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Olexandr K. Isayev

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Educational Background

In progress

Ph. D. (expected in Spring 2008)
Jackson State University, Department of Chemistry, USA

2001 – 2002

M.S. with the Highest Honor (Red Diploma)
Dnepropetrovsk National University, Department of Chemistry, Ukraine

1997 – 2001

B.Sc. with the Highest Honor
Dnepropetrovsk National University, Department of Chemistry, Ukraine

Professional Experience

2002 – present

Graduate Research Assistant
Chemical Materials and Computational Modleing (CMCM) Project, Computational Center for Molecular Structure and Interactions, Jackson State University

2003 – present

System Administrator
Computational Center for Molecular Structure and Interactions, Jackson State University

Summer 2006

Visiting Research Fellow
Equipe de Chimie et Biochimie Théoriques, Université Henri Poincaré, Nancy, France

2004

Teaching Assistant
Department of Chemistry, Jackson State University

Summer 2002

Summer Internship
Computational Center for Molecular Structure and Interactions, Jackson State University

2000 – 2002

Research Associate
Dnepropetrovsk National University, Department of Chemistry, Ukraine

Awards & Honors

  • 2nd Best Professional Oral Presentation. 70th Annual Meeting, Mississippi Academy of Sciences; 2006
  • Honor for Outstanding Academic Leadership. Jackson State University; 2003
  • Special Recognition Award. 10th Conference on Current Trends in Computational Chemistry; Jackson, 2001
  • Prize Winner of Ukrainian Chemical Olympiad for Students. Kharkov, Ukraine, 2001
  • Award of Ministry of Education (Ukraine). Competition for Research Project of Young Scientists; Kiev, 1997

Research & Activities

Skills

  • Computational Chemistry & Molecular Modeling
  • Wavefunction based codes: Gaussian, GAMESS, NWChem, ACES II, AIM2000.
  • Plane?waves & hybrid codes: CPMD (including GROMOS QM/MM), Quantum Espresso, CP2K Materials Studio.
  • Molecular modeling: NAMD, AMBER, GROMACS, Sybyl
  • IT & High Performance Computing (HPC)
  • Linux cluster design, construction, optimization and maintenance.
  • System administration under Windows 2000/XP/2003 and Linux environment.
  • Basic C/C++, Shell scripting, TCL, MPI.
  • Libraries: BLAS, ATLAS, LAPACK, MKL, ACML.
  • Math IDE: MATLAB, Origin, MathCAD.
  • Graphic & Design
  • Chemical Viz: VMD, gOpenMol, Molekel, Molden, Pymol, GaussView, ChemOffice, etc.
  • Scientific Viz: AVS/Express, POVRay, MATLAB.
  • Graphic/Design workflow: Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, Corel Draw.
  • Web: (x)HTML, CSS, PHP, ASP, MySQL, file, web and mail servers.
  • Publishing/Typography: Adobe InDesign, Post Script, Acrobat.

Misc

  • Languages: English – fluent, Russian and Ukrainian – native
  • Citizenship: Ukraine
  • Family Status: Married
  • References: Available upon request
  • hobby: Photography, graphic and web design, infographics, typography, hiking, rafting