**CURRICULUM VlTAE**

**Victor V. Chernomordik, Ph. D.**

\(301\) 435 9236 (w)

email address: vchern@helix.nih.gov

**EDUCATION:**

*Ph.D. in Theoretical Physics*, April 1977, Moscow Institute of Physics
and Technology and the Lebedev Physical Institute of the Academy of
Sciences of the USSR (Advisors Prof. Leonid M. Ozernoy and Nobel Prize
Winner (2003) Acad. Vitaly L. Ginsburg)

*M.S.* *in Theoretical Physics*, July 1973, General and Applied Physics
Department of the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology, USSR
(Advisor Dr. Vladimir N. Sazonov)

*B.S.* *in Radiophysics*, July 1971, Radiophysics Department of the
Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology, USSR

**POSITIONS:**

*April 2004 -- Present* Staff Scientist, Laboratory of Integrative and
Medical Biophysics, NICHD, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda,
Maryland

*March 2000 -- April 2004* Senior Research Fellow, Laboratory of
Integrative and Medical Biophysics, NICHD, National Institutes of
Health, Bethesda, Maryland

*October 1997 -- March 2000* Contractor -consultant, Laboratory of
Integrative and Medical Biophysics, NICHD, National Institutes of
Health, Bethesda, Maryland

*September 1995 - October 1997* Contractor -consultant, Physical
Sciences Laboratory, DCRT, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda,
Maryland

*December 1991 ‑ June 1995* Senior Scientist, Head of Research Group,
Scientific Council on Cybernetics, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow,
Russia

*November 1989 ‑ November 1991* Senior Scientist, Head of Research
Group, Computer‑Aided Design Institute, Academy of Sciences of the USSR,
Moscow, USSR

*October 1981 ‑ November 1989* Senior Research Fellow, Head of the
Research Group in Almaz State Corporation, Moscow, USSR

*October 1976 ‑ October 1981* Junior Research Fellow in Almaz State
Corporation, Moscow, USSR

*September 1973 ‑ September 1976* Post Graduate Course in Theoretical
Physics and Astrophysics, Department of General and Applied Physics, the
Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology

*September 1971‑ June 1973* Undergraduate student research program,
Department of Theoretical Physics, The Lebedev Physical Institute,
Academy of Sciences of the USSR

**HONORS**:

> Diploma of the graduation from the Moscow Institute of Physics and
> Technology with the special distinction, June 1973.

Special State Medal for the most distinguished students of high schools,
June 1966

**REVIEWER FOR**:

Optical-MRI SBIR Applications Committee,

> BAA, NCI Committee (Novel Technologies for Noninvasive Detection,
> Diagnosis and Treatment of Cancer)

Optics Letters,

Applied Optics,

Physics in Medicine and Biology,

Journal of Biomedical Optics,

Physical Review

**SECTION CHAIR AT**

Annual Meeting of the Optical Society of America, Providence, RI, 2000.

**INVITED SPEAKER AT:**

-   International Conference on Advanced Laser Technologies (Focused on
    Biomedical Optics), Silsoe, UK

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-   Special Seminar, University College London, September 2003, London,
    UK

-   International Symposium on Biomedical Optics (BiOS '03), 2003, San
    Jose, California USA

-   Third Inter-Institute Workshop on Diagnostic Optical Imaging and
    Spectroscopy: The Clinical Adventure, NIH, September 2002, Bethesda,
    MD

-   International Quantum Electronics Conference, 2002, Moscow, Russia

-   Advances in Optical Imaging, Photon Migration and Tissue Optics,
    2002, Miami Beach, FL, USA

-   International Symposium on Biomedical Optics (BiOS '02), 2002, San
    Jose, California USA

-   Special Seminar, University of Florence, June 2001, Florence, Italy

-   Special Seminar, University of Naples, July 2001, Naples, Italy

-   International Symposium on Biomedical Optics (BiOS '01), 2001, San
    Jose, California USA

-   Advances in Optical Imaging, Photon Migration and Tissue Optics,
    2000, Miami Beach, FL, USA

-   Inter-Institute Workshop on *In Vivo* Optical Imaging at the NIH,
    September 1999, Bethesda, MD

-   Special Seminar, University of Florence, June 1999, Florence, Italy

-   Special Seminar, University of Naples, June 1999, Naples, Italy

-   Advances in Optical Imaging, Photon Migration and Tissue Optics,
    1999, Munich, Germany

-   International Symposium on Biomedical Optics (BiOS '99), 1999, San
    Jose, California USA

-   ESO Workshop on QSO Absorption Lines, November 1994, ESO, Garching
    bei Munchen, Germany

-   182 Meeting of American Astronomical Society, June 1993, Berkeley,
    CA, USA

-   Special Seminar, University of California, Irvine, June 1993,
    Irvine, CA, USA

-   Special Seminar, University of California, San Diego, June 1993, La
    Jolla, CA, USA

-   Cosmological Seminar of the Institute for Advanced Cosmological
    Studies, Goddard Space Flight Center, NASA, April 1993, Greenbelt,
    MD, USA

-   Special Seminar of the Department of Astronomy, Columbia University,
    May 1993, New York, NY, USA

-   Cosmological Seminar of the Institute for Advanced Cosmological
    Studies, Goddard Space Flight Center, NASA, March 1992, Greenbelt,
    MD, USA

-   6th World Congress on Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology, 1991,
    Copenhagen, Denmark

-   Symposium on Ultrasound in Biomeasurements, Diagnostics and Therapy,
    September 1990, Madralin, Poland

-   International Astronomical Union Symposium N79. \"Large scale of the
    Universe\". 1977. Tallin., USSR.

**BIBLIOGRAPHY**

1.  V.V. Chernomordik \" Cyclotron mechanism of polarization of optical
    radiation from white dwarfs\" Astron Tsirc.of the USSR Academy of
    Sciences, v. 768, pp.6‑8, 1973.

2.  V.N. Sazonov and V.V. Chernomordik \"Polarization of optical
    radiation from magnetic white dwarfs\" Astrophysics and Space
    Science, v. 32, pp.355‑360, 1975.

3.  L.M. Ozernoy and V.V. Chernomordik \"On the production of Deuterium
    and Helium‑3 in active galactic nuclei\" Soviet Astronomy v. 19,
    pp.693‑700,1975.

4.  L.M. Ozernoy and V.V. Chernomordik \"Bright phase in the evolution
    of galaxies and ionization of intergalactic gas\" Soviet
    Astronomy v. 20, pp.260‑273, 1976.

5.  L.M. Ozernoy and V.V. Chernomordik \"Cavities in the intergalactic
    medium\" Sov. Astronomy Letters, v. 2, pp.145‑153, 1976.

6.  L.M. Ozernoy and V.V. Chernomordik \"Shock waves in the Metagalaxy
    at large redshifts\" Soviet Astronomy v. 22, pp.141‑151, 1978.

7.  V.V. Chernomordik and L.M. Ozernoy \"Intergalactic shock waves\"
    Nature, vol. 303, pp.153‑155, 1983.

8.  V.V. Chernomordik and L.M. Ozernoy \"Signposts of shock waves in the
    metagalactic medium\" Astrophysics and Space Science, v. **97**,
    pp.19‑43, 1983.

9.  Aggeev, M.V. Issakov, V.A. Martynov, V.V. Morozov, V.V. Chernomordik
    \"The destruction of thin slabs by radiation\", 1984, Physics and
    Chemistry of Material Processing of the USSR Academy of Sciences,
    v.**5**, 9‑11 (in Russian).

10. L.M. Ozernoy and V.V. Chernomordik \"Unsaturated character of the La
    absorption line observed from cosmic voids\" Astron Tsirc.of the
    USSR Academy of Sciences, v. 1407, pp. 1‑3, 1985.

11. L.M. Ozernoy and V.V. Chernomordik \"A test for the explosional
    origin of cosmic voids\" Astron Tsirc. of the USSR Academy of
    Sciences, v. **1408**, pp. 3‑5, 1985.

12. L.M. Ozernoy and V.V. Chernomordik \"Using of gravitationally‑lensed
    quasar to constrain the models of La forest\", Astron Tsirc.of the
    USSR Academy of Sciences, v. **1436**, pp.1‑3 1986.

13. L.M. Ozernoy and V.V. Chernomordik \"Gas in a cosmic void:
    properties and origin\" Sov. Astronomy Letters, v.**12**, part 2,
    pp. 135‑145, 1986.

14. V.V. Chernomordik \"On the nature of the La forest\" Sov. Astronomy,
    v.**32**(1), pp. 6‑13, 1988.

15. V.V. Chernomordik \"Structure of the absorption spectra of the
    quasars Q 0420‑388 and Q 1101‑264\" Sov. Astronomy, v.**32**(4), pp.
    362‑366, 1988.

16. V.V. Chernomordik, L.M. Ozernoy \"The quasars proximity effect in an
    equivalent‑width‑limited sample of the Lyman‑alpha forest\"
    Astrophysical Journal, **404**:L5‑L8, 1993.

17. V.N Adrov & V.V. Chernomordik \"Mathematical simulation of pressure
    pulse propagation in biological tissues in the presence of phase
    abberations\", 1994, Ultrasonic Imaging, v. **15**, 59‑71.

18. V.V. Chernomordik \"Evidence for small‑scale clustering in a
    column‑density‑limited sample of the Lyman‑alpha forest\", 1995,
    Astrophysical Journal, v.**440**, 431‑434.

19. V.V. Chernomordik \"Small‑scale clustering in a
    column‑density‑limited sample of the Lyman‑alpha forest\", 1995, in
    QSO Absorption Lines, Proceedings of the ESO Workshop held at
    Garching, Germany, November 1994, ed. G. Meylan, (Springer‑Verlag),
    343.

20. V.N. Adrov & V.V. Chernomordik \"Simulation of two‑dimensional
    ultrasonic imaging of biological tissues in the presence of phase
    aberrations\", 1995, Ultrasonic Imaging, v. **17**, 27‑43.

21. V. Chernomordik, R. Nossal & A. H. Gandjibakche "Point spread
    functions of photons in time-resolved transillumination experiments
    using simple scaling arguments", 1996, Medical Physics, v.
    **23**(11), 1-4.

22. Amir H. Gandjbakhche, Victor Chernomordik, Robert F. Bonner,
    George H. Weiss and Jeremy C. Hebden, and Ralph Nossal "Optical
    detection of abnormally absorbing regions in tissue", 1996, in
    Trends in Optics and Photonics, vol. **2**, ed. R.R. Alfano and J.G.
    Fujimoto, SPIE Proc., pp.183-189.

23. A. H. Gandjbakhche, V. Chernomordik, R. F. Bonner, J. C. Hebden,
    and R. J. Nossal "Use of time-dependent contrast functions to
    discriminate between the scattering and absorption properties of
    abnormal regions hidden within a tissue-like phantom ", 1997,
    Proceedings of International Biomedical Optics Symposium, (San Jose,
    CA).

24. Amir H. Gandjbakhche, Victor Chernomordik, Jeremy C. Hebden, and
    Ralph Nossal "Use of Time-Dependent Contrasts Functions for
    Quantitative Imaging in Time-Resolved Transillumination
    Experiments", 1998, Applied Optics, v. **37**(10), 1973-1981.

25. Victor Chernomordik, Amir H. Gandjbakhche, Jeremy C. Hebden and
    Giovanni Zaccanti "Effect of lateral boundaries on contrast
    functions in time-resolved transillumination measurements", 1999,
    Medical Physics v. **26**(9), 1822-1831.

26. Victor Chernomordik, Jeremy C. Hebden, Ralph Nossal, and Amir H.
    Gandjbakhche "A new algorithm based on time-dependent contrast
    functions, used to evaluate optical characteristics of an
    abnormality hidden within tissue-like phantom", 1998, in Trends in
    Optics and Photonics, vol. **21**, ed. J.G. Fujimoto and M.S.
    Patterson, SPIE Proc., 209-212.

27. Chernomordik, V., Hattery, D., and Gandjbakhche, A. H., \"Features
    and performance of a tomographic algorithm, based on a random walk
    model, for quantification of the optical characteristics of an
    abnormality embedded within tissue-like turbid media,\" Optical
    Society of America (OSA) Conference on Advances in Optical Imaging,
    Photon Migration and Tissue Optics, 1999 Technical Digest, 209-210.

28. Victor Chernomordik, David Hattery**,** and Amir H. Gandjbakhche,
    "Inverse Method of 3D Reconstruction of Localized in-vivo
    Fluorescence. Application to Sjogren Syndrome", IEEE Journal of
    Selected topics in Quantum Electronics, v. **5**(4), 930-935, 1999.

29. Hattery, D., Chernomordik, V., and Gandjbakhche, A. (2000). \"Monte
    Carlo

> Simulations of Abnormal Scattering Inclusions Embedded in Turbid
> Media.\" Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO) 2000: Photon
> Migration and Light Scattering in Biological Tissue, 2000 Technical
> Digest Series, 563.

30. Hattery, D., Chernomordik, V., Loew, M., Gannot, I., and
    Gandjbakhche, A. "Quantifying Fluorescent Lifetime of Deeply
    Embedded Sources in Turbid Media", *OSA Proceedings of Biomedical
    Optics Topical 2000: Time-Dependent Techniques*, pp.281-283, 2000.

31. Hattery, D., Chernomordik, V., Gannot, I., Loew, M., and
    Gandjbakhche, A. "Fluorescence measurement of localized deeply
    embedded physiological processes." *Proceedings of SPIE Medical
    Imaging 2000: Physiology and Function from Multidimensional Images*,
    **3978**, 377-383, 2000.

32. Hattery, D., Chernomordik, V., Loew, M., and Gandjbakhche, A,
    "Optical Signatures of Small, Deeply Embedded, Tumor-Like Inclusions
    in Tissue-Like Turbid Media Based on a Random-Walk Theory of Photon
    Migration," *Proceedings of the International Conference on Pattern
    Recognition (ICRP) 2000: Biomedical Imaging and Applications*,
    **4**, 348-351, 2000.

33. Victor Chernomordik, David Hattery**,** Antonio Pifferi, Paola
    Taroni, Alessandro Torricelli, Gianluca Valentini, Rinaldo Cubeddu,
    and Amir H. Gandjbakhche, "A random walk methodology for
    quantification of the optical characteristics of abnormalities
    embedded within tissue-like phantoms", 2000, Optics Letters, v.
    **25**(13), 951-953.

34. Victor Chernomordik, David Hattery**,** and Amir H. Gandjbakhche,
    "Quantitative Optical Imaging Using Random Walk Theory", Proceedings
    of Inter-Institute Workshop on In-Vivo Optical Imaging at the NIH,
    Amir H. Gandjbakhche, ed. (Optical Society of America, Washington,
    DC 2000), pp.188-193.

35. Hattery D, Chernomordik V, Gandjbakhche AH, Loew M. Imaging
    metabolism with light: quantifying local fluorescence lifetime
    perturbation in tissue-like turbid media. Proceedings of the Medical
    Image Computing and Computer-Assisted Intervention (MICCAI), Eds.
    Niessen W and Viergever M 2001: 795-802.

36. D. Hattery, V. Chernomordik, M. Loew, I. Gannot, and A.
    Gandjbakhche. "Analytical Solutions for Time-Resolved Fluorescence
    Lifetime Imaging in a Turbid Medium Such as Tissue," 2001,
    JOSA(A*)*, v. **18**(7), 1523-1530.

37. Victor Chernomordik, Amir Gandjbakhche, Maria Lepore, Rosario
    Esposito, and Ines Delfino, "Depth Dependence of the Analytical
    Expression for the Width of the Point Spread Function (Spatial
    Resolution) in Time-resolved Transillumination", 2001, J. Biomed
    Opt., **6(**4), 441-445.

38. Victor Chernomordik, David W. Hattery, Dirk Grosenick, Heidrun
    Wabnitz, Herbert Rinneberg , K. Thomas Moesta, Peter M. Schlag, and
    Amir Gandjbakhche, "Quantification of Optical Properties of a Breast
    Tumor Using Random Walk Theory", 2002, J. Biomed. Opt., **7**(1),
    80-87.

39. Victor Chernomordik, David W. Hattery, Israel Gannot, Giovanni
    Zaccanti, and Amir Gandjbakhche, "Analytical Calculation of the Mean
    Time Spent by Photons inside an Absorptive Inclusion Embedded in a
    Highly Scattering Medium", 2002, J. Biomed. Opt., **7**(3), 486-492.

40. Alec Eidsath, Victor Chernomordik, Amir Gandjbakhche, Paul Smith,
    and Angelo Russo, "3-D localization of fluorescent masses deeply
    embedded in tissue", 2002, Phys Med Biol. **47**, 4079-4092.

41. D. L. Sackett, V. Chernomordik, S. Krueger, and R. Nossal, "Use of
    small-angle neutron scattering (SANS) to study tubulin polymers",
    2003, BioMacromolecules, **4** (2), 461-467.

42. Israel Gannot, Avital Garashi, Gallya Gannot, Victor Chernomordik,
    and Amir Gandjbakhche, "In-vivo Quantitative 3-D Localization of
    Tumor Labeled with Exogenous Specific Fluorescence Markers", 2003,
    Appl. Opt., **42**(16), 3073-3080

43. Amir H. Gandjbakhche, Victor Chernomordik, David Hattery, Moinuddin
    Hassan and Israel Gannot, \"Tissue characterization by quantitative
    optical imaging methods,\" Technology in Cancer Research and
    Treatment, 2003, v.**2**(6), 537-551

44. D. Hattery, B. Hattery, M. Hassan, V. Chernomordik, A. Vogel, F.
    Hekmat, and A. Gandjbakhche. "Optical Quantification of Epithelial
    Layer Thickness as a Measure of Oral inflamation," 2004, J. Biomed.
    Opt., **9**(5) (in press)

45. H. Boukari, V. Chernomordik, S. Krueger, R. Nossal, and D. L.
    Sackett, "Small-angle neutron scattering studies of tubulin ring
    polymers", 2004, Physica, (in press)

46. Israel Gannot\*, Victor Chernomordik\*, Avital Garashi, and Amir
    Gandjbakhche, "Quantitative optical imaging of pharmacokinetics of
    specific fluorescent tumor markers through turbid media such as
    tissue", 2004, Optics Letters, **29**(7), 742-744, (authors, marked
    \*, contributed equally)

47. A. Sviridov, V. Chernomordik, A. Russo, A. Eidsath, P. Smith, M.
    Hassan, and A. Gandjbakhche, \"Intensity profiles of linearly
    polarized light backscattered from skin and tissue-like phantoms,\"
    2004, J. Biomed. Opt., (in press)

48. Olga K. Dudko, George H. Weiss, Victor Chernomordik, and Amir H.
    Gandjbakhche, "Photon Migration in Turbid media with Anisotropic
    Optical Properties", 2004, Phys. Med. Biol., **49**, 3979-3989.

49. Israel Gannot, Ron Izhar, Farid Hekmat, Victor Chernomordik and Amir
    Gandjbakhche, ^"^Functional optical imaging based on pH dependent
    fluorescence lifetime," Lasers in Surgery and Medicine, 2004 (in
    press).

50. Jeremy C. Hebden, Jorge J. Garcia Guerrero, Victor Chernomordik, and
    Amir H. Gandjbakhche, "Experimental evaluation of an anisotropic
    scattering model for a slab geometry," 2004, Optics Letters, (in
    press).

51. A. Sviridov, V. Chernomordik, M. Hassan, A. Russo, P. Smith, and A.
    Gandjbakhche, *"*Use of Pearce correlation analysis to visualize a
    hidden structure of early fibrosis by polarized digital
    photography," 2004, Applied Optics, (submitted)