Skoltech is an international graduate research-focused university that was founded by the group of world-renowned scientists in 2011. Skoltech's curriculum focuses on technology and innovation, offering Master's programs in 11 technological disciplines. Students receive rigorous theoretical and practical training, design their own research projects, participate in internships and gain entrepreneurial skills in English. The faculty is comprised of current researchers with international accreditation and achievements.

2019

  • December 19: Vita Stepanova
    Thesis title: Metabolic variations of modern and ancient human populations
    Supervisor: Professor Philipp Khaitovich, Skoltech

    PhD program: Life Sciences
  • December 19: Tatyana Zyubko
    Thesis title: Efficient in vivo synthesis of lasso peptide pseudomycoidin proceeds in the absence of leader and leader peptidase
    Supervisor: Professor Konstantin Severinov, Skoltech

    PhD program: Life Sciences
  • December 11: Dmitrii Ulianov
    Thesis title: Image generation with convolutional neural networks
    Supervisors :Associate professor Victor Lempitsky, Skoltech
                           Professor Andrea Vedaldi, University of Oxford, United Kingdom

    PhD program: Computational and Data Science and Engineering
  • December 11: Evgeniia Ustinova
    Thesis title: Image-based human re-identification and recognition using deep learning methods
    Supervisor: Associate professor Victor Lempitsky, Skoltech

    PhD program: Computational and Data Science and Engineering
  • December 9: Ali Mazhar
    Thesis title: Voltage feasibility boundaries
    Supervisor: Professor Janusz Bialek, Skoltech

    PhD program: Engineering systems
  • December 2: Sergei Ivanov
    Thesis title: Combinatorial and neural graph vector representations
    Supervisor: Associate professor Evgeny Burnaev, Skoltech

    PhD program: Computational and Data Science and Engineering
  • November 28: Alexandra Tambova
    Thesis title: The numerical modeling of nanophotonics by means of well-conditioned volume integral equation methods
    Supervisor: Professor Maxim Fedorov, Skoltech
                          VP of scientific computing Athanasios Polimeridis, Q Bio

    PhD program: Computational and Data Science and Engineering
  • November 28: Ioannis Georgakis
    Thesis title: Fast integral equation methods and performance bounds of modern magnetic resonance coils
    Supervisor: Professor Maxim Fedorov, Skoltech
                          VP of scientific computing Athanasios Polimeridis, Q Bio

    PhD program: Computational and Data Science and Engineering
  • November 8: Timur Yagafarov
    Thesis title: Polariton lasing in a dye-filled organic microcavities
    Supervisor: Professor Pavlos Lagoudakis, Skoltech

    PhD program: Physics
  • November 8: Anton Baranikov
    Thesis title: Dynamic polariton condensation in organic microcavities
    Supervisor: Professor Pavlos Lagoudakis, Skoltech

    PhD program: Physics
  • October 30: Dmitry Smirnov
    Thesis title: Innovative technological pathway for new commercial applications of Stirling cycle-based systems
    Supervisor: Assistant professor Henni Ouerdane, Skoltech

    PhD program: Engineering systems
  • October 16: Grigory Starkov
    Thesis title: Simulations of high temperature spin dynamics
    Supervisors: Associate professor Boris Fine, Skoltech
                           Assistant professor Anatoly Dymarsky, Skoltech

    PhD program: Physics
  • October 04: Vsevolod Iakovlev
    Thesis title: Advanced synthesis of single-walled carbon nanotubes films by aerosol method for electro-optical application
    Supervisors: Professor Albert Nasibulin, Skoltech
                           Professor Esko Kauppinen, Aalto University, Finland

    PhD program: Physics
  • October 04: Alexey Tsapenko
    Thesis title: Enhancing optoelectronic performance of randomly oriented single-walled carbon nanotube films
    Supervisors: Professor Albert Nasibulin, Skoltech
                           Professor Esko Kauppinen, Aalto University, Finland

    PhD program: Physics
  • October 02: Konstantin Gubaev
    Thesis title: Machine-learning interatomic potentials for multicomponent alloys
    Supervisor: Professor Alexander Shapeev, Skoltech

    PhD program: Materials Science and Engineering
  • September 30: Anna Maikova
    Thesis title: The CRISPR-Cas system of human pathogen Clostridium difficile: function and regulation
    Supervisors: Professor Konstantin Severinov, Skoltech
                           Professor Olga Soutourina, University of Paris-Saclay, France
    PhD program: Life Sciences
  • September 24: Anja Tekic
    Thesis title: Contextualized intellectual property management in co-creation: a configurational approach to strategy development
    Supervisor: Professor Kelvin Willoughby, Skoltech
    PhD program: Engineering Systems
  • June 3: Sofia Medvedeva
    Thesis title: Natural diversity of CRISPR spacers
    Supervisors: Professor Konstantin Severinov, Skoltech
                           Assistant professor Mart Krupovic, Institute Pasteur, France
    PhD program: Life Sciences
  • May 17: Yulia Zhitnyuk
    Thesis title: Development of messenger RNA delivery platform via virus-like particles
    Supervisor: Professor Konstantin Severinov
    PhD program: Life Sciences