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Inspiring stories of success by Skoltech students and alumni
What happens after you graduate from Skoltech?
Discover the career paths of Skoltech students and graduates: startup founders, experts at the top industrial companies and international research institutions, and now leaders who are shaking up the world.
Latest Stories
PhD: Petroleum Engineering
Embracing entrepreneurship at Skoltech
Arsenii Chekalov, PhD Student | Triple Point, ARSY Co-Founder
MSc: Photonics & Quantum Materials
Shaping the Future of Hackathons and Employer Branding
Aleksei Marakhin, 2019 MSc Alumnus | Phystech.Genesis Co-Founder
By Career Path
MSc: Life Sciences
Medical doctor, immuno-oncology PhD student, and Skoltech alumna
Aleksandra Bugakova, MSc Alumna
MSc: Photonics & Quantum Materials
Physics Enthusiast, MSCA Research Fellow, and Skoltech alumnus
Muneed Farooq, MSc alumnus
MSc: Engineering Systems
From India to Japan: The Path to Making Robots More Emotional
Ayush Gupta, MSc alumni
MSc: Engineering Systems
Journey in Robotics: From Roots in Ethiopia to a PhD in Australia
Fikre Gebremeskel, MSc alumni
MSc & PhD: Petroleum Engineering
A new generation of researchers: pursuing science as a career
Aysylu Askarova, 2016 MSc alumna | 2020 PhD alumna
MSc: Engineering Systems
From business analyst to DL engineer in robotics
Ekaterina Dorzhieva, 2022 MSc alumna | DL engineer in Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology
PhD: Engineering Systems
PhD thesis as a Startup
Dmitry Popov, PhD-4 in Engineering Systems | Founder, Startup IZI CAD
MSc: Photonics & Quantum Materials
Neural Networks and Water Polo Champion
Alexander Berezutskii, MSc alumni
PhD: Advanced Studies
Winning the Young Russian Mathematicians Prize
Nikolay Bogachev, Research Scientist, Center for Advanced Studies
MSc & PhD: Materials Science
A round-the-world trip to Skoltech to develop code for structure determination
Michele Galasso | PhD student
MSc & PhD: Petroleum Engineering
MSc graduate, PhD graduate, Labadvance startup co-founder and CTO
Evgeny Shilov, MSc and PhD alumnus
MSc: Data Science
A journey that started in a joint Sber x Skoltech lab
Anna Nikolaeva, MSc alumna, Data Scientist at Skoltech-Sber Lab
MSc: Materials Science
Research, entrepreunership, and hockey
Valery Okatenko, MSc alumni
MSc & PhD: Data Science
Getting the best of Skoltech and HSE with the Math of Machine Learning Olympiad
Aleksandr Rubashevskii, MSc Statistical Learning Theory (HSE x Skoltech)
PhD: Physics
Cracking the code to aging with theoretical physics, data science and biomedicine
Andrei Tarkhov, 2020 | Gero, Principal Researcher
MSc: Materials Science
From 'blind kitten' to 'the guy who does good things': a Skoltech journey
Ivan Volodin, MSc alumnus
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MSc: Photonics & Quantum Materials
The Power of Intention: a Journey from Physics to Data Science
Daria Satco | MSc Alumna | DS Lead at MegaFon
MSc: Engineering Systems
Drones, robots and aerospace engineering
Yomna Youssef, MSc alumna
MSc: Energy Systems
Applying engineering mindset in Edtech company
Fater Akuhwa, 2021 MSc alumni | Marketing Project Manager, Skyeng
MSc: Data Science
Passion for programming + background in biology = Career at Insilico Medicine
Olga Novitskaya, 2021 MSc in Data Science | Big data specialist, Insilico Medicine
MSc: Life Sciences
From an Intern to Middle Bioinformatician at BostonGene
Konstantin Chernyshov, 2021 MSc in Life Science | Middle Bioinformatician, BostonGene
MSc: Data Science
From a Masters student to Data Science Commander at Gazprom Neft
Anna Dubovik, MSc alumna
MSc: Data Science
From research at Skoltech to industry at Yandex
Stepan Konev, 2021 MSc alumni | Machine Learning Engineer, Yandex Self-Driving Group
MSc: Data Science
Step by step: from Skoltech Master's to Director at one of the largest banks in Russia
Alexei Riabykh, 2019 MSc alumni | Managing Director of Modeling and Data Analysis, VTB
MSc: Engineering Systems
Applying research from Skoltech at Schlumberger (and rocking it)
Olga Sutyrina, MSc graduate
MSc: Advanced Manufacturing Technologies
What do additive manufacturing and gardening have in common?
Guillaume Debaille, MSc alumni
MSc: Materials Science
From lab to market: taking the most from Skoltech for a successful career
Andrii Omelianovych, 2015 | Criteo, Product Manager
MSc: Data Science
From Writing Code to Product Management
Sergey Muratov, 2016| PROFI.RU, Product Manager
MSc: Materials Science
Forging a Career in Alternative Energy Generation
Ruslan Timerbulatov
MSc: Data Science
How to Start a Career in ML: Some Scientific Food for Thought
Alexander Anikin, 2017| Align Technology, Senior Machine Learning Engineer
MSc: Materials Science
From NYU to Skoltech: a Journey in Renewable Energy
Charles Belina, MSc graduate
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PhD: Petroleum Engineering
Embracing entrepreneurship at Skoltech
Arsenii Chekalov, PhD Student | Triple Point, ARSY Co-Founder
MSc: Photonics & Quantum Materials
Shaping the Future of Hackathons and Employer Branding
Aleksei Marakhin, 2019 MSc Alumnus | Phystech.Genesis Co-Founder
MSc: Information Science and Technology
From a student startup enthusiast to a Triple Point coordinator
Arina Ivanova, 2022 MSc alumna | Triple Point coordinator at Skoltech
MSc: Information Science and Technology
Personal website as a career experience reflection
Sergey Blintsov, 2022 MSc graduate | CEO, Startup BeDance
MSc & PhD: Petroleum Engineering
How to combine several career tracks
Ayomikun Bello, 2022 MSc graduate and PhD student
From Skoltech innovation courses to the only startup in bioprinting in Russia
Katherine Vilinski-Mazur, PhD-4, Mathematics and Mechanics | Founder, CEO, Chief RnD Officer Bogdan Kirillov, PhD-3, Life Sciences | Senior Software Developer & Co-Founder CTO Maksim Annikov, MSc-1, Energy Systems | Chief Marketing Officer
PhD: Engineering Systems
PhD thesis as a Startup
Dmitry Popov, PhD-4 in Engineering Systems | Founder, Startup IZI CAD
MSc & PhD: Petroleum Engineering
MSc graduate, PhD graduate, Labadvance startup co-founder and CTO
Evgeny Shilov, MSc and PhD alumnus
MSc: Engineering Systems
From Skoltech to Chief Technology Officer at Evocargo
Oleg Shipitko, MSc graduate
MSc & PhD: Engineering Systems
Creating eco-friendly energy conversion technologies and perfect ground coffee. Thermal Motors Co-Founder and General Director
Dmitry Smirnov, MSc and PhD
MSc & PhD: Advanced Manufacturing Technologies
Building a startup dream team with the Skoltech community
Maria Zhilyaeva (Goncharova), 2016 | Geeklama, Co-Founder | PhD at Skoltech
MSc: Advanced Manufacturing Technologies
Engineer and co-founder of Karfidov Lab: Russia's top industrial design company
Dmitry Vasilev, MSc Alumnus
Team Stories
From Skoltech innovation courses to the only startup in bioprinting in Russia
Katherine Vilinski-Mazur, PhD-4, Mathematics and Mechanics | Founder, CEO, Chief RnD Officer Bogdan Kirillov, PhD-3, Life Sciences | Senior Software Developer & Co-Founder CTO Maksim Annikov, MSc-1, Energy Systems | Chief Marketing Officer
Team RESET: Eurobot Prize Winners, Robotics Gurus, Teammates
Skoltech Eurobot team | Intelligent Space Robotics Laboratory | Space Center
A Journey Abroad: Living in Moscow, Finding Friends and Studying at Skoltech
International Students' Experience at Skoltech
By Degree
MSc: Photonics & Quantum Materials
Shaping the Future of Hackathons and Employer Branding
Aleksei Marakhin, 2019 MSc Alumnus | Phystech.Genesis Co-Founder
MSc: Photonics & Quantum Materials
The Power of Intention: a Journey from Physics to Data Science
Daria Satco | MSc Alumna | DS Lead at MegaFon
MSc: Life Sciences
Medical doctor, immuno-oncology PhD student, and Skoltech alumna
Aleksandra Bugakova, MSc Alumna
MSc: Engineering Systems
Drones, robots and aerospace engineering
Yomna Youssef, MSc alumna
MSc: Photonics & Quantum Materials
Physics Enthusiast, MSCA Research Fellow, and Skoltech alumnus
Muneed Farooq, MSc alumnus
MSc: Engineering Systems
From India to Japan: The Path to Making Robots More Emotional
Ayush Gupta, MSc alumni
MSc: Information Science and Technology
From a student startup enthusiast to a Triple Point coordinator
Arina Ivanova, 2022 MSc alumna | Triple Point coordinator at Skoltech
MSc: Engineering Systems
Journey in Robotics: From Roots in Ethiopia to a PhD in Australia
Fikre Gebremeskel, MSc alumni
MSc & PhD: Petroleum Engineering
A new generation of researchers: pursuing science as a career
Aysylu Askarova, 2016 MSc alumna | 2020 PhD alumna
MSc: Engineering Systems
From business analyst to DL engineer in robotics
Ekaterina Dorzhieva, 2022 MSc alumna | DL engineer in Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology
MSc: Petroleum Engineering
Journey from West Siberian swamps to Industrial Immersion on Sakhalin Island
Yanislav Morozov, MSc student
MSc: Information Science and Technology
Personal website as a career experience reflection
Sergey Blintsov, 2022 MSc graduate | CEO, Startup BeDance
MSc & PhD: Petroleum Engineering
How to combine several career tracks
Ayomikun Bello, 2022 MSc graduate and PhD student
MSc: Energy Systems
Applying engineering mindset in Edtech company
Fater Akuhwa, 2021 MSc alumni | Marketing Project Manager, Skyeng
MSc: Data Science
Passion for programming + background in biology = Career at Insilico Medicine
Olga Novitskaya, 2021 MSc in Data Science | Big data specialist, Insilico Medicine
MSc: Life Sciences
From an Intern to Middle Bioinformatician at BostonGene
Konstantin Chernyshov, 2021 MSc in Life Science | Middle Bioinformatician, BostonGene
MSc: Photonics & Quantum Materials
Neural Networks and Water Polo Champion
Alexander Berezutskii, MSc alumni
MSc: Data Science
From a Masters student to Data Science Commander at Gazprom Neft
Anna Dubovik, MSc alumna
MSc: Data Science
From research at Skoltech to industry at Yandex
Stepan Konev, 2021 MSc alumni | Machine Learning Engineer, Yandex Self-Driving Group
MSc: Data Science
Step by step: from Skoltech Master's to Director at one of the largest banks in Russia
Alexei Riabykh, 2019 MSc alumni | Managing Director of Modeling and Data Analysis, VTB
MSc & PhD: Materials Science
A round-the-world trip to Skoltech to develop code for structure determination
Michele Galasso | PhD student
MSc & PhD: Petroleum Engineering
MSc graduate, PhD graduate, Labadvance startup co-founder and CTO
Evgeny Shilov, MSc and PhD alumnus
MSc: Data Science
A journey that started in a joint Sber x Skoltech lab
Anna Nikolaeva, MSc alumna, Data Scientist at Skoltech-Sber Lab
MSc: Engineering Systems
Applying research from Skoltech at Schlumberger (and rocking it)
Olga Sutyrina, MSc graduate
MSc: Materials Science
Research, entrepreunership, and hockey
Valery Okatenko, MSc alumni
MSc: Advanced Manufacturing Technologies
What do additive manufacturing and gardening have in common?
Guillaume Debaille, MSc alumni
MSc: Engineering Systems
From Skoltech to Chief Technology Officer at Evocargo
Oleg Shipitko, MSc graduate
MSc & PhD: Data Science
Getting the best of Skoltech and HSE with the Math of Machine Learning Olympiad
Aleksandr Rubashevskii, MSc Statistical Learning Theory (HSE x Skoltech)
MSc & PhD: Engineering Systems
Creating eco-friendly energy conversion technologies and perfect ground coffee. Thermal Motors Co-Founder and General Director
Dmitry Smirnov, MSc and PhD
MSc: Materials Science
From lab to market: taking the most from Skoltech for a successful career
Andrii Omelianovych, 2015 | Criteo, Product Manager
MSc & PhD: Advanced Manufacturing Technologies
Building a startup dream team with the Skoltech community
Maria Zhilyaeva (Goncharova), 2016 | Geeklama, Co-Founder | PhD at Skoltech
MSc: Data Science
From Writing Code to Product Management
Sergey Muratov, 2016| PROFI.RU, Product Manager
MSc: Materials Science
Forging a Career in Alternative Energy Generation
Ruslan Timerbulatov
MSc: Data Science
How to Start a Career in ML: Some Scientific Food for Thought
Alexander Anikin, 2017| Align Technology, Senior Machine Learning Engineer
MSc: Materials Science
From 'blind kitten' to 'the guy who does good things': a Skoltech journey
Ivan Volodin, MSc alumnus
MSc: Materials Science
From NYU to Skoltech: a Journey in Renewable Energy
Charles Belina, MSc graduate
MSc: Advanced Manufacturing Technologies
Engineer and co-founder of Karfidov Lab: Russia's top industrial design company
Dmitry Vasilev, MSc Alumnus
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PhD: Petroleum Engineering
Embracing entrepreneurship at Skoltech
Arsenii Chekalov, PhD Student | Triple Point, ARSY Co-Founder
MSc & PhD: Petroleum Engineering
A new generation of researchers: pursuing science as a career
Aysylu Askarova, 2016 MSc alumna | 2020 PhD alumna
MSc & PhD: Petroleum Engineering
How to combine several career tracks
Ayomikun Bello, 2022 MSc graduate and PhD student
PhD: Engineering Systems
PhD thesis as a Startup
Dmitry Popov, PhD-4 in Engineering Systems | Founder, Startup IZI CAD
PhD: Advanced Studies
Winning the Young Russian Mathematicians Prize
Nikolay Bogachev, Research Scientist, Center for Advanced Studies
MSc & PhD: Materials Science
A round-the-world trip to Skoltech to develop code for structure determination
Michele Galasso | PhD student
MSc & PhD: Petroleum Engineering
MSc graduate, PhD graduate, Labadvance startup co-founder and CTO
Evgeny Shilov, MSc and PhD alumnus
MSc & PhD: Data Science
Getting the best of Skoltech and HSE with the Math of Machine Learning Olympiad
Aleksandr Rubashevskii, MSc Statistical Learning Theory (HSE x Skoltech)
MSc & PhD: Engineering Systems
Creating eco-friendly energy conversion technologies and perfect ground coffee. Thermal Motors Co-Founder and General Director
Dmitry Smirnov, MSc and PhD
PhD: Physics
Cracking the code to aging with theoretical physics, data science and biomedicine
Andrei Tarkhov, 2020 | Gero, Principal Researcher
MSc & PhD: Advanced Manufacturing Technologies
Building a startup dream team with the Skoltech community
Maria Zhilyaeva (Goncharova), 2016 | Geeklama, Co-Founder | PhD at Skoltech
On the Job: Career Stories
MSc: Photonics & Quantum Materials
Shaping the Future of Hackathons and Employer Branding
Aleksei Marakhin, 2019 MSc Alumnus | Phystech.Genesis Co-Founder
MSc & PhD: Petroleum Engineering
A new generation of researchers: pursuing science as a career
Aysylu Askarova, 2016 MSc alumna | 2020 PhD alumna
MSc: Engineering Systems
From business analyst to DL engineer in robotics
Ekaterina Dorzhieva, 2022 MSc alumna | DL engineer in Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology
MSc: Information Science and Technology
Personal website as a career experience reflection
Sergey Blintsov, 2022 MSc graduate | CEO, Startup BeDance
MSc & PhD: Petroleum Engineering
How to combine several career tracks
Ayomikun Bello, 2022 MSc graduate and PhD student
PhD: Engineering Systems
PhD thesis as a Startup
Dmitry Popov, PhD-4 in Engineering Systems | Founder, Startup IZI CAD
MSc: Energy Systems
Applying engineering mindset in Edtech company
Fater Akuhwa, 2021 MSc alumni | Marketing Project Manager, Skyeng
MSc: Data Science
Passion for programming + background in biology = Career at Insilico Medicine
Olga Novitskaya, 2021 MSc in Data Science | Big data specialist, Insilico Medicine
MSc: Life Sciences
From an Intern to Middle Bioinformatician at BostonGene
Konstantin Chernyshov, 2021 MSc in Life Science | Middle Bioinformatician, BostonGene
MSc: Data Science
From research at Skoltech to industry at Yandex
Stepan Konev, 2021 MSc alumni | Machine Learning Engineer, Yandex Self-Driving Group
MSc: Data Science
Step by step: from Skoltech Master's to Director at one of the largest banks in Russia
Alexei Riabykh, 2019 MSc alumni | Managing Director of Modeling and Data Analysis, VTB
MSc & PhD: Petroleum Engineering
MSc graduate, PhD graduate, Labadvance startup co-founder and CTO
Evgeny Shilov, MSc and PhD alumnus
MSc: Engineering Systems
Applying research from Skoltech at Schlumberger (and rocking it)
Olga Sutyrina, MSc graduate
MSc: Materials Science
From lab to market: taking the most from Skoltech for a successful career
Andrii Omelianovych, 2015 | Criteo, Product Manager
MSc & PhD: Advanced Manufacturing Technologies
Building a startup dream team with the Skoltech community
Maria Zhilyaeva (Goncharova), 2016 | Geeklama, Co-Founder | PhD at Skoltech
MSc: Data Science
From Writing Code to Product Management
Sergey Muratov, 2016| PROFI.RU, Product Manager
MSc: Materials Science
Forging a Career in Alternative Energy Generation
Ruslan Timerbulatov
MSc: Data Science
How to Start a Career in ML: Some Scientific Food for Thought
Alexander Anikin, 2017| Align Technology, Senior Machine Learning Engineer
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