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• Russia Is Cold, But Its People Are Not: Indian Chemist Praveen Chandrasekar on Working in St. Petersburg and Achieving Scientific Recognition

  The film industry creates stars – but so does science. A twice-honored highly cited scholar in organic chemistry, Praveen Chandrasekar has been doing research for over 20 years. In this time, he has managed to work at two universities in France, as well as teach and conduct research in Germany, Poland, Scotland, and Brazil. But for his project on organic solar cells, he opted for St. Petersburg, Russia – and specifically ITMO University. In this interview, the researcher recalls his time in Russia and weighs in on whether a new type of solar cells could move the technology beyond its use of silicon.

  29.06.2026

• ITMO Fellowship Stories: Katerina Kukushkina on Research Career and Her Experience at ITMO

  Katerina Kukushkina decided to go into science as a child to follow in the footsteps of her grandfather, an aerospace engineer and DSc in engineering, but eventually ended up pursuing a completely different field – chemistry. Over the span of ten years, Katerina studied in Russia, Italy, and France and worked at BIOCAD (a major biotech company in Russia) and several research centers in Spain. However, it was at ITMO that she found all the necessary equipment and specialists for her own project on hybrid nanoparticles for cancer treatment. In this interview, Katerina Kukushkina speaks about the project’s prospects, her work at ITMO, and a career in research.

  10.06.2026

• Virtual Power Plants, Real Electricity: Tanzanian Researcher Jackson J. Justo on Artificial Intelligence and Future of Power Industry

  Jackson J. Justo came to St. Petersburg from Tanzania. In his home country, he had graduated with a Bachelor’s in Electrical Engineering; then, he worked and continued his studies in the universities of South Korea, South Africa, Germany, Indonesia, and Sweden. Recently, he joined ITMO University as a participant of the ITMO Fellowship program. His work in St. Petersburg concerns a project that aims to enable a more sustainable integration of green energy into the conventional power supply infrastructures. What are virtual power plants and how does AI benefit electrical engineers? Find out in this ITMO.NEWS interview with Jackson J. Justo.

  08.10.2024

• Truly More Than a University: ITMO Fellow Tamer El-Messery on Foodtech and Working in Russia

  Throughout his career, Tamer El-Messery has had the opportunity to work at universities in Spain, China, the UK, Turkey, and Egypt. But for the past two years, he has been collaborating with researchers at ITMO. Here, Dr. El-Messery is developing new, more efficient delivery systems for active natural components, such as vitamins and phytonutrients, to ensure that they are better absorbed by the human body. In this interview, he talks about his studies and his experiences – at times surprising – with Russian students.

  15.08.2024

• From 3D-Printed Homes to Next-Gen Energy Storage: ITMO Fellow Maxim Arsentev on Symbiosis of Physical Chemistry and IT

  According to reports by the analytics company GlobalData, the global 3D printing industry will reach $36 billion by 2025 and $70 billion by 2030. With the help of additive technologies, it is now possible to print complex structures quickly, inexpensively, and on the spot – that includes prosthetics, car parts, or even sections of buildings. But to make such products sturdier, manufacturers need to identify the right material and design of the cell scaffolds – the “building blocks” of the technology. This is precisely the focus of Maxim Arsentev, a researcher at ITMO and a laureate of the ITMO Fellowship program. Speaking to ITMO.NEWS, he explains his career path and how IT tools are benefitting the field of physical chemistry.

  27.04.2024

• ITMO Fellowship: ITMO Launches New Postdoc Track for Young Scientists Across Russia

  In addition to working with companies like Gazprom Neft, Sberbank, Yandex, and other industry leaders, participants of the new program will have the opportunity to conduct cutting-edge research in fields such as quantum communications, optics, smart technologies, robotics, and others pursued at ITMO University. The track provides young researchers with a comprehensive adaptation package (special housing conditions, a health insurance package, and additional funding for purchasing equipment and consumables) to make their move to St. Petersburg more convenient. Applications are accepted through May 15.

  08.04.2024

• From Reindeer Herders to Treating Diseases: Bioinformatician Anna Popenko on Studying Gut Microbiome

  Gut microbiome is the largest of its kind in the human body, and its microorganisms are directly connected to the appearance and development of many diseases. We talked to ITMO Fellow and bioinformatician Anna Popenko about why microbiome research is important and how it can be beneficial. At ITMO, Dr. Popenko heads the group studying the connection between gut microbiome, the environment a person lives in, and their health.

  27.03.2024

• ITMO Fellow Muhammad Ali Abbasi Talks New 2D Nanomaterials for Wastewater Remediation, Discovering St. Petersburg, and Learning Russian

  A native of Pakistan, Muhammad Ali Abbasi previously worked in his home country, as well as Germany, but he chose Russia as the place to build his scientific career. Today, he is working at ITMO, developing a new class of 2D nanomaterials for the remediation of industrial and domestic wastewater from emerging organic pollutants (EOCs) – low concentrations of medicines and cosmetic products. However, modern studies indicate the potential toxicity and carcinogenic impact of such pollutants on human and aquatic life. In this interview, he also talks about the commonalities between St. Petersburg and Pakistan, the benefits of learning Russian as an Urdu speaker, and the process of doing research at the intersection of physics and chemistry.

  30.01.2024

• Research is an Ongoing Process: ITMO Fellow Dmitry Glazov on Studying Dark Matter

  Scientists at ITMO’s Faculty of Physics are conducting atomic and molecular experiments, which are essential to understanding the universe, finding dark matter, and building the nuclear clock. In this article, Dmitry Glazov, a laureate of the ITMO Fellowship program, weighs in on the merits of such experiments and explains why studying atoms and molecules is vital to the discovery of dark matter.

  23.01.2024

• ITMO Fellowship Stories: Kirill Bronnikov on Mie-Tronics, Resonance Effects, and the Future of Photonics

  According to Future Market Insights, the value of the global photonics market is expected to surpass $900 billion in 2023 and reach $1.6 trillion by 2033. Photonics has found its application in computer science, medicine, manufacturing, and quantum computing. In this interview, Kirill Bronnikov, a laureate of ITMO Fellowship program’s Postdoc track, who moved from Novosibirsk to study dielectric Mie-tronics at ITMO University, speaks about the prospects of the field and photonics-related research at ITMO.

  20.10.2023