Alexander Markov
Programming, data visualization, computational chemistry
Work experience
Web Developer
Built Aero Menú using Python, Flask, SQLite, and core web technologies following progressive enhancement principles.
Senior Researcher
- Studied catalytic reactions and bonding in molecular systems with quantum chemical methods.
- Authored or co-authored over 20 scientific publications, covering topics in quantum chemical modeling, physical inorganic chemistry, and catalysis. Reported main results at international conferences.
- Led grant projects and supervised students.
- Built multi-user computational cluster running quantum chemical codes 24/7 (TORQUE/Maui services ran on Debian hosts and linked with NFS and OpenVPN servers).
- Maintained heterogeneous network of legacy computers and scientific instruments (Windows, OS/2 Warp, GNU/Linux).
Tech skills
Python
Web development
HTML/CSS, Flask, UnpolyGNU/Linux
Administrating Debian OS, networks, shell scripts, virtualizationDeployment and automation
Ansible, DockerResearch skills and areas of interests
Computational chemistry of molecular inorganic systems
- Density functional theory
- Quantum theory of atoms in molecules
- Transition state theory
- Models in quantum chemistry
- Software in molecular sciences
Scientific writing
Editing, graphics, LaTeXEducation
Candidate of Sciences in the field of Physical Chemistry
Dissertation: ”Vanadium(V) complexes in catalyzed hydroperoxide oxidation: quantum-chemical modeling”, April 2010.
Supervisor: Prof. Alexander Gekhman, Corresponding Member of RAS.
Disciplines: Quantum chemistry, Chemical thermodynamics and kinetics.
Diploma in Physics
Majors in Atomic, molecular, and optical physics.
Modules:- Linear algebra
- Probability theory and statistics
- Thermodynamics
- Statistical physics
- Quantum theory
Self study
The Feynman Lectures on Physics
Atoms in Molecules — A Quantum Theory by Richard Bader
Python Programming: An Introduction to Computer Science by John M. Zelle