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Vladimir P. Zharov

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Also affiliated: Saratov State University (2008–2019); The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center (2019); Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology (2014–2016); Kangwon National University (2015); Kuban State Medical University (2018); University of Groningen (2006); Bauman Moscow State Technical University (1987–2017); Lomonosov Moscow State University (2007); University of Arkansas Medical Center (2004–2024); Kennedy Space Center (2008); University of Alabama at Birmingham (2006–2008); Institute of Spectroscopy (1975–1984); Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation (2018); Prokhorov General Physics Institute (2008); Kola Science Centre (2022); UAB Medicine (2006); The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston (2019); Leipzig University (2011)

55 h-index 347 pubs 12,417 cited

  • Humans
  • Animals
  • Flow Cytometry
  • Mice
  • Lasers
  • Photoacoustic Techniques
  • Gold
  • Neoplastic Cells, Circulating
  • Cell Line, Tumor
  • Nanoparticles
  • Nanotubes, Carbon
  • Light
  • Mice, Nude
  • Molecular Imaging
  • Temperature

Biography and Research Information

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Vladimir P. Zharov's research focuses on developing and applying advanced optical and photoacoustic imaging techniques for disease diagnostics and monitoring. He has investigated methods for detecting and characterizing circulating tumor cells, exploring their prognostic relevance in conditions such as hepatocellular carcinoma. His work also involves the development of novel contrast agents, including indocyanine green dye, and their evaluation using photoacoustic/fluorescence tomography setups.

Dr. Zharov's lab has explored the photothermal properties of nanomaterials, such as detonation nanodiamonds, and has investigated their potential for therapeutic applications, including the label-free photothermal disruption of cytotoxic aggregates in disease models like Huntington's disease. His research extends to the development of portable diagnostic systems, such as the Cytophone, aiming for global disease diagnostics, with demonstrated applications in noninvasive in vivo photoacoustic detection of malaria. He also contributes to the standardization of liquid biopsy techniques through the development of dynamic blood flow phantoms.

With an h-index of 55 and over 12,000 citations from more than 340 publications, Dr. Zharov is recognized as a highly cited researcher. His collaborative network includes researchers from the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences and the University of Arkansas at Little Rock, with whom he has co-authored multiple publications.

Metrics

  • h-index: 55
  • Publications: 347
  • Citations: 12,417

Selected Publications

  • The Prognostic Value of Circulating Stem Cells Expressing PD-L1 in Patients with Hepatocellular Carcinoma (2026)
  • Longitudinal monitoring of circulating tumor cell dynamics for potential prediction of early recurrence and clinical outcomes after curative resection of hepatocellular carcinoma: a pilot study (2026)
  • Additional file 1 of Longitudinal monitoring of circulating tumor cell dynamics for potential prediction of early recurrence and clinical outcomes after curative resection of hepatocellular carcinoma: a pilot study (2026)
  • Additional file 1 of Longitudinal monitoring of circulating tumor cell dynamics for potential prediction of early recurrence and clinical outcomes after curative resection of hepatocellular carcinoma: a pilot study (2026)
  • Longitudinal monitoring of circulating tumor cell dynamics for potential prediction of early recurrence and clinical outcomes after curative resection of hepatocellular carcinoma: a pilot study (2026)
  • Longitudinal monitoring of circulating tumor cell dynamics for potential prediction of early recurrence and clinical outcomes after curative resection of hepatocellular carcinoma: a pilot study (2026)
  • Noninvasive in vivo photoacoustic detection of malaria with Cytophone in Cameroon (2024)
    Nature Communications 9 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Towards rainbow portable Cytophone with laser diodes for global disease diagnostics (2022)
    Scientific Reports 10 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • A Model-Based Approach To Detection Of The Circulating Melanoma Cells From The Photoacoustic Cytometry Data (2021)
  • Label-free photothermal disruption of cytotoxic aggregates rescues pathology in a C. elegans model of Huntington’s disease (2021)
    Scientific Reports 10 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Corrections to “Detection of Melanoma Cells in Whole Blood Samples Using Spectral Imaging and Optical Clearing” [Jul/Aug 21 Art. no. 7200711] (2021)
    1 citation DOI OpenAlex
  • Indocyanine green dye based bimodal contrast agent tested by photoacoustic/fluorescence tomography setup (2021)
    Biomedical Optics Express 19 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Photothermal and Heat-Transfer Properties of Aqueous Detonation Nanodiamonds by Photothermal Microscopy and Transient Spectroscopy (2021)
    The Journal of Physical Chemistry C 15 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Early dynamic changes in circulating tumor cells and prognostic relevance following interventional radiological treatments in patients with hepatocellular carcinoma (2021)
    PLoS ONE 27 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Dynamic blood flow phantom for in vivo liquid biopsy standardization (2021)
    Scientific Reports 4 citations DOI OpenAlex

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375 Collaborators 113 Institutions 16 Countries

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