MArina zajnulina  

Research activities

Nonlinear optics incl. generation of supercontinua / optical frequency combs and soliton propagation in optical fibres and semiconductors; Neuromorphic photonics and photonic data science as application of machine learning techniques to tasks in optical technologies

Teaching activities

2007 – 2011: Teaching Assistant in „Introduction to Physics for Engineers I, II“ (Technical University Berlin, Germany)

2013: Supervisor in “Advanced Physics Labs” (University of Potsdam, Germany)

2014: Lecturer in “Astrophotonics” (University of Potsdam, Germany)

2014: Teaching Assistant in “Optical Computational Labs” (Aston University Birmingham, UK)

2019: Co-Supervisor in experimental and computational labs in modules “Digital Transmission” and “Optical Networks” (Aston University Birmingham, UK)

Biography

Marina was born in Kazakhstan in 1983. She received her Diploma in Theoretical Physics in 2012. In her diploma thesis, that was elaborated in collaboration between the Technical University Berlin and the University of Strathclyde Glasgow, Marina modelled and numerically analysed nonlinear light propagation in an array of optically coupled silicon-on-insulator microresonators. In 2016, Marina obtained her Doctoral degree in Photonics from the University of Potsdam and the Institute for Astrophysics Potsdam (AIP). In her doctoral project at AIP, Marina analysed and optimised a fibre-based system for optical frequency comb generation for the calibration of low- and medium-resolution astronomical spectrographs. After that, Marina was involved in postdoctoral activities at Technical University Berlin and the University of Jena, as well as a Marie-Curie Research Fellow at Aston University Birmingham. Her postdoctoral work included numerical studies of nonlinear light propagation and machine-learning application for optical device development and optimisation for telecom, spectroscopy, and medicine. Being passionate about teaching, Marina received a Postgraduate Certificate (PGCert) in Teaching and Learning in Higher Education from Aston University Birmingham and became a Fellow of Advance HE (former Higher Education Academy), UK, in 2019.

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Updated on November 8, 2022