Olexandr K. Isayev
Educational Background
Ph. D. (expected in Spring 2008)
Jackson State University, Department of Chemistry, USA
M.S. with the Highest Honor (Red Diploma)
Dnepropetrovsk National University, Department of Chemistry, Ukraine
B.Sc. with the Highest Honor
Dnepropetrovsk National University, Department of Chemistry, Ukraine
Professional Experience
Graduate Research Assistant
Chemical Materials and Computational Modleing (CMCM) Project, Computational Center for Molecular Structure and Interactions, Jackson State University
System Administrator
Computational Center for Molecular Structure and Interactions, Jackson State University
Visiting Research Fellow
Equipe de Chimie et Biochimie Théoriques, Université Henri Poincaré, Nancy, France
Teaching Assistant
Department of Chemistry, Jackson State University
Summer Internship
Computational Center for Molecular Structure and Interactions, Jackson State University
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
