Research and Teaching Experience

V. Mitin is an author of 12 patents, and more than 280 publications in refereed journals.

He is a coauthor of seven textbooks and five monographs. He has also published fifteen review papers and book chapters, and has delivered more than seventy invited talks at national and international conferences.

Currently, he is working in the following areas: Theoretical and experimental study of nanoelectronic and optoelectronic devices and materials. Emphasis is on devices based on quantum wells, quantum wires, quantum dots, and graphene; special emphasize is on terahertz generators and detectors, infrared photodetectors, high efficient solar cells.

As a result of his research activity Dr. Mitin has graduated 22 Ph.D. students as of 2022.


To date, Dr. Mitin has developed and taught the following courses:

  • Developed the new lecture/lab course at the University at Buffalo (UB) "Quantum Structure Devices: Optical and Optoelectronic Properties of Nanostructures." The text "Introduction to Optical and Optoelectronic Properties of Nanostructures," that was prepared for the course was published by Cambridge University Press, March 2019; ISBN: 978-1-1084-2814-9.
  • Developed and taught in 2014 and 2015 the lecture/lab course at UB "Applied Electromagnetics." The course development was supported by NSF/TUES, DUE-1140718 program. The text "Introduction to Applied Electromagnetics and Optics," that was prepared for the course is published by Taylor & Francis Group in 2016; ISBN: 978-1-4987-7629-5.
  • Developed and taught since Fall 2009 a new lecture/lab course at UB "Quantum Mechanics for Engineers: First Course in Nanoelectronics." The course development was supported by NSF CCLI/TUES program. The text "Quantum Mechanics for Nanostructures" that was prepared for the course is published by Cambridge University Press in June 2010; ISBN: 978-0-521-76366-0.
  • Developed and taught since January 2005 a new lecture/lab course at UB "Nanotechnology, Engineering and Science". The course development was supported by NSF program on Nanotechnology Undergraduate Education. The text "Introduction to Nanoelectronics: Nanotechnology, Engineering, Science, and Applications" that was prepared for the course is published by Cambridge University Press in February, 2008; ISBN 978-0-521-73964-1.
  • Updated and taught at Wayne State University a course "Mathematical Methods in Engineering." The developed textbook "Modern Advanced Mathematics for Engineers" was published by John Wiley & Sons in March 2001; ISBN 0-471-41770-X.
  • The course "Advanced Solid State Electronics II" was developed and taught at Wayne State and the textbook "Quantum Heterstructures: Microelectronics and Optoelectronics" was published by Cambridge University Press in 1999; ISBN 0-521-63177-7.
  • The course "Solid State Electronics I" was taught and developed to the stage of a textbook "Introduction to Solid State Electronics" which was published by the Addison-Wesley Publishing Company in August 1996; ISBN 0-201-47962-1.