Sergey I. Bozhevolnyi (Russian: áõÃÂóõù ÃÂþÃÂøÃÂþòøàÃÂþöõòþûÃÂýÃÂù, born June 19, 1955) is a Russian-Danish physicist. He is currently a professor and the leader for the Centre for Nano Optics at the University of Southern Denmark.
Bozhevolnyi was raised in the village of , Yeysky District, Krasnodar Krai, USSR and grew up in a family of teachers of physics and mathematics. In 1978 he graduated from Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology with a Master of Science degree in physics. In 1981, he earned a PhD-degree from the same university with the thesis entitled "Study of electro-optical modulators and deflectors based on diffuse waveguides in LiNbOâÂÂ". In 1998, he earned a Doctor of Science Degree at Aarhus University, Denmark, with his thesis entitled "Subwavelength apertureless light confinement".
In 2006, together with professor Alexander Tishchenko at Jean Monnet University, he founded the Laboratory of Nano-Optics and Plasmonics in Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology
Since 2017, Bozhevolnyi is on the list of the most Highly Cited Researchers ( Clarivate / Thomson-Reuters).
Professor Bozhevolnyi has authored and co-authored more than 600 peer-reviewed articles with 13 patents and 14 book chapters. His h-index was 84 (Web of Science) and 100 (Google Scholar) as of November 28, 2024.