
Dr. habil. Kristina Kvashnina
Head of the Electronic Structure Group
Main Office: Rossendorf Beamline (BM20)
The European Synchrotron (ESRF)
71, Avenue des Martyrs
38000 Grenoble, France
Phone: +33(0)476882367
Email: kristina.kvashnina@esrf.fr
Group web-page: Rossendorf Beamline
Profile on Researchgate, GoogleScholar, AcademiaNet
Career
- Head of the Electronic Structure Group at the ROBL of ESRF, funded by HZDR, Germany (since 2018)
- Beamline Scientist at the Rossendorf Beamline of ESRF, funded by Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf, Germany (since 2015)
- Beamline Scientist at ID26 Beamline of ESRF, France (2010-2015)
- Post-Doctoral Fellow at ID26 beamline of ESRF, France (2008-2010)
- Post-Doctoral Fellow at BM26 beamline of ESRF, funded by NWO, The Netherlands (2006-2008)
Education
- HDR (Physics) - Université Grenoble Alpes, France (2017)
- Ph. D (Physics) – Uppsala University, Department of Physics, Sweden (2006)
- MS (Physics) - Ural State Technical University, Theoretical Physics, Russia (2000)
Honors and Awards
- Main Editor of the Journal of Synchrotron Radiation (IUCr journal) (since 2020, since 2019 – Co-editor)
- Member of the Project Review Panel (PRP) at Petra III (Hamburg, Germany) (since 2020)
- Member of the advisory group for PANAMA (Plasma Accelerators for Nuclear Applications and Materials Characterization) facility, at University of Strathclyde, UK (since 2020)
- Selection committee member of the Joint Research Center (JRC) proposals of the European Commission (since 2018)
- Included in the international database of excellent female researchers AcademiaNet by Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF) (2021)
- Named Top 10 strong female scientists by Forbes Russia (2021)
- Editorial Board Member, Scientific Reports (Nature Portfolio) journal (since 2022)
- European Research Council (ERC) Grant holder (2018-2023)
Research Interest:

- X-ray spectroscopy of f-electron systems (lanthanides and actinides)
- Resonant Inelastic X-ray Scattering (RIXS), High Energy Resolution Fluorescence Detection (HERFD), X-ray Absorption Spectroscopy (XAS) and X-ray Emission Spectroscopy (XES) methods
- Physico-chemical properties of An/Ln nanomaterials
- Applied materials, containing f-electron systems
- Synchrotron-based techniques for material characterization
- Electronic Structure Calculations by various approaches