Siyka Ivanova Shopova
RH620,
Polytechnic Institute of NYU
6, Metrotech, Brooklyn, NY 11201
Work Phone: (718) 260-3645 Cell:(573) 355-4139
E-mail:
siyka.shopova@gmail.com
EDUCATION
§
Ph.D. in
Photonics, 2007,
Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK
§
Master of
Science in Physics, 1989,
Engineering Physics, specialization in Applied Optics, University of Sofia,
Sofia, Bulgaria
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Adjunct
Instructor –
May 2009 – Present
Physics Department at Polytechnic Institute of NYU –
Teaching University Physics recitations and laboratories;
General Engineering 1003 at Polytechnic Institute of NYU
Postdoctoral Fellow – September 2008 – Present
Microparticle Photophysics Laboratory for BioPhotonics,
Group of Professor Stephen Arnold;
Physics Department- Polytechnic Institute of NYU – Brooklyn, NY
Project-studying the mechanism of enhanced binding in biosensing; optical trapping mechanism
Adjunct Professor of Physics Department – May 2009 – Present
Physics Department at Polytechnic Institute of NYU – Brooklyn, NY
Postdoctoral Fellow – February 2007 – August 2008
Biomedical Engineering Department at University of Missouri-Columbia
Group of Dr. Xudong Fan;
Involved in research and development of novel biosensor devices; microfluidic laser that can be implemented in biochips; fast gas microchromatography device for chemical sensing; applications of nanoparticles as laser materials and biological probes;
Research Assistant - 2001-January 2007
Physics Department at Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK
Group
of Dr. A. Rosenberger
Research projects – Whispering Gallery Mode microresonators – physics and
applications as laser resonators and in chemical sensing; development of WGM
laser based on microsphere resonator and colloidal semiconductor nanocrystals as
active medium deposited by LBL technique; Nanophotonics - research on optical
properties of HgTe
colloidal nanoparticles and synthesis and applications of Au nanorods; Fiber Optics - tapered fibers design and fabrication.
Teaching Assistant
- 2000-2001
Physics Department at Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK
Teaching Electricity and Magnetism (2114 and 1214) labs.
High School Physics Teacher
- 1997-2000
Mathematics and Physics High School, Kazanlak, Bulgaria
Teaching Calculus Based Physics in English
Researcher -
1996-1997
Institute of Physical Chemistry at Bulgarian Academy of Science
Ellipsometric measurements in physical chemistry
Laser Physicist
- 1993-1996
Optron Technology Ltd., Sofia, Bulgaria
Company producing laser crystals and solid-state lasers; Involved in developing
and assembling solid-state lasers; Experience with Nd:KGW (efficient Raman
shifted lasing) and Nd:YAG laser crystals, Cr doped crystals for passive
Q-switching, and nonlinear crystals as KTP, LBO, BBO for SHG applications.
Internship -
1987- 1989
Institute of Applied Mineralogy at Bulgarian Academy of Science
Working in a group studying the optical and acoustic properties of single
crystals - PbMoO4, grown at this institute.
AWARDS
§ Oklahoma State University - Graduate Research Excellence Award - 2007
§ OSU Physics Department – Outstanding Experimental Research Assistant-2006
§ Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education – grant 2005-2007
§ NSF EPSCoR Nano-Net Scholarship – June 2004 – November 2005
§ Studies abroad – 1989, Novosibirsk Academy of Sciences; research for a Master’s thesis – ellipsometry and interferometry measurements of nonlinear crystals.
§ One of the first five in the Bulgarian National Physics competition – 1984
Patents:
FUNCTIONALIZING A SENSING RIBBON ON A WHISPERING GALLERY MODE MICRORESONATOR
USING LIGHT FORCE TO FABRICATE A WHISPERING GALLERY MODE SENSOR,
United States Patent Application
20100297363;
SYRINGE-BASED WHISPERING GALLERY MODE
MICRORESONATOR MICROFLUIDIC BIOCHEM SENSOR,
Full Patent Application submitted;
Professional association: OSA, SPIE, Golden Key International Honor Society
Immigration Status: Permanent Resident
LIST OF PUBLICATIONS
2. S. I. Shopova, R. Rajmangal, S. Arnold, Ultra-sensitive Nanoparticle Detection using a Portable Whispering Gallery Mode Biosensor driven by a PPLN doubled DFB laser, Review of Scientific Instruments, (2010), v. 81, 103110
3. Y. Sun, S. I. Shopova, C. Wu, S. Arnold, and X. Fan, Bioinspired
optofluidic FRET lasers via DNA scaffolds,
Proc Natl Acad Sci USA
(2010),
v.
107, pp. 16039–16042
4. S. Arnold, S. I. Shopova, S. Holler, Whispering Gallery Mode Bio-sensor for label-free detection of single molecules: Thermo-optic vs. Reactive mechanism, Optics Express, (2010), v. 18, 281-287
5. S. Arnold, D. Keng, S. I. Shopova, S. Holler, W. Zurawsky, and F. Vollmer “Whispering gallery mode carousel – a photonic mechanism for enhanced nanoparticle detection in biosensing”, Optics Express, (2009), v. 17, p. 6230-6238.
6. Siyka I. Shopova, Yuze Sun, A. T. Rosenberger, and Xudong Fan, “Highly sensitive tuning of coupled optical ring resonators by microfluidics”, Microfluidics and Nanofluidics, (2009) v. 6, 3, p. 425-429
7. Siyka I. Shopova, Ian M. White, Scott Lacey, and Xudong Fan, "Optofluidic ring resonator dye microlasers" book chapter in Advanced Photonic Structures for Biological and Chemical Sensing, Xudong Fan Editor, Springer (submitted Dec. 2008)
8. Yuze Sun, Siyka I. Shopova, Ian M. White, Greg Frye-Mason, and Xudong Fan “Rapid chemical vapor detection with opto-fluidic ring resonators” book chapter in Advanced Photonic Structures for Biological and Chemical Sensing, Xudong Fan Editor, Springer (submitted Dec. 2008)
9. S. I. Shopova, C. W. whiteledge, and A. T. Rosenberger, “Enhanced evanescent coupling to whispering-gallery modes due to gold nanorods grown on the microresonator surface”, Applied Physics B-Lasers and Optics, (2008), v. 93, 1, p.183
10. Xudong Fan, Ian M. White, Siyka Shopova, Hongying Zhu, Jonathan D. Suter, Yuze Sun, and Gilmo Yang, "Optofluidic Ring Resonator Biological and Chemical Sensors" book chapter in Practical applications of microresonators in optics and photonics, Andrey Matsko Editor, Taylors and Francis (in press)
11. Xudong Fan, Ian M. White, Siyka I. Shopova, Hongying Zhu, Jonathan D. Suter, and Yuze Sun; “Sensitive optical biosensors for unlabeled targets: A review; Analytica Chimica Acta (2008), v. 620, 1-2, p.8, doi:10.1016/j.aca.2008.05.022
12. Yuze Sun, Siyka I. Shopova, Greg Frye-Mason, and Xudong Fan; “ Rapid chemical vapor sensing using optofluidic ring resonators”, Optics Letters, (2008) v. 33, 8, 788
13. S. I. Shopova, S. Lacey, I. White, Y. Sun, H. Zhu, P. Zhang, and X. Fan, “Optofluidic ring resonator dye microlasers”, Proc. SPIE (Jan, 2008) Vol. 6872, p. 68720W.
14. Siyka I. Shopova, Ian M. White, Hongying Zhu, Yuze Sun, and Xudong Fan,
Greg Frye-Mason, Aaron Thompson, and Shiou-jyh Ja; “Rapid on-Column Micro-Gas-Chromatography Detection with Capillary Based Optical Ring Resonators”; Analytical Chemistry, (2008), v.80, 6, 2232
15. G. Farca, S. I. Shopova, and A. T. Rosenberger; “Cavity-enhanced laser absorption spectroscopy using microresonator whispering-gallery modes”; Optics Express (2007), v.15, 25, 1744312. Scott Lacey, Ian M. White, Yuze Sun, Siyka I. Shopova, Jay M. Cupps, Po Zhang,
and Xudong Fan; “ Versatile opto-fluidic ring resonator lasers with ultra-low threshold”; Optics Express (2007), v.15, 23, 15523
16. Scott Lacey, Ian M. White, Yuze Sun, Siyka I. Shopova, Jay M. Cupps, Po Zhang,
and Xudong Fan; “ Versatile opto-fluidic ring resonator lasers with ultra-low threshold”; Optics Express (2007), v.15, 23, 15523
17. Siyka I. Shopova, Jay M. Cupps, Po Zhang, Edward P. Henderson, Scott Lacey, and Xudong Fan; “Opto-fluidic Ring Resonator Lasers Based on Highly Efficient Resonant Energy Transfer”, Optics Express (2007), v.15, 20, 12735
18. Siyka I. Shopova, Hongying Zhu, Xudong Fan, and Po Zhang; “Optofluidic ring resonator based dye laser”; Appl. Phys. Lett. (2007), 90, 221101
19. Siyka I. Shopova, Charles W. whiteledge, Nicholas F. Materer, and A.T. Rosenberger; “Gold Nanorods Nucleated with HgTe Nanoparticles”; Appl. Phys. Lett. (2006), 89, 023120
20. S. I. Shopova, C. W. whiteledge, N. F. Materer, and A. T. Rosenberger, Growth of gold nanorods nucleated by HgTe nanoparticle seeds on various surfaces, Proc. SPIE (Aug. 18, 2005) Vol. 5927, p. 59271X.
21. G. Farca, S. I. Shopova, and A. T. Rosenberger; “Intracavity chemical absorption sensing using microresonator whispering –gallery modes”; Proc. of SPIE (2005) Vol. 5855, p. 427.
22. Ahmer Naweed, G. Farca, S. I. Shopova, and A. T. Rosenberger; “Induced Transparency and Absorption in Coupled Whispering-Gallery Microresonators”; Phys. Rev. A (2005), 71, 043804.
23. Shopova, S. I., Farca, G., Rosenberger, A. T., Wickramanayake, W. M. S., Kotov, N. A.; “Microsphere whispering-gallery-mode laser using HgTe quantum dots”; Applied Physics Letters (2004), 85(25), p. 6101.
24. Siyka I. Shopova, George Farca, Albert T. Rosenberger; “Infrared room temperature lasing of nanoparticles coated on a dielectric microsphere”; Proceedings of the 41st Annual Technical Meeting of the Society of Engineering Science Micro- and Nanoscale Laser Materials Processing, p. 62, (2004).
CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS:
2010-
FiO/LS Meeting,
Oct.24-28, Rochester, NY-
coauthor in an invited
presentation “The
reactive sensing principle (RSP) in optically resonant biosensing
and nanoparticle trapping within a WGM Carousel”
2008- MRS, Dec. 1 - 5, Boston, MA coauthor in “Rapid chemical vapor sensing and micro gas chromatography detection using optofluidic ring resonators”
2008- SPIE Jan. 19-24, San Jose, CA- Invited presentation, "Opto-fluidic ring resonator dye microlasers."
2007- CQO9 June, Rochester, NY – Poster presentation “Ultralow Threshold Behavior of a Quantum-Dot Whispering Gallery Microlaser”
2006- CLEO/QELS May 21-26, Long Beach, CA-Oral presentation "Precision Measurement of Ultralow Threshold in a Whispering-Gallery-Mode Quantum-Dot Laser"; Poster presentation "Enhancement of Evanescent Coupling to Whispering-Gallery Modes Caused by Au Nanorods Grown on a Microresonator Surface"; coauthor in "Cavity-Enhanced Laser Spectroscopy Using Microresonator Whispering-Gallery Modes"
2005-SPIE July 31-Aug 5, San Diego, CA- Poster presentation and a paper “Growth of gold nanorods nucleated by HgTe nanoparticle seeds on various surfaces”
2004-SES Oct. 11-13, Lincoln, NE- Oral presentation- “Infrared room temperature lasing of nanoparticles on a dielectric microsphere” and a publication in SES2004 proceedings.
2004- LEOS Summer Topical Meetings- Oral presentation- "WGM Laser Consisting of a Quantum-Dot-Coated Microsphere"; coauthor in “Evanescent-Wave Chemical Sensing using WGM Microresonators”
2004- Oklahoma NSF EPSCoR Annual State Conference- Poster presentation- "Lasing of HgTe and HgCdTe quantum dots at room temperature".
2003- OSA Annual & ILS- Oral presentation-“Whispering-Gallery-Mode Laser Consisting of a HgTe Quantum-Dot-Coated Microsphere”.
2002- CLEO/ QELS-Poster presentation- “Intracavity chemical absorption sensing using microsphere whispering- gallery modes”.
2002- OSU Annual research symposium- Oral presentation- “Tapered fibers- method of fabrication and coupling to the whispering gallery modes of a microsphere.”