Materials Science Division

Education

• Ph.D., Physics and Materials Research, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic, 2001
• M.Sc. Degree in Physics with Honor, Donetsk State University, Donetsk, Ukraine, 1996

Present Position

• Staff Scientist, Materials Science Division

Professional Experience

• 2008-present Staff Physicist, Materials Science Division, Argonne National Laboratory
• 2006-2008 Enrico Fermi Fellow, Materials Science Division, Argonne National Laboratory
• 2004-2006 Postdoctoral Researcher, Materials Science Division, Argonne National Laboratory
• 2002-2004 Postdoctoral Researcher, Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of South Carolina
• 1996-2002 Research Scientist, Department of Low Temperature Physics, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic

Selected Awards

• Enrico Fermi Fellowship, Argonne National Laboratory, Illinois, USA (2006)
• Special Fellowship from International Soros Foundation for Science and High Education, Donetsk State University, Ukraine (1995)

Research Interests

• Non-equilibrium self-assembly and collective dynamics at micro and nano scales
• Emergent phenomena in complex systems
• Coexistence of Magnetism and Superconductivity: magnetic pinning; magnet-superconductor heterostructures. Vortex matter in superconductors

Selected Publications

• "Self-assembled magnetic surface swimmers"
  A. Snezhko, M. Belkin, I. S. Aranson, W.-K. Kwok
  Physical Review Letters 99, 158301 (2009)
• "Surface wave assisted self-assembly of multidomain magnetic structures"
  A. Snezhko, I. S. Aranson, W.-K. Kwok
  Physical Review Letters 96, 078701 (2006)
• "Driven magnetic particles on a fluid surface: Pattern assisted surface flows"
  M. Belkin, A. Snezhko, I.S. Aranson, W.-K. Kwok,
  Physical Review Letters 99, 158301 (2007)
• "Dynamic self-assembly of magnetic particles on the fluid interface: Surface-wave-mediated effective magnetic exchange"
  A. Snezhko, I. S. Aranson, W.-K. Kwok
  Physical Review E 73, 041306 (2006)
• "Magnetic nanoparticles as efficient bulk pinning centers in type-II superconductors"
  A. Snezhko, T. Prozorov, R. Prozorov
  Physical Review B 71, 024527 (2005)
• "Structure formation in electromagnetically driven granular media"
  A. Snezhko, I. S. Aranson, W.-K. Kwok
  Physical Review Letters 94 (10), 108002 (2005)
• "Nodal Order Parameter in Electron-Doped Superconducting Films PrCeCuO (x=0.13, 0.15, 0.17)"
  A. Snezhko, R. Prozorov, R. W. Giannetta, D. D. Lawrie, P. Fournier
  Physical Review Letters 92, 157005 (2004).
• "Overcrcritical states of a superconductor strip in a magnetic environment"
  Yu. A. Genenko, A. Snezhko, H.C. Freyhardt
  Physical Review B 62, 3453 (2000)