ABOUT FOUNDATION

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Professor of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Doctor of Physics and Mathematics, Professor at the Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology, Head of the Department of Semiconductors and Dielectrics at the National University of Science and Technology MISIS, Member of Academia Europaea, Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry and the American Physical Society.

Areas of interest

• Chemistry
• Materials science
• Geology

Achievements

• USPEX – a method for crystal structure prediction
• High-temperature superconductivity
• A theory of the origin of water on Earth

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Academician of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Doctor of Physics and Mathematics, Chairman of the Scientific Council for Applied Nuclear Physics at the Russian Academy of Sciences, Head of the Laboratory of Nuclear Reactions at the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, Professor at Lomonosov Moscow State University, Professor at Moscow Engineering Physics Institute, Doctor of the Mendeleev University of Chemical Technology of Russia.

Areas of interest

• Physics

Achievements

• The 118th chemical element, oganesson (Og), was named in his honor
• Discovery of superheavy chemical elements: rutherfordium, dubnium, seaborgium, bohrium
• Fundamental work on the synthesis of new elements using heavy ion beams

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Head of the Quantum Information Technologies research group at the Russian Quantum Center, Head of the Quantum Information Technologies Laboratory at the National University of Science and Technology MISIS, the youngest professor at the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology.

Areas of interest

• Physics
• Quantum information theory

Achievements

• First ever quantum blockchain
• Qudit-based quantum processor
• Youngest professor at the MIPT

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Academician of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus, Doctor of Physics Mathematics, Foreign Member of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Professor at Belarusian State University.

Areas of interest

• Physics
• Quantum technology

Achievements

• Wrote the first review of quantum computing in Russian
• Was one of the first scientist in the world to study single photons
• Developed a theory of quantum fluctuations in in nonlinear-optical interactions

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Academician of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Doctor of Chemistry, Professor at Lomonosov Moscow State University, Director of the Shemyakin – Ovchinnikov Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry.

Areas of interest

• Biochemistry

Achievements

• President of the Russian Biochemical Society
• Discovered natural catalytic antibody activity and ways to utilize it in medical research

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Professor of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Corresponding member of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Doctor of Biology, Director of the Federal Centre for Brain Research and Neurotechnology of the Federal Medical-Biological Agency of Russia.

Areas of interest

• Biology
• Medicine

Achievements

• Developed new approaches to neuron activation by thermooptogenetics using thermosensitive ion channels

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Doctor of Physics and Mathematics, Head of the research group at the Russian Quantum Center, Director of the research branch of the Theoretical Physics Laboratory at the National Center for Scientific Research, Professor at the University of Amsterdam.

Areas of interest

• Quantum physics

Achievements

• Discovered a new type of phase transition in many-body systems
• Discovered new topological many-body quantum states
• BEC Prize

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Academician of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Member of Academia Europaea, Doctor of Chemistry, Professor at Lomonosov Moscow State University, Head of the Laboratory at the Zelinsky Institute of Organic Chemistry, Head of the Chemistry Section of the Department of Chemistry and Materials Sciences of the Russian Academy of Sciences.

Areas of interest

• Fundamental research on catalysis, organic chemistry and physicochemistry of nanoparticles

Achievements

• Created highly efficient next-generation catalysts
• Discovered the phenomenon of dynamic catalysis
• Created a unique method for comprehensive experimental and theoretical study of catalytic processes

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Candidate of Sciences in Medicine, Director of the Institute of Translational Biomedicine, Head of Laboratory for Neurobiology and Molecular Pharmacology, Head of Research with the Pirogov Clinic of High Medical Technologies at the St. Petersburg State University, Head of Research Area for Neurobiology with Sirius University’s Research Center for Genetics and Life Sciences, Adjunct Professor with Sirius University, Professor with the St. Petersburg State University.

Areas of interest

• Neurobiology
• Dopamine pharmacology
• Mental and neurological brain disorders

Achievements

• Invented brand-new medication therapy methods for treating brain disorders
• Invented new medicines for treating neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer's disease
• A pioneer and a global leader in research in dopamine pharmacology and trace amine-associated receptors
• Three times named one of the world's Highly Cited Researchers by Web of Science (WoS)

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Professor of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Corresponding Member of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Doctor of Chemistry, Distinguished Professor at Lomonosov Moscow State University, Head of the Inorganic Chemistry Department at Lomonosov Moscow State University, Member of the American Chemical Society.

Areas of interest

• Inorganic chemistry
• Supramolecular chemistry
• Inorganic synthesis
• thermoelectric
• Materials
• Superconductors

Achievements

• Synthesis and structural studies of various inorganic compounds
• Development of synthetic alternatives to certain minerals
• Chairman of the Specialized Dissertation Council at Lomonosov Moscow State University

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Professor of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Corresponding Member of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Doctor of Medicine, Honored Scientist of the Russian Federation, Deputy Director for Science and Research and Head of the Cardiology and Cardiovascular Surgery Department at Lomonosov Moscow State University Medical Research and Education Center.

Areas of interest

• Medicine
• Cardiology
• Cellular technologies in heart research

Achievements

• Created a hardware and software system for modeling the mechanics of myocardial contractions
• Developed a method for preoperative risk stratification of cardiovascular complications in extracardiac surgical procedures
• Introduced new methods for assessing the connection between physiologic processes of myocardial contraction and perfusion
• Proposed a new scale for assessing life quality in acute heart failure

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Academician of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Doctor of Biology, Head of the Laboratory of Simple Systems, Head of the Department of Molecular and Translational Medicine at the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology (National Research University), Member of the Federal Russian Presidential Council for Science and Education.

Areas of interest

• Molecular diagnostics
• Genomics
• Proteomics
• Systems biology
• Synthetic biology

Achievements

• Led the development and implementation of the test system for the diagnostics of SARS-CoV-2
• Developed the IZASCRIN8 analyzer for rapid diagnostics based on loop-mediated isothermal amplification. The analyzer can be used for detecting the SARS-CoV-2 pathogen
• Identified the full metabolite scope for Mollicute bacteria
• Created a new branch of physico-chemical medicine related to the application of omics in biology and medicine in normal and pathological conditions

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Co-founder and editor-in-chief of the Neuronovosti.Ru portal, editor-in-chief of the Mendeleev.info portal, Board Member of the Mendeleev Russian Chemical Society, Expert of the project office of the Decade of Science and Technology in Russia.

Areas of interest

• Journalism
• Science popularization

Achievements

• Founder of Mendeleev.info portal
• Co-founder and editor-in-chief of the Neuronovosti.Ru portal
• Co-founder of the popular neuroscience lecture project Izviliny znaniy [Knowledge gyri]

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Ph.D. in Physics and Mathematics, founder of the N + 1 popular science portal

Areas of interest

• Mathematics
• Science popularization

Achievements

• Founder of the N + 1 popular science portal
• Science communicator

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Editor-in-chief of TechInsider magazine, founder and editor-in-chief of the Russian edition of Popular Mechanics magazine

Areas of interest

• Journalism
• Science popularization

Achievements

• Head of National Geographic Russia (2010-2016)
• Shaped the identity of the Russian edition of Popular Mechanics magazine

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Secretary of the Prize Scientific Committee Postgraduate student at the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology, researcher for the Quantum Information Technologies group at the Russian Quantum Center and the Laboratory of Quantum Information Technologies at the National University of Science and Technology MISIS, holder of the Presidential scholarship for young scientists and postgraduates.

Areas of interest

• Quantum information technology
• Machine learning
• Many-body theory

Achievements

• Studied decoherence in many-body quantum systems, proposed a noise protection scheme
• Winner of the Russian Academy of Sciences medal and the prize for young scientists and students in information technology, computer science, and automation
• Presidential scholarship for young scientists and postgraduates conducting promising research

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Head of Science Desk, TASS News Agency

Areas of interest

• Journalism
• Science popularization

Achievements

• Founded a Science Desk and an Environment Desk at two major Russian news agencies
• Laureate of the Russian Union of Journalists’ Award

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Doctor of Sciences in Physics and Mathematics, Director of the Skoltech Applied Artificial Intelligence Center, Professor of Skoltech, Head of the AIRI Scientific Group

Areas of interest

• Artificial intelligence
• Deep neural networks
• Neural visualization

Achievements

• Developed and teaches three full courses for Skoltech’s CDISE curriculum: Machine Learning, Bayesian Machine Learning, Foundations of Data Science
• Laureate of the Moscow Government Prize for Young Scientists (2017)
• Laureate of the Ilya Segalovich Yandex Science Prize as the Best Research Director for Postgraduate Students in the Field of Computer Sciences (2020)
• Winner of the Best Paper Award at the International Workshop on Artificial Neural Networks in Pattern Recognition for his research on point cloud modeling and 3D-shape prediction (2020)
• Winner of the Best Cooperation Project Leader Award from Huawei (2021)
• Winner of the Best Paper Award at the IEEE Internet of People conference for his research on eSports (2019)

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Doctor of Sciences in Physics and Mathematics, Head of Chair for Theoretical Physics, MIPT

Areas of interest

• String theory
• Quantum field theory
• Quantum gravity

Achievements

• Expert in physics of the very early universe in the context of primordial black holes, and in Quantum Field Theory for nonstandard situations
• Author of dozens of popular-science articles published on PostNauka, Elementy, Arche, etc

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Co-founder of the NASHA LABA project, Director of the Center for the Development of Scientific and Educational Initiatives, member of the Coordinating Council for Youth Affairs in the Scientific and Educational Spheres of the Presidential Council

Areas of interest

• Technology entrepreneurship
• Scientific volunteering

Achievements

• Co-founder of the NASHA LABA project for the creation of a People's Catalogue of Scientific Equipment and Consumables
• Author of the All-Russian Open Lesson project on “Inventive Activity and Intellectual Property” for school students and young people for the International Intellectual Property Day
• Member of the Public Council, Federal Agency for Youth Affairs
• Participant of President Putin’s meeting with young scientists and the attendees of the Managerial Pool Program for Science, Technology and Higher Education as part of the Second Congress of Young Scientists