CV

Curriculum Vitae

Name:	Pavlo O. Dral
Date/place of birth:	20 February 1987, Moscow
Address:	Max-Planck-Institut für Kohlenforschung Kaiser-Wilhelm-Platz 1 45470 Mülheim an der Ruhr Germany
Telephone:	+49 208 306 2137
E-mail:	dral@kofo.mpg.de
Website:	dr-dral.com

11/2013 – present

Postdoc with Prof. Dr. Walter Thiel, Max-Planck-Institut für Kohlenforschung

2010–2013	Doctor rerum naturalium (Dr. rer. nat. in chemistry), Computer-Chemie-Centrum, University of Erlangen-Nürnberg Dissertation: Theoretical Study of Electronic Properties of Carbon Allotropes Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Timothy Clark
2008–2010	Magister (Mag.) in chemical technology and engineering (major in chemical technology of organic compounds) with distinction, National Technical University of Ukraine “Kiev Polytechnic Institute” Thesis: Comparative DFT and Ab Initio Study of Nitrogen-Containing Electrophiles Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Andrey A. Fokin
2008–2010	Master of Science (M. Sc.) in molecular science (major in nanoscience) with distinction, Computer-Chemie-Centrum, University of Erlangen-Nürnberg Thesis: Hydrogen Chemisorption on Neutral and Electron-Doped Graphenic Surfaces: A Theoretical Investigation Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Timothy Clark
2004–2008	Bachelor in chemical technology and engineering with distinction, National Technical University of Ukraine “Kiev Polytechnic Institute” Thesis: Production of 1,2-dibromocyclohexane with productivity of 270 t/year Supervisor: I. A. Levandovskii
2002–2004	Kiev department of Correspondence Physical-Technical School of Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology (with distinction)
1993–2004	Dunaivtsi school, Ukraine (with distinction)

Application of machine learning to physicochemical problems
Ab initio, DFT and semi-empirical calculations of:
- the electronic properties of different molecular and nanosystems
- energetics and mechanisms of chemical reactions
- systems interesting for nanoelectronics, energy conversion (in organic photovoltaic devices) and storage
Development, serial and parallel implementation of quantum chemical methods:
- writing codes using Fortran, MPI and OpenMP
- cross-platform development (on Linux and on Windows with and without Visual Studio)
High performance computing (HPC)
Time- and project-management
Team work and extensive collaborations
Good communication and presentation skills

Chemistry-related software	Gaussian, Turbomole, CFOUR, ORCA, ADF, NEWTON-X, MNDO2005, VAMP, Empire, MOPAC, Chem3D, ChemDraw, Materials Studio, Chemcraft
Operating systems	Linux, Windows
Programming skills	Fortran, MPI, OpenMP, scripting (Python and shell), Visual Studio, Visual Basic, Pascal
Other computer-related skills	LaTeX, MS Word, MS Excel, MS PowerPoint, EndNote, SciFinder, Origin, MatLab, MathCad, AutoCad
Languages	Ukrainian, Russian (native) English, German (fluent)

02/2012–03/2012	Winter School of the Graduate School Molecular Science (GSMS), Kirchberg/Tirol
12/2012	Workshop “Wie gluckt wissenschaftliche Arbeit und ihre professionelle Kommunikation in der Praxis”, Universität Beyern, Munich
09/2012–10/2012	Course 20: Ph.D.-level course “Bridging Length and Time Scales in Simulations”, Ferien-Akademie, Sarntal/Sudtirol
02/2012	Winter School of the Graduate School Molecular Science (GSMS), Kirchberg/Tirol
01/2012	Workshop “Poster Design” of the graduate school “Advanced Materials and Processes”, Erlangen
12/2011	Workshop “Info Graphics Design” of the graduate school “Advanced Materials and Processes”, Erlangen
03/2011	Winter School of the Graduate School Molecular Science (GSMS), Kirchberg/Tirol
01/2011	HLRS Kompaktkurs “Fortran for Scientific Computing”, University of Stuttgart, Stuttgart

2012–2013	Member of the American Chemical Society
2010–2013	Member of the Graduate School Molecular Science (GSMS)
2011–2013	Stipend within the Bavarian Elite Aid Program
2007–2008	The Kiev Mayor Scholarship
2004–2005	Ukrainian Presidential Scholarship

2013	Poster prize of the Arbeitsgemeinschaft Theoretische Chemie for the poster presentation “A Possible Synthesis and the Unusual Electronic Properties of Endofullerene NH₄⁺@C₆₀ and Its Reduced Forms”, the 49th Symposium on Theoretical Chemistry “Bridging Scales in Theoretical Chemistry”, Erlangen, Germany
2011	Third lecture award for the talk “Modeling Molecular Electronic Properties with Semiempirical UNO–CAS”, the 25th Molecular Modelling Workshop, Erlangen, Germany
2011	Graduate School Molecular Science, Winter School Discussion Prize, Kirchberg in Tirol, Austria
2008	Third place in the competition of reports, the 1st International (3rd All-Ukrainian) Theoretical and Practical Conference of Students, Postgraduates and Young Scientists in Chemistry and Chemical Technology, Kiev, Ukraine
2005	First place of the All-Ukrainian Students Chemistry Olympiad, Kiev, Ukraine
2004	Gold medal winner of the 36th International Chemistry Olympiad, Kiel, Germany
2003	Gold medal winner of the 37th International Mendeleev School Chemistry Olympiad Moscow, Russia

Served as a reviewer for the following journals: