Molecular magnetism · Solid-state inorganic chemistry · Quantum materials
Florida State University, USA
Michael Shatruk was born in Lviv (Ukraine). He is currently a Distinguished Research Professor in the Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry at Florida State University (FSU) and the founding director of the FSU Quantum Initiative. Michael obtained his PhD in inorganic chemistry in 2000, under the supervision of Prof. Andrei Shevelkov. He continued his studies in solid-state inorganic chemistry as a postdoctoral fellow with Prof. Stephen Lee at Cornell University, working on 4-D crystallography of intermetallics with incommensurate structures (2001-2003), followed by another postdoctoral stint with Prof. Kim Dunbar at Texas A&M University (2003-2007), where Michael discovered for himself a fascinating field of molecular magnetism. He joined the FSU Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry in 2007.
His research interests focus on magnetostructural correlations in molecular and solid state materials, including studies of spin transitions in 3d metal complexes and clock transitions in lanthanide complexes, as relevant to the emerging fields of molecular spintronics and molecular spin qubits. The other side of his research interests deals with investigation of itinerant magnetism and non-trivial spin textures in intermetallic compounds.
Michael is a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), a member of the Academy of Science, Engineering, and Medicine of Florida, a recipient of the CAREER Award from the National Science Foundation, the ExxonMobil Solid-State Chemistry Fellowship from the American Chemical Society, and multiple teaching and research awards from FSU.