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Biography

Dr. Vera Smolyaninova joined Towson University in 2002 as Assistant Professor of Physics in the Department of Physics, Astronomy and Geosciences, was promoted to Associate Professor in 2007 and to full Professor in 2012. Before joining Towson, she worked as a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Maryland, and as AAEE Fellow at the Naval Research Laboratory, Washington DC. At Towson, Dr. Smolyaninova taught a wide variety of physics courses ranging from introductory physics to graduate level courses, including courses that she developed herself. Dr. Smolyaninova maintains active research program involving undergraduate and masters students in her research. She was awarded several NSF, DARPA, and ONR research grants including NSF CAREER award, the first CAREER award at Towson University. Her research has resulted in more than 90 publications in refereed journals, 3 book chapters, one US patent, about 190 conference proceedings and presentations. Her publications in the area of metamaterials and transformation optics (invisibility cloaking, metamaterial superconductors, etc.) received wide press coverage in such outlets as BBC News, Physics World, EurekAlert! (AAAS), New Scientist, Scientific American, NSF news, EE times, and other general news media around the world. To excite interest in physics in a general audience, Dr. Smolyaninova disseminates her research by writing articles for general audience and giving interviews to mass-media representatives. To excite interest in STEM disciplines in youth, Dr. Smolyaninova conducts various outreach activities for students from kindergarten to high school. Dr. Smolyaninova served on various committees ranging from departmental to University System of Maryland levels, at professional conference program committees, and at the M-AS APS Executive Committee.

 

Research Interests  

Metamaterials:

• Metamaterial superconductors
• Unconventional electromagnetic waves
• Ferrofluid-based self-assembled hyperbolic metamaterials

Selected Publications

• Vera N. Smolyaninova, Shiva Pokhrel, Thomas Snarski*, Andrew C. Lang, Virginia Wheeler, Joseph C. Prestigiacomo, and Michael S. Osofsky, 鈥淭iN/dielectric nanolaminates: effects of metamaterial engineering and disorder on the superconductive properties,鈥� Scientific Reports (2026)
• Vera N. Smolyaninova, Daryna Soloviova**, David M. Schaefer, Alexander B Kozyrev, Igor I. Smolyaninov, 鈥淓xperimental Observation of Surface Wave States at the Gold鈥揝ilver Interface,鈥� Photonics 11, 339 (2024), invited paper; was on the front page of the Photonics banner of the issue.
• Vera N. Smolyaninova, Jonathon Cartelli**, Nathaniel Christopher*, Benjamin Kist*, Jonathan Perry*, Stephanie Spickard*, Mary Sajini Devadas, and Igor I. Smolyaninov, 鈥淪tudy of Effective 2+1 Dimensional Gravity in Ferrofluid-Based Hyperbolic Metamaterials,鈥� Annalen der Physik (Berlin), 2300408 (2023) This paper was highlighted in Advanced Science News

* - undergraduate co-author

** - graduate co-author