Victor Gennadievich Solomonik

Professor of Physics
Ivanovo State University of Chemistry and Technology, Department of Physics
Engels Str. 7, Ivanovo 153000
Russia
Phone: 7-4932-410809
Electronic Mail: sol@isuct.ru

Date and place of birth: March 14, 1948. Leningrad (St.-Petersburg), Russia.

Educational Background:

Ivanovo State University	1966 - 1971	M.S. Chemistry
of Chemistry and Technology,	1974 - 1977	Ph.D. Physical Chemistry
Ivanovo, Russia
Moscow State University,	1988 - 1991	Doctor of Chemistry Fellow
Moscow, Russia	1993	Doctor of Chemistry

Professional Experience:

Research Assistant	Laboratory of Molecular Structure,	1971 - 1975
Senior Researcher	Department of Physical Chemistry,	1975 - 1980
	Ivanovo State University
	of Chemistry and Technology
Assistant Professor	Department of Physics,	1980 - 1984
Associate Professor	Ivanovo State University	1984 - 1988, 1991 - 1994
	of Chemistry and Technology
Doctor of Chemistry Fellow	Department of Physical Chemistry,	1988 - 1991
(Doctorant)	Moscow State University
Full Professor	Department of Physics,	1994 - Present
	Ivanovo State University
	of Chemistry and Technology

Didactic Activity:

V.G. Solomonik has an extensive didactic activity at Ivanovo State University of Chemistry and Technology. He is an author of a few manuals of quantum chemistry and molecular structure. He is a lecturer of Physical Chemistry and Physics, and particularly of:

• Quantum Mechanics and Quantum Chemistry
• Molecular Structure
• Theory of Molecular Vibrations
• Methods of Quantum Chemistry in Molecular Spectroscopy

Research Activity:

V.G. Solomonik's research activity is in the field of high-accuracy ab initio calculation of the molecular structures and spectra. Since 1980 he is a Director of the Computational Quantum Chemistry research group at Ivanovo State University of Chemistry and Technology. His current research focuses on quantum chemical study of the molecular properties of d- and f-metal compounds. The nuclear dynamics of non-rigid molecules is also under investigation.

Publications:

Over 100 original papers in the field of computational quantum chemistry, molecular structure and molecular spectroscopy. Some recent publications:

1. V.G. Solomonik and A.V. Marenich, "Isomerism and Vibrational Spectra of the M₂XO₄ Molecules (M = Li, Na, K; X = S, Se, Te, Cr, Mo, W)", Zh. Obsch. Khim. (Russ. J. General Chem.) 72 (5), 769-781 (2002) [Russ. J. Gen. Chem. -- Engl. Tr. 72 (5), 769-781 (2002)].
2. A.V. Marenich and V.G. Solomonik, "Ab initio Description of Nuclear Motion in Nonrigid M_kXY_n (k ³ 1) Molecules with Quasirigid XY_n Fragments", Zh. Strukt. Khim. (Russ. J. Struct. Chem.) 43 (6), 963-971 (2002) [J. Struct. Chem. -- Engl. Tr. 43 (6), 891-898 (2002)].
3. V.G. Solomonik, A.N. Smirnov, and M.A. Mileyev, "Structure, Vibrational Spectra, and Energetic Stability of LnX₄^- Ions (Ln = La, Lu; X = F, Cl, Br, I)", Koord. Khim. (Russ. J. Coord. Chem.) 31 (3), 218-228 (2005) [Russ. J. Coord. Chem. -- Engl. Tr. 31 (3), 203-212 (2005)].
4. V.G. Solomonik, J.F. Stanton, and J.E. Boggs, "Approaching the Basis Set Limit for Transition Metal Compounds with Highly Polar Bonds: A Benchmark Coupled-Cluster Study of the ScF₃ and FeF₃ Molecular Structures and Spectra", J. Chem. Phys. 122, 094322 (2005).
5. V.G. Solomonik and A. Yu. Yachmenev, "Nonempirical Study of the Molecular Ion CH₂⁺ Rovibronic Energies", Optika i Spektroskopiya, 104 (6), 921-927 (2008) [Optics and Spectroscopy, 104 (6), 818–824 (2008)].
6. V.G. Solomonik and A.N. Smirnov, "Structure and Energetic Stability of Ln₂Cl₇^– (Ln = La, Lu) Ions", Koord. Khim. (Russ. J. Coord. Chem.) 34 (9), 713-718 (2008) [Russ. J. Coord. Chem. -- Engl. Tr. 34 (9), 706-711 (2008)].
7. V.G. Solomonik, A. Yu. Yachmenev, and A.N. Smirnov, "Molecular Structure, Force Fields, and Vibrational Spectra of Cerium Tetrahalides", Zh. Struct. Khim. (Russ. J. Struct. Chem.) 49 (4), 640-648 (2008).
8. V.G. Solomonik, J.F. Stanton, and J.E. Boggs, “Comparative Ab initio Studies on the Molecular Structure and Spectroscopic Properties of FeF₂: Single Reference Versus Multireference Methods”, J. Chem. Phys. 128, 244104 (2008).

Presentations at Scientific Conferences:

Over 40 presentations at the Regional and International Conferences on Quantum Chemistry, Molecular Structure, and Molecular Spectroscopy.
A lecturer at the conferences:

• ``Sixteenth Austin Symposium on Molecular Structure'', Austin, Texas, U.S.A., 1996.
• ``Second International Congress on Theoretical Chemical Physics'', New Orleans, U.S.A., 1996.
• ``Seventeenth Austin Symposium on Molecular Structure'', Austin, Texas, U.S.A., 1998.
• ``First V.A. Fock All-Russian Conference on Quantum and Computational Chemistry'', Novgorod the Great, Russia, 1998.
• ``Second V.A. Fock All-Russian Conference on Quantum and Computational Chemistry'', Novgorod the Great, Russia, 2000.
• ``Eighteenth Austin Symposium on Molecular Structure'', Austin, Texas, U.S.A., 2000.
• ``Fifth V.A. Fock All-Russian Conference on Quantum and Computational Chemistry'', Novgorod the Great, Russia, 2002.
• ``Tenth European Symposium on Gas Electron Diffraction'', St.-Petersburg, Russia, 2003.
• ``The 20th International Conference on High Resolution Molecular Spectroscopy'', Prague, Czech Republic, 2008.

Research Support:

1. Russian Federation State Committee of Education. Grant No 0230-022 (1992-1993).
2. Russian Federation Ministry of Education. Grant No's 95-0-9.1-271 (1996-1997), 97-0-9.1-262 (1998-2000), E02-5.0-307 (2003-2004).
3. International Science Foundation and the Government of Russian Federation. Grant No's NND000 and NND300 (1994-1995).
4. Russian Foundation for Basic Research. Grant No's 94-03-09119 (1994-1996), 99-03-33189 (1999-2001), 01-03-32194 (2001-2003), 06-03-32825 (2006-2008), 09-03-01032 (2009-2011).

Professional Recognition:

• A member of Working Party on Computational Chemistry affiliated with the Federation of European Chemical Societies
• A member of a Scientific Council at Ivanovo State University of Chemistry and Technology
• Research appointments at the University of Texas at Austin, Texas, U.S.A. (1996, 1998, 2000, 2004), Heidelberg University, Germany (1997), Jackson State University, Mississippi, U.S.A. (1998)
• Included in Who's Who in the World, Millennium Edition, 2000
• Included in Who's Who in Russian Chemistry, Ed. by D.I. Mendeleyev Russian Chemical Society, Moscow. 1-st Edition, 2001; 2-nd Edition, 2003.