Mikhail Polyanskiy
Laser Scientist (Research Staff 6 Physics With Distinction Of Tenure) at Brookhaven National Laboratory
Town of Brookhaven, New York, United States
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Top SchoolMikhail Polyanskiy is a laser scientist and Research Staff physicist at Brookhaven National Laboratory, leading development of a 100-TW, 10‑micron ultrashort-pulse CO2 laser based on high-pressure mixed-isotope amplifiers. He holds a PhD from EPFL and MS/BS degrees from St. Petersburg State University, and has progressed from postdoc to a tenure-distinguished Research Staff role since joining Brookhaven in 2007. Mikhail combines hands-on engineering experience from Samsung SDI with deep experimental physics expertise to design, build and maintain cutting-edge terawatt long-wave infrared systems. He is also the creator and long-term maintainer of RefractiveIndex.INFO, a widely used optics database that reveals his commitment to open scientific infrastructure beyond the lab. Based in the Town of Brookhaven, NY, he brings a rare blend of applied industry experience, fundamental physical chemistry training, and large-scale laser system integration.
12 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
PhD., Physical Chemistry, PhD., Physical Chemistry at Ecole polytechnique fédérale de LausanneM.S., Physics, M.S., Physics at St. Petersburg State University
English, Russian, French
Github Skills (12)
3d-rendering10
databases10
physics10
python-scripts10
science10
database10
dynamics9
python3
nim-lang1
prefix1
math1
numeric1
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
polyanskiy/easyFG
Aug 2015 - Jan 2026
Contributions:7 releases, 35 pushes, 2 branches in 10 years 6 months
polyanskiy/refractiveindex.info-scripts
Dec 2015 - Dec 2022
Python scripts for refractiveindex.info database
Contributions:75 commits, 12 PRs, 89 pushes in 7 years 2 months
databasepython-scripts
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