Sergey Vdovichev Email & Phone Number

California, United States

Los Angeles County, California, United States

Author of 2 patent claims & 1 trade secret.Contributed to designing new high-power RF ion sources for neutral beams, and high-power electron beams with plasma emitter for fusion applications as a member of the neutral beam group.An architect of a pilot line for Li target manufacturing for cancer treatment by neutrons (medical accelerator). Developed and implemented a production roadmap; as a project lead with operational duties, managed daily manufacturing, conducted deposition system maintenance, processes validation, and failure analysis in close contact with vendors and internal teams; as a result, improved product yield from 30% to over 90%; wrote MPs, SOPs, travelers, and CoCs; developed shadow deposition and ICP RF plasma treatment processes. Fabricated Li targets have been used successfully for human treatment.5 years of supporting proton beam accelerator technology transfer for a life science company (in different roles). Made significant contributions to designing and fabricating a tandem accelerator (2.5 MV, 10 mA) for Boron Neutron Capture Therapy. Supported logistic, quality, and medical certification IEC 61010 performances. As a company representative for 2 years, resolved numerous managerial issues and ensured schedule compliance with the general supplier. Coordinated reconstruction of a radioactive shielded 3-floor bunker and ancillaries installation. Coordinated key components manufacturing and testing. Implemented equipment modification for accelerating tubes (1.3MV) fabrication on the supplier side. Organize a working environment in another country for the team landing to assemble and full performance test of the medical accelerator.Material expert, including additive technics; organized an operational chain focusing on additive materials for fusion applications and developed novel post-heat treatment procedures (achieved 95% of IACS values).

Nizhniy Novgorod, Russia

Led & supervised a UHV mini fab & micro-lithography lab for 7 years. Co-authored about 55 peer-reviewed papers.Key scientific experience related to my academic expertise & Ph.D. degree: carrying out cryogenic transport and RF measurements of Josephson junction & microstructured superconductors; data acquisition of low voltage signals and noisy data processing; magneto-optic measurements; magnetic nanostructures numeric modeling; fabrication pi-junctions; experience in DOE, statistical process control methods. Experience/knowledge of analytical and metrology technics for thin-film characterization, including I-V 4-probe technics, ellipsometry, X-ray diffractometry, AFM, MFM, FIB, SEM, TEM, XPS, SIMS, profilometry, interferometry, etc.Played a crucial role in developing (development, fabrication, and characterization) the first Russian industrial manufacturing technology for multilayer tunnel magnetic junctions for magnetic memory and sensors.Key hardware/process experience: thin film deposition 20+ years (magnetron, e-gun, PLD, thermal evaporation, shadow deposition, etc.); plasma & ion etching and treatment 10+ years (ICP, RIE, ion& reactive ion milling); direct laser lithography 7+years, etc.: My portfolio contains standard cases (metal & dielectric layers, optical coatings, multilayers, anti-corrosion coatings, optimization etching for e-beam lithography & shadow deposition methods, etc.) and unique examples/novel processes: cermets for semiconductor microbolometers; ultrathin superconductors (2-5 nm); Pt films with bulk properties for thermal resistors; hybrid F/S structures with proximity effect; magnetocaloric multilayers, neutron mirrors, fullerenes C60, etc. Fabrication of lattices of 0.1-micron elements and 50-nm calibration/metrology samples for near-field microscopy by a 1-micron laser spot; lithography on the lens; 3D lithography using gray-scale photoresist, etc.

Nizhniy Novgorod, Russia

Technology transfer and process adaptation for fabrication Cold-Electron Bolometers (SINIS) from the Chalmers University of Technology to the LCN laboratory manufacturing facility.Led the construction (architectural, structural, infrastructure) of a new 250 sq. m. facility and set up an $800K microfabrication lab, including an HV e-beam sputtering, MJB3 Mask Aligner, and a clean room (class 10).Provided technical leadership as the only single vendor-certified expert in Russia in sputtering technology (AJA Inc., USA, and VST, Israel) and direct laser lithography (Heidelberg, Germany, and Kloe, France). In addition, served as a thin film engineering and manufacturing expert for a wide range of applications and R&D projects (cooled and uncooled bolometers, microwave filters, biocompatible neuron detectors, and solar cells with a focusing module for spaceship wings, IOL master for human lens). As a co-PI and principal technology chief, led a multi-disciplinary group on a $1.7M, 2-year project for the aerospace industry (Russian Federal Space Agency) project, developed and successfully transferred to industry a novel, first-in-Russia manufacturing technology for Pt thin film thermometers, class A. Developed a unique method to fabricate Pt thin films via low-temperature surface melting. Experience with a start-up technical expertise and manufacturing process audition.

Doctor Of Philosophy - Phd, Applied Physics

Ph.D. in Applied Physics with an emphasis on quantum devices

Master Of Science - Ms, Physics