Experience

  1. 2026–present

    Researcher

    Institute of Molecular and Translational Medicine, Palacký University

    Olomouc, Czech Republic

    • Computational drug discovery research using molecular dynamics simulations, molecular docking, binding free-energy analysis, QSAR modeling, and de novo molecular design.
    • Development of Python-based workflows and open-source tools for reproducible molecular modeling, including StreaMD and CReM-opt.
  2. 2019–2026

    Ph.D. Researcher

    Institute of Molecular and Translational Medicine, Palacký University

    Olomouc, Czech Republic

    • Doctoral research on computational methods linking molecular conformation to biological activity in small-molecule design, supervised by Dr. Pavel Polishchuk.
    • Built computational chemistry workflows for high-performance computing systems.
    • Contributed computational chemistry support to collaborative medicinal chemistry studies, resulting in co-authored publications.
  3. June 2022–December 2022

    Computer Scientist (part-time)

    AI|ffinity s.r.o.

    Czech Republic

    • Curated and validated protein structure (PDB) datasets for molecular dynamics and machine-learning pipelines.
    • Performed molecular docking using Glide.
  4. 2017–2019

    Laboratory Assistant

    Laboratory of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Volgograd State University

    Volgograd, Russia

    • Supported routine experimental procedures, including sample preparation, handling of laboratory equipment, and maintenance of laboratory materials.

Education

  1. 2019–2026

    Ph.D. in Molecular and Translational Medicine (Computational Chemistry)

    Palacký University Olomouc, Czech Republic

    Thesis: From molecular conformation to biological activity: computational methods for the design of small molecules

    Supervisor: Dr. Pavel Polishchuk. Defended in 2026.

  2. 2014–2019

    Specialist Degree with Honours in Bioengineering and Bioinformatics

    Volgograd State University, Russia

Talks and teaching

  1. 2025

    CReM-opt: de novo design guided by explainable docking

    Talk · RDKit User Group Meeting, Prague, Czech Republic

  2. 2023–2026

    Molecular Dynamics Workshop

    Lecturer · Workshop "Advanced in silico Drug Design", Olomouc, Czech Republic

    Annual workshop.

  3. 2022

    GenCReM: de novo molecular generation

    Poster · 12th International Conference on Chemical Structures (ICCS), Noordwijkerhout, Netherlands

    Poster Award.