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Oleksandr Kobzar
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Biography
07.2019-Present – Senior Research Scientist at the Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry and Petrochemistry, Kyiv, Ukraine.
12.2016-07.2019 – Research Scientist at the Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry and Petrochemistry, Kyiv, Ukraine.
11.2015-12.2016 – Junior Research Scientist at the Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry and Petrochemistry, Kyiv, Ukraine.
10.2012-10.2015 – Postgraduate Student at the Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry and Petrochemistry, Kyiv, Ukraine.
09.2011-07.2012 – M.Sc. Honors Diploma. Biology/Chemistry/Ecology teacher, Nizhyn Gogol State University, Ukraine.
09.2007-07.2011 – B.Sc. Honors Diploma. Biology teacher, Nizhyn Gogol State University, Ukraine.
Sphere of scientific interests:
• Structure-based virtual screening of chemical libraries;
• Computer design and optimization of bioactive compounds;
• Kinetics of enzyme inhibition;
• Study of antioxidant properties of bioactive molecules;
• Spectrophotometric studies;
• Fluorescence spectroscopy studies.
Awards and grants:
• Fellowship of the NAS of Ukraine for young scientists (2016-2018);
• Grant of the President of Ukraine to support the research of young scientists (2018);
• Grant of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine to support the research of young scientists (2019-2020);
• Grant of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine for research laboratories/groups of young scientists of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine for supporting the priority directions of science and technology (2020-2021);
• Prize of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine for young scientists (2021).
Area of interest
Bioorganic chemistry, chemical kinetics, enzyme kinetics, spectrophotometry, fluorescence spectroscopy, cheminformatics, drug design