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.

2021

  • December 20: Georgy Peshkov
    Thesis title: Improving the accuracy of thermal history in basin modelling: the reduction of uncertainties in petroleum system analysis
    Supervisors: Dr. Dimitri Pissarenko, Total
                           Dr. Evgeny Chekhonin, Skoltech
    PhD program: Petroleum Engineering
  • December 17: Emre Ozdemir
    Thesis title: A deep learning framework for geospatial point cloud classification
    Supervisors: Associate Professor Alessandro Golkar, Skoltech
                           Dr. Fabio Remondino, Bruno Kessler Foundation
    PhD program: Engineering Systems
  • December 17: Mariia Zhiliaeva
    Thesis title: A novel straightforward wet pulling technique to fabricate carbon nanotube fibers 
    Supervisor: Professor Albert Nasibulin, Skoltech
    PhD program: Materials Science and Engineering
  • December 16: Aleksandra Bezmenova
    Thesis title: Evolutionary processes in hypervariable fungus Schizophyllum commune
    Supervisors: Professor Georgii Bazykin, Skoltech
                           Professor Alexey Kondrashov, University of Michigan             
    PhD program: Life Sciences
  • December 15: Marina Kalinina
    Thesis title: Long-range complementary interactions in human pre-mRNAs and their implications in splicing
    Supervisors: Professor Olga Dontsova, Skoltech
                           Assistant Professor Dmitri Pervouchine, Skoltech
                           Dr. Dmitry Skvortsov, Lomonosov Moscow State University                       
    PhD program: Life Sciences
  • December 14: Kseniia Safina
    Thesis title: Molecular epidemiology of socially important infectious diseases
    Supervisor: Professor Georgii Bazykin, Skoltech
    PhD program: Life Sciences
  • December 9: Anastasiia Stoliarova
    Thesis title: Genomic patterns of epistasis at macro- and microevolutionary scales
    Supervisor: Professor Georgii Bazykin, Skoltech
    PhD program: Life Sciences
  • December 7: Nikita Stroev
    Thesis title: Modelling of exciton-polariton condensates for unconventional computing
    Supervisor: Professor Natalia Berloff, Skoltech
    PhD program: Physics
  • December 7: Daria Sergeeva
    Thesis title: Development of thermodynamic models for phase equilibria of water-ice-gas-hydrate in aqueous solutions of inhibitors and in porous media
    Supervisor: Dr. Vladimir Istomin, Skoltech
    PhD program: Petroleum Engineering
  • December 6: Song Guo
    Thesis title: Using RNA expression as a quantitative molecular phenotype to study human and vertebrate evolution
    Supervisor: Professor Philipp Khaitovich, Skoltech
    PhD program: Life Sciences
  • November 30: Roman Kapaev
    Thesis title: Transition metal coordination polymers derived from 1,2,4,5-benzenetetraamine as active materials for energy storage devices 
    Supervisor: Professor Keith Stevenson, Skoltech
    PhD program: Materials Science and Engineering
  • October 28: Timur Ermatov
    Thesis title: Optical properties of hollow-core microstructured fibers modified by polymers and/or inorganic nano- and submicron particles
    Supervisor: Professor Dmitry Gorin, Skoltech
    PhD program: Physics
  • October 26: Saeed Osat
    Thesis title: Percolation on complex networks and its applications
    Supervisor: Assistant Professor Vladimir Palyulin, Skoltech
    PhD program: Computational and Data Science and Engineering
  • October 21: Alvaro Gonzalez
    Thesis title: Flexibility characterization in power systems
    Supervisors: Assistant Professor Aldo Bischi, Skoltech
                           Assistant Professor David Pozo, Skoltech
    PhD program: Engineering Systems
  • October 18: Nicola Garzaniti
    Thesis title: A decision support system for agile development of complex hardware systems
    Supervisors: Associate Professor Alessandro Golkar, Skoltech
                           Professor Clement Fortin, Skoltech
    PhD program: Engineering Systems
  • October 15: Giorgio Visentin
    Thesis title: Accurate ab initio evaluation of the interatomic potentials and long-range coefficients 
    Supervisor: Professor Alexei Buchachenko, Skoltech
    PhD program: Materials Science and Engineering
  • October 7: Mayuribala Mangrulkar
    Thesis title: Additives for improving the intrinsic stability of hybrid perovskite solar cells 
    Supervisor: Professor Keith Stevenson, Skoltech
    PhD program: Materials Science and Engineering
  • September 30: Roman Gonin
    Thesis title: Twisted representations of toroidal algebras and their applications
    Supervisor: Associate Professor Mikhail Bershtein, Skoltech
    PhD program: Mathematics and Mechanics
  • September 29: Mohammad Ebadi
    Thesis title: Fluid transport in tight rocks: multi-scale AI-driven characterization paradigm
    Supervisor: Associate Professor Dmitry Koroteev, Skoltech
    PhD program: Petroleum Engineering
  • September 21: Evgeny Iakovlev
    Thesis title: Multiscale modeling of graphene nanobubbles
    Supervisors: Professor Iskander Akhatov, Skoltech
                           Dr. Petr Zhilyaev, Skoltech
    PhD program: Mathematics and Mechanics
  • September 20: Anuar Shakirov
    Thesis title: Determining thermal properties of sedimentary rocks from well-logging data
    Supervisors: Professor Yuri Popov, Skoltech
                           Dr. Evgeny Chekhonin, Skoltech
    PhD program: Petroleum Engineering
  • August 26: Artem Samtsevich
    Thesis title: Simulation of the mechanisms of solid-solid phase transitions 
    Supervisor: Professor Artem Oganov, Skoltech
    PhD program: Materials Science and Engineering
  • July 15: Eldar Shakirov
    Thesis title: Integrated engineering and manufacturing change management in the additive manufacturing context
    Supervisors: Professor Ighor Uzhinsky, Skoltech
                           Professor Clement Fortin, Skoltech
                           Professor A. John Hart, MIT, USA
    PhD program: Engineering Systems
  • July 13: Nikita Klyuchnikov
    Thesis title: Multi-fidelity classification and active search
    Supervisor: Associate Professor Evgeny Burnaev, Skoltech
    PhD program: Computational and Data Science and Engineering
  • June 28: Vladimir Frolov
    Thesis title: Operational and uncertainty aware planning of power systems
    Supervisor: Professor Michael Chertkov, Skoltech
    PhD program: Engineering Systems
  • June 17: Sofya Kasatskaya
    Thesis title: Origin of T cell subsets studied through the lens of TCR repertoires
    Supervisors: Associate Professor Dmitriy Chudakov, Skoltech
                           Dr. Olga Britanova, Institute of bioorganic chemistry, RAS
    PhD program: Life Sciences
  • April 16: Marina Munkhoeva
    Thesis title: Fast numerical linear algebra methods for machine learning
    Supervisor: Professor Ivan Oseledets, Skoltech
    PhD program: Computational and Data Science and Engineering
  • March 16: Aliya Mukhametdinova
    Thesis title: Unconventional reservoir characterization using low-field nuclear magnetic resonance
    Supervisor: Associate Professor Alexey Cheremisin, Skoltech
    PhD program: Petroleum Engineering
  • February 26: Yermek Kapushev
    Thesis title: Gaussian process models for large-scale problems
    Supervisor: Associate Professor Evgeny Burnaev, Skoltech
    PhD program: Computational and Data Science and Engineering
  • January 29: Alina Chernova
    Thesis title: Integrating high-throughput genotyping and lipidomic profiling for discovery of genetic determinants of cultivated sunflower seed oil content
    Supervisor: Professor Philipp Khaitovich, Skoltech
    PhD program: Life Sciences
  • January 28: Evgeny Tsykunov
    Thesis title: Human-swarm interaction for the guidance and deployment of drones using impedance control and tactile feedback
    Supervisor: Associate Professor Dzmitry Tsetserukou, Skoltech
    PhD program: Engineering Systems
  • January 21: Maksim Zakharkin
    Thesis title: NASICON-type Na3+xMnxV2-x(PO4)3 cathode materials for sodium-ion batteries 
    Supervisor: Professor Keith Stevenson, Skoltech
    PhD program: Materials Science and Engineering
  • January 20: Valentin Khrulkov
    Thesis title: Geometrical methods in machine learning and tensor analysis 
    Supervisor: Professor Ivan Oseledets, Skoltech
    PhD program: Computational and Data Science and Engineering