Milichko Valentin Andreyevich

Design and nonlinear optics and optoelectronics high-entropy materials and 3D/2D metal-organic frameworks for planar, miniature and nanometre scale lasers and broadband light sources, optical and chemo-optical sensors, memristive logical and neuromorphic elements, as well as elements for all-optical data recording and processing (including neuromorphic). The expertise also includes experimental and theoretical background in light-matter interaction and direct design and building 3D and 2D MOFs (as well as inorganic High-entropy materials) with desired optical, sensitive, and structural properties.

Doctor of Science (2023, ITMO University);

PhD in Laser Physics (2014, Russian Academy of Science);

MSc in Quantum Optics (2010, Far East Federal University.

Jr. Prof. at Université de Lorraine, France (2020-2025);

Assoc. Prof. and Head of Russian-French Lab, ITMO University (2014-2025).

Invited Prof. at Tongji University, China (2020);

Invited Researcher at Delft University of Technology, the Netherlands (2018);

Invited Researcher at Karolinska Institutet, Sweden (2015).

Member of American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), American Chemical Society (ACS), Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers (SPIE), European Material Research Society (EMRS).

Member of dissertation committees “Condensed matter physics”, “Optics”, and “Physical chemistry” at ITMO University.

Reviewer of international peer-reviewed journals (Advanced Materials (IF 26.8), Advanced Functional Materials (IF 19), Journal of American Chemical Society (IF 15.6), Angew. Chemie Int. Ed. (IF 16.9), Nature Commun. (IF 15.7), Coord. Chem. Rev. (IF 23.5), Advanced Optical Materials (IF 7.2), Laser Photonics Reviews (IF 10), Nano Micro Letters (IF 36.3), Chemistry of Materials (IF 7), ACS Applied Materials Interfaces (IF 8.2), Chemical Engineering Journal (IF 13.2), Inorg. Chem. Front. (IF 6.4), Opt. Mater. (IF 4.2)).

Top 2% of most cited Researcher (by Scopus) at Université de Lorraine and Top 0.3% most cited Researcher (by Scopus) at ITMO University in 2025;

Top 1% of researchers overall, and Top 1% of researchers in coordination polymers and photonics (by scholargps.com/ Ranking);

Best research paper selected by Russian Science Foundation (Communications Materials 5, 128 (2024), Nature Family Journal);

Hot Paper in Anniversary 1500th issue of Angew. Chemie Int. Ed.;

Best Review Article in Phys. Usph.;

SPIE Scholarship in Optics and Photonics;

Erasmus+ European Union Professorship;

Personal President Grant;

French Embassy “Metchnikov” Stipendiary;

Academia Europaea (Russian Prize in chemistry for new photonic materials);

Medal of Russian Academy of Science (physics and astronomy) in 2019;

Scopus Awards Russia “Most cited young researcher” in 2018;

Best Russian-French project funded by the Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation (PHC Kolmogorov).

H-index 31 by Scopus (34 by Google Scholar)

Citation 3400 by Scopus (4530 by Google Scholar)

115 articles in Q1 (82%) and Q2 (18%) journals with an average IF of 7.9, of which 31 articles in Top1-3% by SJR since 2015 (scimagojr.com)

17 Grants as supervisor for a total 3 M€ (since 2016)

7 Patents (Unity models, and technology since 2016)

[1] M. Timofeeva, Y. Kenzhebayeva, P. Alekseevskiy, A. Efimova, A. Abramov, S. Shipilovskikh, A. S. Novikov, N. V. Somov, D. I. Pavlov, X. Yu, A. S. Potapov, P. Boulet, N. Burzak, A. R. Knyazeva, N. Li, V. Dyachuk, V. A. Milichko*, Topological Design of Pyrene-Based Metal-Organic Framework Nanosheets as a Luminescent Thermometer for Live Bioimaging. Adv. Funct. Mater. 35, 2425904 (2025).

Q1, IF 19

[2] Y. A. Mezenov, S. V. Bachinin, Y. A. Kenzhebayeva, A. S. Efimova, P. V. Alekseevskiy, D. Poloneeva, A. Lubimova, S. A. Povarov, V. Shirobokov, M. S. Dunaevskiy, A. S. Falchevskaya, A. S. Potapov, A. Novikov, A. A. Selyutin, P. Boulet, J. Gascon, A. N. Kulakova, V. A. Milichko*, Transformation of three-dimensional metal-organic frameworks into nanosheets with enhanced memristive behavior for electronic data processing. Adv. Sci. 12, 2405989 (2025).

Q1, IF 14.1

[3] M. Timofeeva, Y. Kenzhebayeva, N. Burzak, A. Bazhenova, A. Lunev, A. S. Novikov, A. B. Bondarenko, S. A. Shipilovskikh, V. A. Dyachuk, V. A. Milichko*. Light-driven ultrafast sensor based on biocompatible solvatochromic metal-organic framework. Mater. Horiz. 12, 1255-1261 (2025).

Q1, IF 10.7

[4] N. A Zhestkij, A. S Efimova, Y. Kenzhebayeva, S. A Povarov, P. V Alekseevskiy, S. S Rzhevskiy, S. A Shipilovskikh, V. A Milichko*. Grayscale to Multicolor Laser Writing Inside a Label‐Free Metal‐Organic Frameworks. Adv. Funct. Mater. 2311235 (2024).

Q1, IF 19

[5] Irina G. Koryakina, Semyon V. Bachinin, Elena N. Gerasimova, Maria V. Timofeeva, Sergei A. Shipilovskikh, Anton S. Bukatin, Aleksandr Sakhatskii, Alexander S. Timin, Valentin A. Milichko*, Mikhail V. Zyuzin. Microfluidic synthesis of metal-organic framework crystals with surface defects for enhanced molecular loading. Chem. Eng. J. 452, 139450 (2023).

Q1, IF 13.2

[6] Nikita Kulachenkov, Quentin Haar, Sergei Shipilovskikh, Andrei Yankin, Jean-François Pierson, Alexandre Nominé, Valentin A. Milichko*. MOF-Based Sustainable Memory Devices, Adv. Funct. Mater. 32, 2107949 (2022).

Q1, IF 19

[7] Kulachenkov N.K., Sun D., Mezenov Y.A., Yankin A.N., Rzhevskiy S., Dyachuk V., Nominé A., Medjahdi G., Pidko E.A., Milichko V.A.* Photochromic Free MOF‐Based Near‐Infrared Optical Switch. Angew. Chemie Int. Ed. 132, 15652-15656 (2020).

Q1, IF 16.9

[8] Kulachenkov N.K., Bruyere S., Sapchenko S.A., Mezenov Y.A., Sun D., Krasilin A.A., Nominé A., Ghanbaja J., Belmonte T., Fedin V.P., Pidko E.A., Milichko V.A.* Ultrafast Melting of Metal–Organic Frameworks for Advanced Nanophotonics. Adv. Funct. Mater. 30, 1908292 (2020).

Q1, IF 19

[9] Mezenov Y.A., Krasilin A.A., Dzyuba V.P., Nominé A., Milichko V.A.* Metal–Organic Frameworks in Modern Physics: Highlights and Perspectives. Adv. Sci. 6, 1900506 (2019).

Q1, IF 14.1

[10] Milichko V.A.*, Makarov S.V., Yulin A.V., Vinogradov A.V., Krasilin A.A., Ushakova E., Dzyuba V.P., Hey-Hawkins E., Pidko E.A., Belov P.A. van der Waals Metal-Organic Framework as an Excitonic Material for Advanced Photonics. Adv. Mater. 29, 1606034 (2017).

Q1, IF 26.8