Currently
Third-year Chemical Engineering & Biotechnology student
Enrolled in a four-year programme at the University of Cambridge.
Currently
Research
Molecular Neuroscience Group — FLIMPA Post-Release Modifications
Integrating a wavelet filter into FLIMPA’s fluorescence lifetime imaging (FLIM) phasor-analysis workflow.
Education
Education
2024 – 2028 (expected)
University of Cambridge
Chemical Engineering & Biotechnology
Year 1: Class 2.1; First Class in Mathematics (80.1%; top 2%).
Year 2: Class 2.1; First Class Paper 3 (Solids, Engineering Mathematics, Separations).
Coursework: Process Engineering, Fluid Mechanics, Heat & Mass Transfer, Reaction Engineering, Biotechnology, Process Thermodynamics, and Separators.
Subsequently entered the University of Cambridge as a first-year student
2023 – 2024
ITMO University
Bioengineering
GPA: 5.0/5.0. Coursework: Linear Algebra, Analysis, Cell Biology, Process Simulation, and Environmental Research.
Additional education
Courses and certificates
MIT OpenCourseWare
"Introduction to Computer Science and Programming in Python".
HarvardX
"Science & Cooking: From Haute Cuisine to Soft Matter Science".
Experience
Working experience
v2.0.0 released · Cambridge
Undergraduate Researcher — FLIMPA
Molecular Neuroscience Group, University of Cambridge
- Developed and released FLIMPA 2.0.0, extending open-source software for phasor analysis of TCSPC-FLIM data.
- Added manual mask creation, fluorescence decay visualisation, FRET efficiency mapping, per-pixel data extraction and an updated user interface.
Jul – Aug 2026 · Cambridge
Teaching Assistant
Downing College International Undergraduate Summer Programme
- Supported students during Downing College’s summer academic programme.
Jul 2024 – May 2025 · Moscow
Bioinformatics Analyst
RusAgro
- Analysed 10,000+ production data records for gravity-model analyses.
- Supported nationwide manufacturing network optimisation with data-driven recommendations.
- Prepared technical summaries and visuals for R&D and operations stakeholders.
Aug 2023 – Sep 2024 · Saint Petersburg
Nanomaterial Laboratory Assistant
ITMO Nanomaterial Laboratory
- Synthesised 10 types of opto-semiconductor arsenic sulfide microfilms.
- Controlled film thickness at 200–300 µm and optimised crystallisation behaviour.
- Presented findings on gold-nanoparticle doping effects on Urbach energy and bandgap.
May 2022 – Jul 2022 · Moscow
Biology Lab Intern
Skoltech
- Engineered 3 tetracycline-resistant E. coli strains through 10 selective-media passages.
- Identified resistant strains using ELISA analysis.
- Validated resistance profiles using BLAST genome comparison against known antibiotic resistance genes.
Projects
Things I've created
Shell-and-Tube Heat Exchanger for Juice Pasteurisation
Designed an industrial TEMA BEM exchanger for orange juice pasteurisation using pressurised hot water, accounting for fouling, cleanability and pressure-drop limits.
- Sized the exchanger using the Kern method; refined shell-side performance using Bell corrections.
- Selected the tube arrangement and heat-transfer area to meet thermal requirements with a design margin.
- Checked tube- and shell-side pressure drops against design limits.
Maleic Anhydride Reactor Operating Window
Built numerical plug-flow reactor models for selective n-butane oxidation under isothermal, adiabatic and cooled operation.
- Solved material and energy balances in Python to compare conversion, yield, selectivity and temperature profiles.
- Assessed coolant temperature, pressure and feed-concentration effects on productivity and burnout risk.
- Recommended an operating window balancing reactor temperature, volume and controllability.
Industrial CSTR Mixer Design
Developed anchor-type mixer design logic for a continuous stirred-tank reactor, linking equipment choices to process performance.
- Compared mixer geometries against process requirements and concentration-control performance.
- Computed power requirements across a range of operating conditions to assess operating cost and equipment sizing.
- Connected scale-up constraints, mixing quality and predictable reactor operation.
- Created Autodesk Inventor part files for propeller, anchor and motor-attachment concepts.
Paper Mill Steam and Biomass Energy Assessment
Assessed combustion-driven steam generation and a switch from natural gas to in-house biomass.
- Calculated combustion air requirements and available heat release.
- Related combustion heat release to superheated-steam demand for industrial paper drying.
- Developed a biomass SWOT analysis covering supply independence, net-zero potential, capital costs, flexibility and NOx control.
Plant Water-Supply Pumping Network
Modelled a chemical-plant water distribution network with reservoirs, pipes, valves and alternative pumps.
- Solved hydraulic operating points using simplified and roughness-aware friction models.
- Estimated operating flow rates and pipe velocities to characterise network performance.
- Compared valve positioning, series/parallel pumps and increased impeller speed for changing pressure demands.
Achievements
Highlights
Cambridge Trust Foundation Award
Annual award for "a promising academic prodigy".
Best Researcher Under 18
Awarded at the ITMO University Conference of Young Scientists.