Igor Tsukerman

Dr. Igor Tsukerman is a Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at The University of Akron's College of Engineering and Polymer Science. He joined the university in 1995 after working as a Principal Research Associate for GE Canada and the University of Toronto. His research spans electromagnetic analysis, photonics, metamaterials, and computational methods.

• Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering, St. Petersburg Polytechnic, Russia (1988)
• B.Sc./M.Sc. with honors in Control Systems, St. Petersburg Polytechnic, Russia (1982)

His work focuses on:

• Electromagnetic analysis and simulation
• Photonics and plasmonics
• Metamaterials and topological electromagnetics
• Homogenization theory applications
• Finite element/difference computational methods

Dr. Tsukerman has received five major NSF awards and various industrial grants. He has held visiting positions at institutions across the US, Austria, Denmark, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Italy, Singapore, and Switzerland.

He authored two books:

• Electromagnetic Analysis: From Electrostatics to Photonics (World Scientific, 2020)
• Computational Methods for Nanoscale Applications (Springer, 2nd edition, 2020)