Dmitry O. Epiktetov graduated from the Pushchino State Institute of Natural Sciences with an MS in Biology (2015).
2015 to present: Ph.D. student in Biochemistry.
Professional career:
2013 to 2018: research assistant at IBPM RAS.
2018 to present: Jr. Researcher at IBPM RAS.
Author of 8 scientific papers and monograph chapters. Participant of 4 RSF projects.
Primary research topics: biochemistry of organophosphonates, enzymes of glyphosate degradation, regulation of phosphorus metabolism, enzyme kinetics, and metabolism and bioconversion of steroids.
Alexey V. Sviridov
Alexey V. Sviridov. Ph.D., Senior Researcher at IBPM RAS (142290, 5 Nauki prospect, Pushchino, Russia).
Education:
Nov. 2008–Oct. 2011: Ph.D. in Biochemistry, IBPM RAS. Thesis: Enzyme systems of organophosphonates catabolism in soil bacteria Achromobacter sp. and Ochrobactrum anthropi GPK 3. Jul. 2006–Jun. 2008: M.Sc. in Biology, Voronezh State University. Thesis: Enzyme systems of organophosphonates metabolism in bacteria.
Aug. 2002–Jun. 2006: B.Sc. in Biology, Voronezh State University. Thesis: Identification of external rothenone-insensitive NADH dehydrogenase in mitochondria of Lycopersicon esculentum.
Areas of research interests: bacterial enzymology, microbiology, biochemistry of organophosphonates, biodegradation of glyphosate, bioremediation, steroid biosynthesis, and protein purification and characterization.
Professional experience:
Nov. 2011 to present: postdoc, researcher, senior researcher at IBPM RAS.
Sep. 2011: participated in a summer school related to the Ph.D. program on Environmental Science and Engineering, at the University of Cagliari.
Nov. 2008–Oct. 2011: Ph.D. student, laboratory assistant, IBPM RAS.
Participant of RSF, ISTC, and CRDF projects. Head of 2 RSF projects (18-74-00021 and 23-24-00152).