Prof. Svetlana Kulkova

• Head scientists of the Institute of Strength Physics and Materials Science, Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Laboratory of physics of non-linear media, pr. Akademichesky 2/4, Tomsk, 634021, Russia,Tel.: +7 (3822) 286952, Fax.: +7 (3822) 492576
• Prof. of the Department of Theoretical Physics of the Physical Faculty, National Research Tomsk State University, pr. Lenina 36, Tomsk, 634050, Russia

• 1997 - Doctor of Science in Physics and Mathematics, Institute of Strength Physics and Materials Science, SB RAS, Tomsk. Thesis: “The investigation of the electronic properties of advanced materials”
• 1984 - Candidate of Physical and Mathematical Sciences, Tomsk State University. Thesis: “Electronic structure of transition metal alloys NiMn, TiNi, FeV, etc.”
• 1976-1978 - Post-graduate student of Physical Dept. of Tomsk State University
• 1970-1975 - Student of Physics Faculty of Tomsk State University.

1. Hydrogen storage materials and hydrogen diffusion
2. First-principles study of the formation of oxides layers on Ti-based alloys and the oxide-matrix interface
3. Investigation of halogen interaction with A3B5 semiconductor low-index surfaces and their influence on the surface reconstruction transformations
4. Ab-initio investigations of the electronic structure of surface and grain boundaries in metals and alloys.
5. Ab-initio study of adhesion at the metal-ceramics interfaces.
6. Physics and chemistry of advanced materials.
7. Martensitic transformations in the Heusler alloys.

• Special worship award of SB RAS (veteran SB RAS), Veteran of RAS, Silver sigma award, Siberian Branch of RAS Prize, Soros and USAID grants, diplomas of many national conferences.
• Scientific activity was supported by numerous grants of the Russian Foundation for Basic Researches (14-02-91150a_NSCF, 13-02-98017r_a, 09-03-00523a, 09-02-01045a, 08-02-92201a_NSFC, 07-02-01452a, 05-02-16074a, 04-02-17221a, 04-02-39009a_NSCF, 02-02-16336a, etc.) and international grants (DFG Schm 746/133-1, 111-1, 87-1, 81-1, INTAS, CRDF, NATO, KOSEF, etc.).
• Visiting professor of Institute for Materials Testing, Materials Science and Strength of Materials of University of Stuttgart, Stuttgart, Germany (2007-2014), Donostia International Physical Centre, San-Sebastian, Spain (2009), EMAT, Antwerp RUCA University (2003), Pohang University of Science and Technology (2000-2002), etc. Collaborators from Germany (Prof. S. Schmauder, Dr. Hocker), Belgium (Prof. D. Schryvers), China (Prof. R.Yang, Dr. Q.M. Hu), Japan (Prof. T. Kakeshita), etc.

About 150 papers in peer-reviewed international and Russian journals, about 120 invited and contributed talks at the international and national conferences.

1. Stephen Hocker, Siegfried Schmauder, Alexander Bakulin and Svetlana Kulkova, Ab initio investigation of tensile strengths of metal(111)/α-Al2O3(0001) interfaces / Phil. Mag.– 2014. –Vol. 94, N3. – P. 265.
2. O.E. Tereshchenko, S. Kulkova, A. Bakulin, S. Eremeev, Backward reconstructions on GaAs(001) surfaces induced by atomic hydrogen reactions: surfactant assisted low-temperature surface ordering // J. Phys. Chem. C – 2013. – V. 117, N19 – P. 9723.
3. A.V. Bakulin, S.E. Kulkova, S.V. Eremeev, O.E. Tereshchenko, Ab-initio study of new Ga-rich GaAs(001) surface (4×4) reconstruction // Surf. Sci. – 2013. – V. 615. – P. 97.
4. S.E. Kulkova, S.S. Kulkov, A.V. Bakulin, S. Hocker, S. Schmauder. First-principles Study of the Hydrogen Absorption at Σ5 Symmetrical Tilt Grain Boundary in B2-TiFe Alloy // Int. J. Hydrogen energy – 2012. – V. 37. – P. 6666.
5. Luo H. B.; Li C. M.; Hu Q. M.; Kulkova S. E.; Johansson, B.; Vitos L.; Yang R. First-principles investigations of the five-layer modulated martensitic structure in Ni2Mn(AlxGa1-x) alloys // Acta Materialia – 2011. – V. 59, N 15. – P. 5938.
6. O.E. Tereshchenko, D.V. Dmitriev, A.I. Toropov, S.V. Eremeev, S. E. Kulkova. Surfactant properties of cesium in the molecular beam epitaxy of GaAs(001) // JETP Letters – 2011. – V. 93. – P. 647.
7. Qing-Miao Hu, Chun-Mei Li, Rui Yang, Svetlana E. Kulkova, Borje Johansson, and Levente Vitos, Magneto-elastic effect in Ni2+xMn1-xGa alloys from first-principles calculations// Physical Review B – 2010. – V. 81. – P. 064108.
8. Qing-Miao Hu, Chun-Mei Li, Rui Yang, Svetlana E. Kulkova, Dmitry I. Bazhanov, Borje Johansson, Levente Vitos. Site occupancy, magnetic moments, and elastic constants of non-stoichiometric Ni2MnGa from first-principles calculations // Phys. Rev. B – 2009. – V. 79. – P. 144112.