A.V., Galyametdinov Yu.G. Quantum-chemical study of liquid crystalline polymers for development of optoelectronic materials with semiconductor quantum dots // Liquid crystals and their application. 2019. V. 19 (2). P. 15-24.
5. Polushin S.G., Lezova I.E., Polushina G.E., Rogozhin V.B., Ryumtsev E.I., Romanova K.A., Galyametdinov Y.G. Critical Effect of the Length of Counterions in Mesogenic Lanthanide Complexes on the Electro-Optical Properties of Their Melts // JETP Letters. 2018. V. 107. № 7. P. 431-434.
6. Knyazev A.A., Karyakin M.E., Romanova K.A., Heinrich B., Donnio B., Galyametdinov Yu.G. Influence of Lewis Bases on the Mesogenic and Luminescent Properties of Homogeneous Films of Europium(III) Tris(β-diketonate) Adducts // European Journal of Inorganic Chemistry. 2017. V. 2017. № 3. P. 639-645.
7. Knyazev A.A., Karyakin M.E., Krupin A.S., Romanova K.A., Galyametdinov Yu.G. Influence of Eu(III) Complexes Structural Anisotropy on Luminescence of Doped Conjugated Polymer Blends // Inorganic Chemistry. 2017. V. 56. № 11. P. 6067-6075.
8. Selivanova N.M., Gubaidullin A.T., Romanova K.A., Galyametdinov Yu.G. Modification of nonionic vesicles by adding decanol and functional lanthanide ions // Journal of Surfactants and Detergents. 2017. V. 20. № 2. P. 309-319.
9. Knyazev A.A., Krupin A.S., Romanova K.A., Galyametdinov Yu.G. Luminescence and energy transfer in poly(N-vinylcarbazole) blends doped by a highly anisometric Eu(III) complex // Journal of Coordination Chemistry. 2016. V. 69. № 9. P. 1473-1483.
10. Shilova S.V., Romanova K.A., Galyametdinov Y.G., Tret’yakova A.Y., Barabanov V.P. Characteristics of the complexing of chitosan with sodium dodecyl sulfate, according to IR spectroscopy data and quantum-chemical calculations // Russian Journal of Physical Chemistry A. 2016. Т. 90. № 6. P. 1181-1184.
11. Romanova K.A., Galyametdinov Y.G. Theoretical simulation of structure and photophysical properties of some lanthanide-containing metallomesogens // Liquid crystals and their application. 2016. V. 16 (2). P. 80-89.
12. Knyazev A.A., Krupin A.S., Molostova E.Yu., Romanova K.A., Galyametdinov Yu.G. Influence of structural anisotropy on mesogenity of Eu(III) adducts and optical properties of vitrified films formed on their base // Inorganic Chemistry. 2015. V. 54. № 18. P. 8987-8993.
13. Selivanova N.M., Konov A.B., Romanova K.A., Gubaidullin A.T., Galyametdinov Yu.G. Lyotropic La-containing lamellar liquid crystals: phase behaviour, thermal and structural properties // Soft Matter. 2015. V. 11. № 39. P. 7809-7816.
14. Romanova K.A., Freidzon A.Ya., Bagaturyants A.A., Galyametdinov Yu.G. Ab Initio Study of Energy Transfer Pathways in Dinuclear Lanthanide Complex of Europium(III) And Terbium(III) Ions // Journal of Physical Chemistry A. 2014. V. 118. № 47. P. 11244-11252.
15. Romanova K.A., Datskevich N.P., Taidakov I.V., Vitukhnovskii A.G., Galyametdinov Yu.G. Luminescent characteristics of some mesogenic tris(β-diketonate) europium(III) complexes with Lewis bases // Russian journal of physical chemistry A. 2013. V. 87. № 12. P. 2108-2111.
16. Strelkov M.V., Knyazev A.A., Romanova K.A., Galyametdinov Yu.G. The estimation of the mesogenic properties of lanthanum adducts according to the quantum-chemical calculations // Liquid crystals and their application. 2011. № 4. P. 41-49.

COURSES TAUGHT

• Physical Chemistry

• Physical and Colloid Chemistry

• Instrumental Research Methods in Chemical Technology

• Simulation Methods for the Structure and Physico-chemical Properties of Smart Materials

LANGUAGE PROFICIENCY

Russian: native
English: fluent
German: intermediate