This document provides biographical and professional information about Ivan Skachko. It summarizes his education, including a Ph.D. in Physics from Rutgers University, skills in experimental low-temperature physics and microfabrication, and work experience as a postdoctoral research associate at Pennsylvania State University and Rutgers University investigating graphene and superconductivity. It also lists publications, conference presentations, and references.

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IVAN SKACHKO
Work address:
Pennsylvania State University
N-351 Millennium Science Complex
University Park, PA 16802
skachko@psu.edu
Home address:
210 Liberty St Apt A
Boalsburg, PA 16827
skachko@gmail.com
Phone: (732)618-4770
Education
 Ph.D., Physics, May 2006, graduate advisor: Prof. E. Andrei, Rutgers, The State University of New
Jersey, Dept. of Physics&Astronomy, New Brunswick, NJ
 M. S., Physics, June 1995, graduate advisor: Prof. M. S. Soskin Moscow Institute of Physics and
Technology, Moscow, Russia
 B. S., General&Applied Physics, June 1993, Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology,
Moscow, Russia
Skills
 Knowledge of condensed matter physics: superconductivity, superfluidity, low dimensional systems,
mesoscopics, graphene physics
 Experimental low-temperature techniques: electrical transport measurements (particularly in high
magnetic field), operation and design of cryogenic equipment such as cryostats, dilution fridges, 3He
fridges, low-temperature electronics, superconducting magnets
 Electronics: analog/digital, RF, low level measurements, SNS junctions
 Microfabrication: optical/e-beam lithography, AFM, SEM, sputtering, e-beam evaporation,
wirebonding
 Optical methods: lasers, non-linear optics, Raman spectroscopy
 Vacuum equipment and hardware (HV and UHV)
 Data analysis software (Origin, Igor, Mathematica)
 Data acquisition software (LabVIEW) and hardware (DAQ, GPIB)
 Mechanical design, SolidWorks, AutoCAD, eMachineShop
 PDE solvers: Comsol
 Basic programming skills (C++, Java)
 Machine shop operations
 Teaching undergraduate physics
 Languages: fluency in Russian, can read French
Work Experience
06/2013-present Postdoctoral research associate, Group of Prof. E.W. Hudson, Department of Physics,
Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA
 Design and construction of ultra-low temperature, high magnetic field, ultra-high vacuum scanning
probe microscope
05/2006-03/2013 Postdoctoral research associate, Low-Temperature Physics Laboratory of Prof. E.Y. Andrei,
Department of Physics&Astronomy, Rutgers University, Piscataway, NJ

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 Measurements of Quantum Hall effect in graphene
 Development of graphene-based devices (suspended graphene)
 Experimental investigation of superconducting proximity effect in graphene (two-dimensional
allotrope of carbon)
 Performing electrical transport measurements in National High Magnetic Field Laboratory,
Tallahassee, FL
09/1996-05/2006 Ph.D. student, Low-Temperature Physics Laboratory of Prof. E.Y. Andrei, Department of
Physics&Astronomy, Rutgers University, Piscataway, NJ
 RF and low frequency measurements of Wigner transition in 2D electron system on a thin film of
liquid helium
 Running and maintaining low-temperature cryostat (dilution refrigerator)
 Building liquid helium cell and setting up measuring electronics
 Fabrication of RF microstructures
08/1994-05/1996 Research Assistant, Laboratory of Holography&Non-Linear Optics (Prof. Soskin), Institute
of Physics, Kiev, Ukraine
 Study of laser induced self-defocusing in liquid solutions
 Using photorefractive crystals for production of singular opticalwavefronts
09/1993-08/1994 Research Assistant, Laboratory of Liquid Crystals (Prof. Reznikov), Institute of Physics,
Kiev, Ukraine
 Experimental investigation of non-linear optical properties of liquid crystals
 Preparation of liquid crystal cells
CareerSearch Keywords
Scientific instrument industry, semiconductors, superconductivity
Awards
InnoCentive 9932853 – “Mechanical Joint with High Ultrasound Conductivity”
Publications
 Screening Charged Impurities and Lifting the Orbital Degeneracy in Graphene by Populating
Landau Levels Adina Luican-Mayer, Maxim Kharitonov, Guohong Li, Chih-Pin Lu, Ivan Skachko,
Alem-Mar Goncalves, K. Watanabe, T. Taniguchi, and E. Y. Andrei Phys. Rev. Lett. 112, 036804
(2014)
 Fractional quantum Hall effect in suspended graphene probed with two-terminal
measurements I. Skachko, X. Du, F. Duerr, A. Luican, D. A. Abanin, L. S. Levitov and E. Y. Andrei
Phil. Trans. R. Soc. A vol. 368 no. 1932 5403-5416 (2010)
 Fractional quantum Hall effect in suspended graphene: Transport coefficients and electron
interaction strength D. A. Abanin, I. Skachko, X. Du, E. Y. Andrei, and L. S. Levitov, Phys. Rev. B
81, 115410 (2010)
 Fractional quantum Hall effect and insulating phase of Dirac electrons in graphene Xu Du, Ivan
Skachko, Fabian Duerr, Adina Luican, Eva Y. Andrei, Nature 462, 192-195 (2009)
 Towards ballistic transport in graphene Xu Du, I. Skachko, and E. Y. Andrei, International
Journal of Modern Physics B 22, 4579 (2008)

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 Approaching the Dirac point in suspended graphene Xu Du, I. Skachko, A. Barker, E.Y. Andrei,
Nature Nanotechnology 3, 491 (2008)
 Josephson Current and Multiple Andreev Reflections in Graphene SNS Junctions Xu Du,
I. Skachko, E. Y. Andrei, Phys. Rev. B 77, 184507 (2008)
Conference Presentations
 APS meeting, March 15-19, 2010, D21.00005 Fractional Quantum Hall Effect in Suspended
Graphene: Transport Coefficients and Electron Interaction Strength, V22.00008 Quantum Hall effect
in suspended graphene: two-lead versus Hall bar geometry
 APS meeting, March 16-20, 2009, W25.00012 Magnetically induced low density phases near the
Dirac point
 APS meeting, March 10-15, 2008, Q29.00012: Josephson Current and Multiple Andreev Reflections
in Graphene SNS Junctions, B29.00013: Studies of limitations on the mobility and mean free paths in
graphene devices

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References
Prof. Eric W. Hudson
Penn State University
Physics Department
University Park, PA
(814)863-5345
ehudson@psu.edu
Prof. Eva Andrei
Rutgers University
Physics Department
Piscataway, NJ
(732)445-5500ext2509
eandrei@physics.rutgers.edu
Prof. Xu Du
Stony Brook University
Physics Department
Stony Brook, NY
(631)632-8019
xudu@notes.cc.sunysb.edu