Sergey Samarin

Sergey Samarin is a Senior Honorary Research Fellow at The University of Western Australia's School of Physics, Maths and Computing. His academic roles include teaching undergraduate courses on Solid State Physics and supervising postgraduate and honours students. He holds a Doctor Habil. Science from St. Petersburg State University, with thesis work on electron spectroscopy of surfaces. His research focuses on surface science, electron scattering dynamics, and quantum entanglement in electron pairs generated at solid surfaces. Key experimental techniques include spin-polarized two-electron spectroscopy and positron annihilation studies.

Research interests span surface electronic structure, magnetic nanostructures, plasmon excitation, and spintronics. He has secured multiple ARC grants, including leadership roles in the ARC Centre of Excellence for Antimatter-Matter Studies ($7M). Notable achievements include first observations of radiative electron capture by surfaces (1992), plasmon-assisted inverse photoemission (1996), and spin-resolved (e,2e) experiments on ferromagnetic surfaces (1998). Current projects aim to explore electron entanglement via complete scattering experiments.

• Education: M.Sc. (1972), PhD (1976), Doctor Habil. (1995) - all from St. Petersburg State University
• Grants: Over $9M in ARC funding since 2001, including leadership roles in 6 major projects
• Supervision: Guided 17+ students through PhD, Master's, and undergraduate research projects

Labs/Teams: CAMSP (Centre for Atomic, Molecular and Surface Physics) collaborator. Instrumentation expertise includes design of spin-polarized (e,2e) spectrometers and UHV systems. Languages: English, French, Russian (native).