Dr Pavel Bokov holds an Engineer-Physicist degree with specialisations in experimental nuclear physics and mathematical modelling from the National Research Nuclear University "MEPhI" (Moscow Engineering Physics Institute), Russia. He obtained his doctorate in Physics of Matter and Radiation from Joseph Fourier University (also known as Grenoble I), France.
He performed research and has publications in Mathematical Modelling and Numerical Methods as applied to the fields of Physics, Nuclear Science and Engineering, and Geophysics. Past research activities include nuclear fuel performance studies; generation of waves in fluid-filled boreholes by external seismic sources; modelling of seismic waves in the terrestrial crust; development of ray-tracing algorithms for the vertical seismic profiling; research on dynamics, operation and safety aspects of prospective nuclear accelerator-driven systems and molten salt reactors; limited mathematical, theoretical and modelling support of photonuclear and spallation experiments.
Recently work includes developing computational methods for nuclear reactor calculations, with a particular focus on research reactors, uncertainty quantification, multi-objective optimisation of research reactor utilisation, thermal annealing of radiation defects, and application of Machine Learning techniques in reactor analysis. Dr Bokov has been acting as a reviewer for numerous international journals and several international conferences, often as a member of the International Technical Program Committees.
