Viktor Brus
- Associate Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Viktor Brus has been an associate professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Ï㽶´«Ã½ Institute of Technology since 2026. He earned his Ph.D. in Solid State Electronics from the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine and a Doctor of Sciences degree (Habilitation) in the Physics of Semiconductors and Dielectrics from Chernivtsi National University (Ukraine). Prior to Ï㽶´«Ã½, he held academic and R&D positions at Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin (Germany), the University of California, Santa Barbara (USA), Nazarbayev University (Kazakhstan), and First Solar Inc. (USA). His research focuses on the advanced materials science and physics of emerging organic and perovskite semiconductor devices for terrestrial and space applications. Brus has published over 150 papers in high-impact peer-reviewed journals, including Nature Mater., Advanced Mater., Advanced Energy Mater., Advanced Functional Mater., ACS Energy Letters, Carbon, etc. He serves as an editor for Scientific Reports (Nature Publishing) in the field of electronics and device physics.
Education
Doctor of Sciences in Physics of Semiconductors and Dielectrics (Habilitation degree), Chernivtsi National University, Ukraine
Ph.D. in Solid State Electronics, Institute for Problems in Materials Science, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine
Research Interests
Materials science and physics of semiconductor devices for terrestrial and space applications
Awards
- 2022 – The Stanford University's list of the World Top 2% Highly Cited Scientists Included in the career-long database: 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025
- 2022 – Editor’s Pick article in Journal of Applied Physics (American Institute of Physics)
- 2021 – Advanced Materials “Rising Stars†(Wiley)
- 2020 – Prize of the Parliament of Ukraine for Young Scientists (State Prize of Ukraine)
- 2019 – Certificate of Appreciation for high professionalism and personal contribution to development of Ukrainian science (Chernivtsi Regional Council, Ukraine)
- 2018 – American Chemical Society (ACS) Editors' Choice Award (ACS Publications)
- 2014 – Georg Forster Research Fellowship (Alexander von Humboldt Foundation)
- 2012 – Green Talents Award (German Federal Ministry of Education and Research)
- 2012 – Fellowship of the President of Ukraine for Young Scientists (State Prize of Ukraine)
Publications
Expertise
Device physics, photovoltaics, optoelectronics, organic semiconductors, perovskites, cadmium telluride (CdTe)
