Svetlana Boriskina

Research Interests

• Energy & sustainability
• Fibers, textiles & wearables
• Nanophotonics and quantum materials
• Atmospheric water harvesting
• Heat transfer

Bio

Svetlana Boriskina develops new materials and technologies to harvest and manipulate light and other forms of radiation. Her multi-disciplinary research blends nanophotonics, plasmonics, electronics, thermodynamics and mechanics. Svetlana makes smart fabrics that provide thermal comfort indoors and outdoors and stay clean no matter what, new meta-materials that exhibit color without any dyes or pigments and change it in response to external stimuli, and novel solar harvesting platforms that can provide clean energy and fresh water to off-electrical-grid and disaster-stricken communities. She is the author and co-author of more than 130 peer-reviewed papers, several award-winning courses, and multiple patens. Svetlana is a passionate advocate for science education and science public communication, which she supports via leadership in professional science organizations, conferences, and journal editorial boards, mentorship of student groups, and public outreach.

Online Data

• Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=YinqPA0AAAAJ&hl=en
• ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6798-8082
• ResearchGate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Svetlana_Boriskina

Honors + Awards

• MIT Water Innovation Prize, 2021
• TechConnect Innovation Award, 2019
• Joint Award of ICO (International Commission for Optics) and ICTP (Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics), 2007
• Postdoctoral Fellowship (UK), Royal Society/NATO, 1999-2000
• Graduate Student Scholarship Award, IEEE MTT Society, 1997
• Post-Graduate Merit Student Scholarship, Soros Foundation, 1996-1997
• Graduate Fellowship in Advanced Electromagnetics, SUMMA Foundation, 1996

Publications

M. Blevins and S.V. Boriskina, Plasmon Fizeau drag in 3D Dirac and Weyl semimetals, ACS Photonics, 11, 2, 537–549, 2024.

H. Gold, S. Pajovic, A. Mukherjee, S.V. Boriskina, GAGA for Nonreciprocal Emitters: Genetic Algorithm Gradient Ascent Optimization of Compact Magnetophotonic Crystals, Nanophotonics, 2024.

S. Pajovic & S.V. Boriskina, Magnetocaloric-effect-enhanced near-field magneto-optical thermal switch, Phys. Rev. Appl., 20, 014053, 2023 (EDITOR’S SUGGESTION).

L. Zhang, M.Y. Leung, S.V. Boriskina, X. Tao, Advancing life cycle sustainability of textiles through technological innovations, Nature Sustainability, 6, 243-253, 2023.

S.V. Boriskina, M. Blevins, S. Pajovic, The Nonreciprocal Adventures of Light, Optics and Photonics News, 33(9), 46-53, 2022.

H.i Lu, W. Shi, J.H. Zhang, A.C. Chen, W. Guan, C. Lei, J.R. Greer, S.V. Boriskina, G. Yu, Tailoring the desorption behavior of hygroscopic gels for atmospheric water harvesting in arid climates, Adv. Mater., 34, 2205344, 2022.

M. Alberghini, S. Hong, L. M. Lozano, V. Korolovych, Y. Huang, F. Signorato, S. H. Zandavi, C. Fucetola, I. Uluturk, M. Y. Tolstorukov, G. Chen, P. Asinari, R. M. Osgood, M. Fasano, and S. V Boriskina, Sustainable polyethylene fabrics with engineered moisture transport for passive cooling, Nature Sustainability, 4, 715-724, 2021 (COVER).

See full list here: https://sites.mit.edu/sboriskina/publications/