Vera A. Khokhlova

Areas of research activity:

• Nonlinear wave physics
• Numerical modeling in acoustics
• Propagation of sound waves in inhomogeneous media
• Ultrasonic cavitation
• Measurement of acoustic properties of various media
• Thermal ablation of tissues with focused ultrasound (HIFU)
• Mechanical tissue disintegration with focused ultrasound (histotripsy)
• Ultrasonic methods in diagnostics and therapy of the brain
• Ultrasound in cosmetology
• Ultrasonic lung diagnostics
• Ultrasound-assisted targeted drug delivery
• Nonlinear problems in aeroacoustics
• Parametric (directional) sound radiation
• The use of graphics processors (GPU) in modeling

Education:

• 2012 – D.Sc. in Acoustics, Lomonosov Moscow State University
• 1991 – Ph.D. in Acoustics, Lomonosov Moscow State University
• 1979 — 1986 – Combined BS and MS Program in Physics (diploma with honors), Department of General Physics and Wave Processes, Physics Faculty, Lomonosov Moscow State University

Professional positions: 

• 1996 — present – Associate Professor, Department of Acoustics, Physics Faculty, MSU
• 1991 — 1996 – Research Scientist, Department of Acoustics, Physics Faculty, MSU
• 1990 — 1991 – Junior Research Scientist, Department of Acoustics, Physics Faculty, MSU

Organization memberships:

• 2024 — present – Vice-president of the Russian Acoustical Society
• 2008 — present – Fellow of the Acoustical Society of America (ASA)
• 2003 — 2006 – Member of the French Acoustic Society (SFA)
• 2001 — present – Member of the International Society for Therapeutic Ultrasound (ISTU)
• 1998 — present – Member of the Russian Acoustical Society
• 1994 — present – Member of the Acoustical Society of America (ASA)

Committee memberships:

• 2023 — present – Associate Editor of  the International Journal of Hyperthermia
• 2019 – Scientific Co-Chair (with R. Cleveland) of the International Symposium on Therapeutic Ultrasound
• 2015 — present – Elected Member of the Board of the Russian Acoustical Society
• 2024 — present – Committee on International Research and Education of Acoustical Society of America (CIRE ASA)
• 2013 — 2023 – Associate Editor of  the journal IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics and Frequency Control (IEEE TUFFC)
• 2012 — present – Elected Member of the Executive Council of the Acoustical Society of America (ASA)
• 2004 — 2008, 2011 — 2014 – Elected Member of the Board of the International Society for Therapeutic Ultrasound
• 2009 — present – Member of the “Physical Ultrasound” division of the Scientific Council on Acoustics of the Russian Academy of Sciences
• 2008 — 2012 – Member of the Committee on Standards of the Acoustical Society of America (ASA)
• 2008 — present – Member of the International Organizing Committee of the International Symposium on Nonlinear Acoustics (ISNA)
• 2005 — 2024 – Member of the Committee on International Research and Education of Acoustical Society of America (CIRE ASA)

Awards:

• 2023 – Outstanding women scientists in the system of organization of science and scientific research in Russia
• 2023 – Rayleigh-Helmholtz Interdisciplinary Silver Medal of the Acoustical Society of America (ASA) in Biomedical Acoustics and Physical Acoustics for contributions to the application of nonlinear acoustics to medical ultrasound