Experience
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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
- 2019–2026
Ph.D. in Molecular and Translational Medicine (Computational Chemistry)
Palacký University Olomouc, Czech Republic
Supervisor: Dr. Pavel Polishchuk. Defended in 2026.
- 2014–2019
Specialist Degree with Honours in Bioengineering and Bioinformatics
Volgograd State University, Russia
Talks and teaching
- 2025
CReM-opt: de novo design guided by explainable docking
Talk · RDKit User Group Meeting, Prague, Czech Republic
- 2023–2026
Molecular Dynamics Workshop
Lecturer · Workshop "Advanced in silico Drug Design", Olomouc, Czech Republic
Annual workshop.
- 2022
GenCReM: de novo molecular generation
Poster · 12th International Conference on Chemical Structures (ICCS), Noordwijkerhout, Netherlands
Poster Award.