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
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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
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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
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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
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