I was born in Novosibirsk, Russia, and received my chemistry degree with honors at Novosibirsk University (NU). My passion for physical chemistry and especially quantum chemistry started to develop during my undergraduate studies, when I performed research on enantioselective homogeneous catalysis under the supervision of Professir Bryliakov Konstantin at the Boreskov Institute of Catalysis. It was an exciting time, and I loved to perform those experiments...