Student-chemist of Altai State University Yevfpraksia Oganesyan completed an internship in St. Petersburg

24 June 2022 Department of Information and Media Communications

A first-year master student of the Department of Physical and Inorganic Chemistry of Altai State University, an engineer at the Research Laboratory of Quantum Technologies Evfpraksia Oganesyan trained for two months at the Department of Physical Organic Chemistry at St. Petersburg State University.

A year ago, Vadim Kukushkin, Academician of the Russian Academy of Sciences from St. Petersburg, paid a visit to AltSU at the invitation of the administration of our university. One of the results of the cooperation agreements in the field of science was a two-month scientific internship for Evfpraksia Oganesyan. In agreement with Head of the Department of Physics and Technology, Professor Sergey Beznosyuk, the topic was determined at St. Petersburg State University: “Quantum-chemical calculations of non-valent chemical bonds” and a scientific curator was appointed - an associate professor Daniil Ivanov, Academician Vadim Kukushkin’s student. On the part of AltSU during the internship, Olga Maslova, an associate professor of the Department of Physical and Inorganic Chemistry, was the superviser.

Evfpraksia Oganesyan told about her internship:

“I was engaged in quantum calculations, it was a new area for me, very interesting. Daniil Ivanov explained all the algorithms, told how to interpret the results. We worked hard, every working day, for me it was a great experience. Chemistry has always been interesting to me, I loved this subject at school. When I entered Altai State University, I realized that there is a completely different chemistry here, and I also like it very much. Now I am studying for a master’s degree, and in the future I plan to continue working at the university.”

Immediately after returning from St. Petersburg, Evfpraksia Oganesyan defended the report on the scientific internship at the scientific seminar of the laboratory of quantum technologies, as Sergey Beznosyuk said:

“Evfpraksia reported that the calculation materials she received were included in a joint scientific publication with St. Petersburg chemists in a highly rated foreign journal. She brilliantly proved herself during the internship and brought a set of computational programs for installation at our university in order to continue performing quantum-chemical calculations of new materials synthesized by them jointly with the Department of Physical Organic Chemistry of St. Petersburg State University. A great start for cooperation has taken place!”

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