CV

Work and research experience

• International Scientific Affairs — Deutsches Zentrum für Astrophysik (DZA), Görlitz, Germany · 01/02/2025 – Present

• Visiting Researcher — Khalifa University, Abu Dhabi, UAE · 30/10/2022 – 01/12/2022

• Trainee Researcher — DESY, Zeuthen, Germany · 17/02/2019 – 17/03/2019, 03/11/2019 – 03/12/2019
  • Topic: Acceleration and non-thermal emission of cosmic rays in supernova remnants
  • Supervisor: Iurii Sushch
• Trainee Researcher — Astronomical Observatory of the Jagiellonian University, Kraków, Poland · 01/07/2017 – 23/07/2017
  • Topic: Simulation of radiation emission from classical novae
  • Supervisor: Łukasz Stawarz
• DESY Summer Student Programme — DESY, Zeuthen, Germany · 17/07/2019 – 05/09/2019
  • Topic: Acceleration and non-thermal emission of cosmic rays in supernova remnants
  • Supervisor: Iurii Sushch

• PhD Students’ Representative — DESY, Zeuthen, Germany · 01/04/2021 – 31/03/2022

• Students’ Representative — Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, Ukraine · 01/09/2018 – 31/05/2020

• Secretary, Local Organizing Committee — Young Scientists’ Conference on Astronomy and Space Physics, Kyiv, Ukraine · 01/09/2018 – 01/09/2020

• Web Developer — KyivDev, Kyiv, Ukraine · 01/10/2017 – 25/12/2018
  • Front-end and back-end development

Education

PhD in Theoretical Astroparticle Physics

DESY, Zeuthen, Germany · International Helmholtz–Weizmann Research School on Multimessenger Astronomy · 01/09/2020 – Present

• Topic: Signature of UHECR nuclei in astrophysical sources and propagation
• Supervisors: Walter Winter, Arjen van Vliet, Xavier Rodrigues

Master’s degree in Astrophysics

Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, Ukraine · 01/09/2018 – 31/05/2020 · Diploma with honours

• Thesis: Acceleration and non-thermal emission of cosmic rays in the Vela Jr. supernova remnant
• Supervisors: Bohdan Hnatyk, Iurii Sushch

Bachelor’s degree in Astrophysics

Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, Ukraine · 01/09/2014 – 30/06/2018 · Diploma with honours

• Thesis: Vela supernova remnant and its pulsar wind nebula — physical characteristics and radio emission
• Supervisor: Bohdan Hnatyk

Scientific and soft-skill training

• Basic Statistics — University of Amsterdam · 2024
• HGS-HIRe Basic Courses — Helmholtz Graduate School for Hadron and Ion Research
  • Making an Impact as an Effective Researcher (2021)
  • Leading Teams in a Research Environment (2022)
  • Leadership and Career Development (2023)
• Astroparticle School — Obertrubach-Bärnfels, Germany · 04/10/2023 – 12/10/2023
• NBIA Summer School on Neutrinos: Here, There & Everywhere — Niels Bohr Institute, Copenhagen, Denmark · 11/07/2022 – 15/07/2022
• Foundations of Cosmic Ray Astrophysics — Varenna, Italy · 23/06/2022 – 29/06/2022
• Scientific and Academic Writing in English — Potsdam Graduate School · 2022
• French–Ukraine Winter School on High Energy Physics — Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, Ukraine · 06/03/2017 – 10/03/2017

Digital skills

• Scientific software: PriNCe, PLUTO, RATPaC, CRPropa, IDL
• Programming: Python, C++, Qt, Arduino, Mathematica, Git
• Web: HTML, CSS, JavaScript, Node.js, Vue.js, PHP, MySQL, MongoDB

Teaching and mentoring

• Supervisor — Valentyna Babur, DESY Ukraine Winter School 2023, Zeuthen, Germany · 31/01/2023 – 10/03/2023
  • Project: Ultra-high-energy cosmic-ray propagation in extragalactic space from a single source
• Supervisor — Frederike Apel, DESY Summer School 2022, Zeuthen, Germany · 18/07/2022 – 08/09/2022
  • Project: Modelling the gamma-ray burst afterglow emission
• Laboratory Practicum in Vacuum Physics — DESY, Zeuthen, Germany (elementary-school students) · 26/08/2022
• Neutrino Physics and Astrophysics (theory) — lecture and tutorial support, University of Oxford and Humboldt University · Winter semester 2020/21
• Methodology of Science — tutorials, Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, Ukraine · 01/09/2019 – 14/12/2019
• Laboratory Practicum in Astronomy — tutor, Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, Ukraine · 01/09/2019 – 14/12/2019

International scientific affairs

• Cooperation agreements between the DZA and Wrocław institutions — Coordinator · Görlitz, Germany · 20/05/2026
  • MoUs with the University of Wrocław, Wrocław University of Science and Technology, Wrocław University of Environmental and Life Sciences, and the Institute for Territorial Development (IRT)
• DZA delegation visit to the Technical University of Liberec — Coordinator · Liberec, Czech Republic · 06/03/2026
• ADASS 2025 — Astronomical Data Analysis Software and Systems — Local Organizing Committee · Görlitz, Germany · 09/11/2025 – 13/11/2025
• Annual Meeting of the Astronomical Society (AG 2025) — Local Organizing Committee · Görlitz, Germany · 15/09/2025 – 19/09/2025
• 2nd ChETEC-INFRA Observational School (ChINOS) — Coordinator of DZA involvement, lecturer · Prague, Czech Republic · 20/07/2025 – 26/07/2025
• SKA Science Conference — Local Organizing Committee · Görlitz, Germany · 16/06/2025 – 20/06/2025
• Astronomy-in-society discussions, representing DESY and the DZA — Representative · Leiden, Netherlands · 09/06/2025
• Cooperation agreements between the DZA and Czech research institutions — Coordinator · Prague, Czech Republic · 20/05/2025
  • MoUs with the Czech Academy of Sciences, Charles University, and the Czech Technical University in Prague
• APPEC Town Meeting 2022 — Chair of roundtables · Berlin, Germany · 09/06/2022

Activities with Ukraine

• Radio-astronomy teacher-training workshop for Ukrainian educators — Main coordinator · Lviv, Ukraine · 23/04/2026 – 25/04/2026
  • Space Radio for Ukraine project (DESY/DZA); included an MoU with the Junior Academy of Sciences of Ukraine
• Zavtra.UA scholarship programme — Interview panel member · online · 04/2025, 04/2026
• DZA–DESY cooperation visit to the Ukrainian astronomy community — Main coordinator · Lviv, Ukraine · 25/10/2025 – 27/10/2025
  • Coordinated the visit of C. Stegmann (DESY) and S. Ohm (DZA) and an MoU with the Ukrainian Astronomical Association
• DESY delegation visit to Ukraine — Co-coordinator · Kyiv, Ukraine · 01/10/2024 – 02/10/2024
  • National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Bogoliubov Institute of Theoretical Physics, and Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv
• DESY Ukraine Summer School 2024 — Organizer · Zeuthen, Germany · 16/07/2024 – 06/09/2024
  • 112 participants from 27 countries (14 from Ukraine)
• Ukrainian International Cosmic Ray Day 2023 — Main organizer · 23/11/2023
• DESY Ukraine Winter School 2023 — Organizer · Zeuthen, Germany · 31/01/2023 – 10/02/2023
• Ukrainian International Cosmic Ray Day 2022 — Main organizer · 22/11/2022
• AstroFights — Organizer and judge · Ukraine · 2021 – Present
• Workshop “Presentation of Scientific Results” — Main organizer · Ukraine · 11/05/2021 – 25/05/2021
• Young Scientists’ Conference on Astronomy and Space Physics — Ukraine
  • Chair, High-Energy Astrophysics section · 2021 – Present
  • Local Organizing Committee · 2014 – Present
• Experimental Physics Olympiad for School Students — Local Organizing Committee · Kyiv, Ukraine · 2015 – Present

Honours and awards

• Scholarship of Zavtra.ua · 2019 — ranked 12th of 100 awardees from 300 applicants
• III place, Ukrainian Olympiad on Astronomy and Astrophysics · 2015
• Scholarship of the President of Ukraine · 2014
• II place, Research Paper Defense — Minor Academy of Sciences of Ukraine (Stage III) · 2014
• II place, Ukrainian Olympiad on Astronomy and Astrophysics · 2014
• II place, Ukrainian Young Physicist Tournament · 2014
• III place, Research Paper Defense — Minor Academy of Sciences of Ukraine (Stage III) · 2013

Memberships

• AstroSandbox · Ukraine · 2021 – Present
• International Helmholtz–Weizmann Research School on Multimessenger Astronomy · Germany–Israel · 2020 – Present
• Local Organizing Committee, Virtual Roentgen and Gamma Observatory (VIRGO.UA) · Ukraine · 2014 – Present
• Minor Academy of Sciences of Ukraine · Ukraine · 2014 – 2019

Hobbies and interests

Coffee, organizing conferences and meetups, volunteering, bouldering, psychology.