Education:
September 2001- present
 
September 1994-
February 2000


Rice University, Houston, TX
Ph.D. Student in Chemistry
 
The Higher Chemical College of Russian Academy of Sciences,
Moscow, Russia
 
B. S. in Chemistry, February 2000
 
G. P. A. 3.45 / 4.00
 
Relevant course work: Inorganic Chemistry, Organic Chemistry, Organic Chemistry Lab, Physical Chemistry, Molecular Structure, Analytical Chemistry, Analytical Chemistry Lab, Quantum Chemistry, Quantum Chemistry Lab, Theoretical Organic Chemistry, Organic Synthesis, Biochemistry, Crystallography, Polymer Science, Physical Methods in Chemistry, Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy, Organometallic Chemistry, Solid State Chemistry

Experience:

 

May 2000 -
August 2001

Visiting Research Assistant
Department of Chemistry, Rice University, TX

Prof. Paul S. Engel's research group
Working on synthesis of new azoxy compounds in order to study their mechanism of decomposition

September 1998 -
March 2000

Research Assistant
N. D. Zelinsky Institute of Organic Chemistry, Moscow, Russsia

Prof. Sema L. Ioffe's research group
Elaborated a new, convenient method for the synthesis of g-nitro alcohols from simple aliphatic nitro compounds

June - August 1997

Visiting Research Assistant
Depart. of Chemistry, The University of North Carolina, Charlotte, NC

Prof. Jordan C. Poler's research group
Worked on inventing of a new kind of ellipsometer on the basis of Ocean Optics® spectrometer and Lab View® software

September 1996 -
April 1998

Research Assistant
Institute of Physical Chemistry, Moscow, Russia

Prof. Vladimir V. Arslanov's research group
Studied formation of monolayers and Langmuir-Blodgett films followed by building the supramolecular structures

References:

Available upon request.