Dr. Roman A. Zakoldaev

My research focuses on the intersection of photonics, laser technologies and opto-fluidics applied for spectroscopy analysis. During my undergraduate studies (2015-2018), I developed a new method for inscription of waveguides and nanofluidic elements. These resulted in the creation of a photonic gas sensor, leading to a patented technology licensed to Laser Center LLC .
In 2020, I founded the "Direct Laser Writing in Glass" group at ITMO University for advanced sub-micron structuring of optical materials to design augmented reality elements, form bulk microfluidics and new waveguide types.
In 2023, I began a postdoctoral position in the Optical Sensing group at UiT, Norway, where we are developing waveguide-based sensors for greenhouse gases and performing isotope-specific detection.