Nikita Kondratyev
Biography
Dr. Nikita Kondratyev is a Research Specialist at the Integrated Photonics Laboratory (IPL) under the supervision of Prof. Yating Wan at King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST). He earned PhD in Physics from the M.V. Lomonosov Moscow State University, where he specialized in nonlinear optics and numerical modeling.
Before joining KAUST in 2025 Dr. Kondratyev worked at the Russian Quantum Center in the Laboratory of Coherent Microoptics and Radiophotonics covering a wide range of topics, including electro-optic effects, thermal noise and thermal effects, self-injection locking, laser stabilization, and Kerr frequency combs. A unified theoretical framework and simulation scripts for modeling frequency comb generation and self-injection locking were developed there. Since 2022, Dr. Kondratyev has worked as a Senior Photonic Integrated Circuit Designer at the Technology Innovation Institute in Abu Dhabi, he was involved in chip design and testing automation. A novel phased-array pattern to minimize sidelobe levels was proposed, for which a patent was provisionally submitted in November 2024.
Dr. Kondratyev has published over 80 research papers in leading international journals, including Nature Communications, Optics Letters, Physical Review (A and Applied) having WOS h-index 18.
Research Interests
Dr. Kondratyev’s research focuses on nonlinear optics, integrated photonics, self-injection locking, photonic phased arrays and numerical modeling.
Education
- Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.)
- Devices and methods of experimental physics (), Moscow State University, Faculty of physics, Russian Federation, 2015
- Master of Science (M.S.)
- Fundamental radiophysics and physical electronics, Moscow State University, Faculty of physics, Russian Federation, 2011
