Urzhumov, Yaroslav Yaroslav Urzhumov was born on 17.07.79 in the former SovietUnion. He graduated from Moscow Institute of Physics andTechnology in 2002 with M.S. degree in Physics. He received aPh.D in Physics from the University of Texas at Austin in 2007.In 2009, he joined the Center for Metamaterials and IntegratedPlasmonics at Duke University (N. Carolina).