Just one month before commencement ceremony i was hunted to Schneider Electric company. Bold ideas, innovation and all things that make our life better always were my passions. I am falling in love with my job and people around me now. I am pretty sure my experience in working and study in international community and knowledge in innovation acquired at Skoltech have become my great competitive advantage. There are a lot of talented people in the modern world so it's difficult to distinguish oneself from the crowd. And as one of the lyrics reminds us, "diamonds never sparkle bright unless they are set just right". Skoltech is the best place for becoming diamonds.

I'm currently working at Yandex Self-Driving Cars making visual search system. My research interests lie mostly in the field of video restoration — video inpainting, video super-resolution and optical flow. Why Skoltech? I think it's quite a unique place in Russia where your talents and initiatives get support and start vibrating among other students. The key is that it you just feel comfortable there. The distance between the faculty, administration and students is so small you start feel yourself as a truly valuable piece in Skoltech ecosystem. And then, when you feel engaged and have any support you need, your creativity starts to unravel. It's easy to study at Skoltech, but you need to work hard.

My area of interest is the synthesis of nanomaterials and their application. Skoltech is a place for growth. The modern approach in research at the highest level, team of professionals with international experience. Projects with real businesses and laboratories around the world. Trips and networking.

After graduation from Skoltech, I decided to pursue a career in Industry. My academic background is plant biotechnology with a particular interest in sunflower genomics and lipidomics. Now I'm working as an Innovation specialist at Rusagro. Why Skoltech? A wide range of electives, a flexible schedule, lectures from world-class professors, excellent labs, cutting-edge research, various club activities, leadership & entrepreneurship, and studying in English provide a good start for the ongoing future growth. Choose Skoltech if you want to discover and challenge yourself.

I received a MSc degree from Skoltech in 2019 and entered the PhD program at the Technical University of Eindhoven. In Skoltech, the topic of my thesis was devoted to integral photonics, and in particular, to the development of the Si-based electro-optic modulator. Skoltech provided me with a great opportunity to work in modern and well-equipped laboratories on an interesting and demanded project. Now I am continuing my research in the field of photonics, but I moved from the device level to the system level and working on the project devoted to communication links with utilizing photonics.

Skoltech is a unique place where you can get a world-class biological education without leaving Russia. Skoltech has excellent professors, the educational process is organized very thoughtfully, there are opportunities for internships and professional development. Currently I'm a PhD student at the Netherlands Cancer Institute, a research institute at the main cancer hospital for adult patients in the Netherlands. I am a bioinformatician, engaged in sequencing data analysis. I also work with public data, participate in the development of clinical trials and analysis of their results. My projects focus on the role of T cells in the development of cancer and in response to therapy, on the role of tumor microenvironment in response to therapy, on liquid biopsies in cancer treatment and much more.

I am now a PhD student working in evolutionary biology. I went a long way from physicist to wet biologist and then to bioinformatician. The greatest advantage of Skoltech for me is flexibility in terms of courses and schedule. That's what made all my specialization transitions possible :) This, together with cutting-edge research and international community of Skoltech, makes a perfect atmosphere to grow as a an independent scientist or enterpreneur.

Area of my professional interests includes oil and petroleum products market analysis and forecasting, providing insights and finding solutions for the problems of industrial companies. Although given the current realities, it becomes more challenging to predict the global market situation, the more interesting it is for me and my team.
When I chose to pursue a Master degree at Skoltech, I bet on the uniqueness of this university and its educational programmes, in particular. The fact that it is young and rapidly growing made it even more attractive, because all the university staff, professors and students work extremely hard to render it the best one.
Skoltech for me is a very special place, where you are taught to think critically, to be a creator and innovator. If you manage to go through challenging application process, you make an outstanding contribution to your future, becoming part of a stunning community of ambitious and talented people.