Victor Shashilov (pictured on left) joined the Graduate Program in the Department of Chemistry, University at Albany in 2004. Victor was consistently at the top of his class in graduate courses and cumulative exams and has broken the all-time Departmental record by defending his Ph.D. thesis in only three and a half years.

As for research, his main project in Dr. Lednev’s group involved the development of an application of novel statistical methods for analyzing Raman spectroscopic data. Victor has developed into a world expert in statistical analysis of spectroscopic data. He has achieved distinction publishing nine papers in top journals including two communications and one full article in the Journal of American Chemical Society, the number one chemistry journal in the world. Four additional manuscripts are in preparation at the moment. Since his thesis defense in December 2007, Victor has been busy with numerous onsite interviews by companies from all over the US. A very bright and successful career is in front of this talented Ph.D. graduate from UAlbany!