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Positions

Synthesize Bio

United States, Seattle

2024

Senior Computational Biologist

Generative AI for genomics (Alice Walsh)

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Cajal Neuroscience

United States, Seattle

2021 - 2024

Senior Scientist

Genomic analysis of Alzheimer's and Parkinson's diseases (Ben Logsdon)

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Allen Institute for Brain Science

United States, Seattle

2017 - 2021

Scientist I

Genomic analysis of Alzheimer's disease (Jeremy Miller)  

Models of human epilepsy (Costas Anastassiou)

Analysis of cortical cell types (Ed Lein)

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University of Washington, Department of Physiology and Biophysics

United States, Seattle

2016 – 2017

Post-doctoral fellow

Hydra vulgaris neural network models (Adrienne Fairhall)

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Ecole Normale Superieure, Department of Cognitive Neuroscience

France, Paris

2012 – 2015

PhD student

Modeling of single cell and network phenomena of the nervous system:

Ion dynamics during epileptic oscillations and inverse stochastic resonance

(Boris Gutkin and Anton Chizhov)

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Computational Physics Laboratory at Ioffe Institute

Saint Petersburg, Russia

2010 – 2012

2007 – 2009

Research Assistant

Adaptation, synchronization and wave solutions in the firing-rate model of population of leaky integrate-and-fire neurons (Anton Chizhov)

Awards
American Epilepsy Society, Travel grant, 2016
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Modelling of Neural Activity Workshop, Travel grant, 2016
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The Swartz Foundation, Post-doctorate fellowship, 2015
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Foundation of Medical Research, 4th year PhD fellowship, 2014
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Labex, Doctorate Fellowship, 2011
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Neuroinformatics conference, Presentation award, 2011
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Liliane Bettencourt Foundation, Master Felllowship, 2009
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Hippocampus and memory conference, Poster award, 2009
Public
outreach
Education
Universities
 
École Normale Supérieure
Department of Cognitive Neuroscience
2012 - 2015
PhD in Computational Neuroscience
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Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University
Department of Physics and Mechanics

2009 - 2011

Master of Physics

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Paris Descartes University

Department of Medicine

2009 - 2010, lab rotations
Master of Research
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Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University
Department of Physics and Mechanics

2005 - 2009

Bachelor of Physics

Additional training

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Generative AI with Large Language Models

2024, Coursera, deeplearning.ai

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Public speaking

2023, Aimee Bruneau

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Genomic data science

2020, Coursera, John Hopkins University

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Deep learning specialization

2019, Coursera, deeplearning.ai

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Machine learning by Andrew Ng

2019, Coursera, Standford

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Intelligent machinery course

2018, University of Washington

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Dynamic brain workshop

2016, Allen Institute

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Machine learning: case study approach

2016, Coursera

 

Advanced course in computational neuroscience

2013, Beldlewo, Poland

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White nights of computational neuroscience

2012, St Petersburg, Russia

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Methods for neurophysics: dynamical system theory, statistical physics, wavelet analysis

2011, St Petersburg, Russia

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Cellular mechanisms of information transfer: neuronal and synaptic plasticity

2011 St Petersburg, Russia

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Electrophysiological applications in neurophysiology

2010, Helsinki, Finland

 

Hippocampus and memory: norm and pathology

2009, Pushchino, Russia

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Models in neuroscience: turning experiments into the knowledge

2008, Zelenogorsk, Russia

Skills

Scientific skills

computational problem formulation, machine learning models, data mining, large-scale supercomputer simulations, software development

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Computational neuroscience

mathematical modeling, phase plane analysis, spiking neural networks, mean field approximation
 

Conducting research

writing grant proposals, preparing posters and presentations, manuscript preparation, correspondence with the team members

 

Teaching

preparation of materials, giving lectures, checking home works, conducting examination, student supervision

 

Administration

organization of video conferences, lab meetings, conference OCNS 2013

Languages
English                         
French
Russian
German
Python
Matlab          
Bash
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