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• March 1, 1999 - present Post-doctoral Research Associate at Tufts University. Synthesis, spectral and structural studies of modified single stranded DNAs as the selective binders for double stranded DNAs and structured RNAs.
• 1997-1999 Post-doctoral Research Associate at North Dakota State University. Work in the field of synthesis, spectral and structural characterization of new unsymmetrical porphyrins and their metal complexes as potential NLO materials.
• 1995-1997 Graduate student at Kiev State University (Ukraine): Synthesis of heterocyclic oximes as models of peptide natural antibiotics and spectral and structural study of their metal complexes.
• 1991-1992 Work in an organic laboratory at the Chemistry Department of Kiev State University; chemist.

• Synthesis of organic, inorganic and coordination compounds. Organic compounds include pyrrole derivatives, dipyrromethanes, porphyrins, hetaryloximes, half-macrocyclic oximes and phosphoramidites and PNA building blocks for DNA-hybrids synthesis. Coordination compounds include both transition (Mn, Cu, Ni, Fe, Zn, Ag) and main group (Sn, Sb, Pb, Tl, Mg) metal complexes. Inorganic compounds include anhydrous, light and moisture sensitive salts.
• Experienced with stable isotopes (2H, 15N) labeling and handling.
• Skilled in chromatography (LC, TLC, HPLC).

• Proficient in spectral analysis and instrumental use of the following methods:
1D and 2D NMR spectroscopy (1H, 2H, 13C, JEOL-270 and 400 MHz, Bruker-200 and 300)
IR (Mattson Instruments)
UV-visible spectroscopy (CARY family, HP diode array spectrometers, Perkin-Elmer Lambda 10)
EPR spectroscopy
Electrochemistry (BAS-100 electrochemical analyzer).
Automated DNA synthesis using ABI 381A.
HPLC (Waters semipreparative HPLC system).
Mass spectrometry (Bruker matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization time-of-flight detection (MALDI-TOF) mass spectrometer)
• Proficient in crystal structure solution (SHELX-76 and 93 software).
• Analytical training includes using of 1D and 2D TLC, HPLC and C,H,N analyzer.
• Experienced with semi-empirical and molecular mechanics calculations (HyperChem and Macromodel).

• June 31, 1997 Ph.D. degree from Kiev State University (Ukraine). 1995-1997 Doctoral studies with Dr. V.V. Skopenko and Dr. K.V. Domasevitch at the Chemistry Department of Kiev State University, Kiev, Ukraine.
• June, 1995 Graduation with honor with MS degree from Kiev State University, Kiev, Ukraine. Major: chemistry, teaching.

• 1993-1995 Two a year-grants for conducting of undergraduate research from International Science Foundation (Soros Foundation).
• 1995-1997 Two a year-grants for conducting of doctoral research from International Science Foundation (Soros Foundation).
• August and December, 1996 Two grants from Polish Chemical Society and NATO for participation in summer and winter schools on Coordination Chemistry.

Authored and co-authored 13 journal articles since 1995 and presented at 7 conferences.

Personal data:

Date of birth: January 25, 1973.
Place of birth: Nezhin, Ukraine.