M.A. Physics and Mathematics, awarded diploma with honor
Zhytomyr State Pedagogical University, Zhytomyr, Ukraine, 1993

B.A. Physics.
Zhytomyr State Pedagogical University, Zhytomyr, Ukraine, 1992
First Malyn College, named after N. Sosnina. 1988, awarded the Gold Medal

July 2001-present Research Associate, Liquid Crystal Institute, Kent State University

2000-July 2001 Postdoctoral Fellow, Liquid Crystal Institute, Kent State University (supervisor Prof. J. West)

1999-2000 Research Fellow, Crystal Department, Institute of Physics, Ukrainian Academy of Sciences, Kyiv

1998 Post-doctoral Fellow, Martin-Luther University, Halle-Wittenberg, Institute of Physical Chemistry, Muhlpforte 1, D-06108 Halle, Germany

1997-1998 Post-doctoral Fellow, LG Electronics Inc., LCD Division R&D 2Gr, LG R&D Center, 533 Hogae-dong, Donguan-gu, Anyang-shi, Kyong ki-do, 431-080, Korea

1993-1996 Graduate Student, Institute of Physics, Ukrainian Academy of Sciences, Kyiv (supervisor Prof. Yu.Reznikov)

Surface phenomena in liquid crystals
Invention of anchoring cumulative effect in liquid crystals.
Invention of magnetically-mediated surface driven effect.

Alignment Methods for Nematic Liquid Crystals Electro-optical Devices
Control of anchoring parameters of liquid crystals with boundary surfaces by photoalignment technique.
Development of innovative photopolymer materials for liquid crystal alignment.
Multi-stable liquid crystal alignment using colloidal networks.

Diffractive and Beam Steering Devices
Development of liquid crystal based optical phase array for steering lasers.

Liquid Crystal Displays
Development of a novel advanced liquid crystal display modes: (I) in-plane sliding mode; (II) vertical alignment mode.
Operation and fabrication of various types of liquid crystal displays components such as polarizers, optical retardation films, and alignment layers.

Optical recording, processing and storage of information
Controllable memory effect in filled liquid crystals was applied for optical information processing.

Heterogeneous systems on the liquid crystal base
Filled Liquid Crystals
The model of filled nematic structure as conglomerates of silica particles in liquid crystal matrix was proposed and proved. The effects of electrically-driven light scattering in filled nematic liquid crystals were studied. The effective control of their characteristics by a chemical modification of a solid phase surface was achieved.
Emulsion "Liquid crystal - isotropic liquid"
Liquid crystals in poroues media;
Polymer dispersed liquid crystals
Polymer network liquid crystals
Liquid crystals between polymer walls

Nano-composite liquid crystal systems
Suspension of ultrafine ferro-magnetic particles in liquid crystals
It was created the cells that posses a high sensitivity to magnetic field in contrast to pure liquid crystal media. It was found the possibility to control an alignment of the suspension in magnetic field due to adsorption of the ferro-particles on the surface. The developed system is very promising for extra-sensitive magnetically controlled LC devices and information processing and storage.

Suspension of ultrafine ferro-electric particles in liquid crystals
The ferro-electric LC suspensions possess advanced electro-optics characteristics in comparison to traditional homogeneous LC materials.

Invited presentations
Filled liquid crystals. Martin-Luther Universitat, Halle-Wittenberg, Institute fur Physicalishe Chemie, Muhlpforte 1, D-06108 Halle, Germany (1998)

Acoustic relaxation in 4-4'-penthylcianobyphenyl and absorption of a sound in aerosil - liquid crystal system. International Conference dedicated to the memory of Prof. I.Z.Fisher. May 31 - June 4, 1999. Odessa, Ukraine

Magnetically controlled anchoring of ferro-nematic liquid crystals. The 18th International Liquid crystal Conference. July 24-28, 2000. Sendai, Japan

"Influence of the aerosil surface modification on electro-optical characteristics of filled liquid crystals," A.Glushchenko, G.Guba, Yu.Reznikov, N.Lopukhovich, V.Ogenko, V.Reshetnyak and O.Yaroshchuk, Mol.Cryst.Liq.Cryst. 262, pp.1399-1406 (1995).

"Comparative dielectric investigation on nematic liquid crystals with aerosi," A. Glushchenko, H.Kresse, O.Yaroshchuk, Cryst. Res.Technol., 30(3), p.K32-K36 (1995).

"Influence of aerosil surface on frequency characteristics of filled nematic,". A.Glushchenko, G.Guba, Yu.Reznikov, N.Lopukhovich, V.Ogenko, V.Reshetnyak, O.Yaroshchuk, Functional Materials 2, No2, p.253-257 (1995).

"Acoustic relaxation and absorption of the sound in liquid 4-4'-penthylcyano-byphenil and dispersed systems on their base,". A.Glushchenko, V.Sperkach, A.Gvozdenko, Ukr. Phys. Zn. 41, No 10, p.p. 924-926 (1996).

"Molecular interaction and 'memory' of filled liquid crystals," A.Glushchenko, G. Puchkovska, Yu. Reznikov, A.Yakubov, O.Yaroshchuk, J. Mol. Struct. 404, p.p.121-128 (1997).

"Transformation of hydrogen bonding of a liquid crystal - aerosil system under the influence of an electric field," A.Glushchenko, G. Puchkovska, Yu. Reznikov, A.Yakubov, O.Yaroshchuk, J. Mol. Struct. 381 (1-3), p.p.133-139 (1996).

"Memory effect in filled nematic liquid crystals,". A.V. Glushchenko, H. Kresse, Yu.A. Reznikov and O.V. Yaroshchuk, SPIE-Int. Soc. Opt. Eng. 2795, p.p.38-43 (1996).

"Vibration spectra of liquid crystal - aerosil system," A.V. Glushchenko, G.A. Puchkovskaya, Yu.A. Reznikov, O.V. Yaroshchuk, SPIE-Int. Soc. Opt. Eng. 2795, p.p.106-113 (1996).

"Electrooptical effects and structural features of the aerosil suspensions in the liquid crystals," Glushchenko A.V., Thesis for a Physics and Mathematics candidate's degree, Press of Institute of Physics, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Kyiv (1996).

"Intermolecular interaction and structure of filled liquid crystals," A. Glushchenko, G. Puchkovska, Yu. Reznikov, A.Yakubov, O.Yaroshchuk, Uzbek Journal of Physics 3, p.p. 51-54 (1997).

"Memory effect in filled nematic liquid crystals," A. Glushchenko, H. Kresse, V. Reshetnyak, Yu. Reznikov, O.Yaroshchuk, Liq.Cryst. 23, No.2, p.p.241-246 (1997).

"Electrically controlled light scattering effect in the emulsion 'liquid crystal - isotropic liquid'," A. Glushchenko, O.Yaroshchuk, Mol.Cryst.Liq.Cryst. 324, p.p.45-50 (1998).

"Memory Effect and Structure of Filled Nematic Liquid Crystals," A. Glushchenko, H. Kresse, G. Puchkovs'ka, V. Reshetnyak, Yu. Reznikov, O.Yaroshchuk, Mol.Cryst.Liq.Cryst. 321, p.p.15-29 (1998).

"Memory of filled nematic liquid crystals," A. Glushchenko, H. Kresse, G. Puchkovs'ka, V. Reshetnyak, Yu. Reznikov, and O.Yaroshchuk, Ukrainian Physical Journal 44, No1-2, p.p.143-148 (1999).

"AFM investigations of a glassy cholesteric liquid crystal with hydrophobic aerosil particles,"A. Hauser, H. Kresse, A Glushchenko, O Yaroshchuk, Liq.Cryst. 26, No 11, p.p. 1603-1607 (1999).

"Multistable alignment of LC doped with aerosil," A. Glushchenko, O.Yaroshchuk,
Mol.Cryst.Liq.Cryst. 330, p.p. 1659-1666 (1999).

"Tensor and complex anchoring in liquid crystals," S. V. Shiyanovskii, A. Glushchenko, Yu. Reznikov, O. D. Lavrentovich, and J. L. West, Physical Review E., Rapid Communications, 62(2-A), Number 2, R1477-R1480 (Aug. 2000).

"Sound propagation in LC 5CB and 5CB based aerosil suspensions,"A. Glushchenko, V. Sperkach, O. Yaroshchuk, Acoust. Bulletin 3, No 3, p.p. 26-31 (2000).

"Comparative AFM measurements on an oligimeric liquid crystal filled with hydrophilic or hidrophobic aerosil," A.Hauser, A.Glushchenko, O.Yaroshchuk, H. Kresse, Proc. SPIE-Int. Soc. Eng. 4147, p.p. 172-175 (2000).

"Suspension of Alkali Halide Particles in Nematic Liquid Crystals," A.Glushchenko,
J. West, O.Buchnev, G. Puchkovskaya, Yu. Reznikov. ALCOM Symposium, 13, p. 121, (2001), Kent, USA.

"Magnetically Induced Alignment of Ferro-Nematic Suspensions," A. Glushchenko,
J. West, O. Buluy, Yu. Reznikov. ALCOM Symposium 13, p. 145 (2001), Kent, USA.

"'Tiny' Structured Liquid Crystal/Polymer Composites," J. West, A. Glushchenko, L. Su, Yu. Reznikov. ALCOM Symposium 13, p. 17 (2001), Kent, USA.

"Anchoring of liquid crystal on photoaligning layer with different surface morphology,"
Gerus, A. Glushchenko, S.-B. Kwon, V. Reshetnyak, and Yu. Reznikov. Liquid Crystals 28, No. 11, p.p. 1709-1713 (2001).

"Tensor and complex Representation of Anchoring in Liquid Crystals," S.V. Shiyanovskii, A. Glushchenko, Yu. Reznikov, O. D. Lavrentovich, and J. L. West, Mol. Cryst. Liq. Cryst. 367, p.p. 239-250 (2001).

Structure of Filled Liquid Crystals Studied by Acoustic Methods. V. Sperkach,
A. Glushchenko, O. Yaroshchuk, Mol.Cryst.Liq.Cryst., Vol. 367, p.p. 463-467, 2001.
Materials submitted and accepted for publication

Non-monotonic exposure dependence of the pretilt angle and surface polarity of the photoorientant F-PVCN. L. Bugayova, I. Gerus, A. Glushchenko, A. Dyadyusha, Yu. Kurioz, V. Reshetnyak, Yu. Reznikov, and J. West. Liquid Crystals.
Ref. #LC1.03/601US

Magnetically-induced alignment of ferro-nematic suspension
A.Glushchenko, J.West, O.Buluy, E.Ouskova, Yu.Reznikov, V.Reshetnyak. Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials, 2001.

Submitted patent applications
A Material for Liquid Crystal Cell. A. Glushchenko, V. Reshetnyak, Yu. Reznikov, and J. West.