Anastasiia *******
FMVA | PhD, Computational Neuroscience
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Zurich
Ukrainian | residence permit B
WORK EXPERIENCE
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Build a c ustom-made mac hine learni ng algorithm (Python)
to model reti nal neural circuit to aid retina pr osthetics
development.
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Designed proj ects and managed communic ation with
cross-disciplinary partners to test a candidate molecul e for
use in visual loss therapeutics.
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Managed 6 students by desi gning projects , teaching
coding practices and ex perimental tec hniques , providing
mentorship.
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Presented at scientific meeti ngs and c onferences adopting
visual and verbal information to an audience.
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Organiz ed top-to-bottom 7 ins titute-wide sci entific and
career development talks for 20-100 participants.
Predoctoral Fellow
European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL)
10/2016 – 03/2021 Rome, Italy
PhD thesis title: “Reti nal circuit as c omputational unit for visual
information processing” | Asari Groupc
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Analyzed single-molecule FRET experiments (MatLab).
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Recalibrated optical microscope using DNA nano-rulers.
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Prepared
molec ular
structure
images
(PyMol)
for
colleagues for research clarity in presentations and articles.
Research Assistant and Master Student
BCUBE, TU Dresden
02/2015 – 08/2016 Dresden, Germany
Researched DNA melting kinetics | Schlierf Group
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Assembled
and
adj usted
physi ologic al
equi pment.
Performed electr ophysiological experiments
on acute
hippocampal slices.
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Developed data analysis pipeline.
Junior Engineer and Master Student
Bogomolets Institute of NAS of Ukraine
09/2013 – 09/2014 Kiev, Ukraine
Researched longitudinal differences of the epileptiform activity
in the immature brain | Isaev Group
EDUCATION
PhD, Computational Neuroscience
Joint degree from Heidelberg University and EMBL
2016 – 2021 Heidelberg, Germany
MSc, Molecular Bioengineering
Technische Universität Dresden
2014 – 2016 Dresden, Germany
MSc, Biophysics
Kiev Department of Moscow Institute of Physics
and Technology
2013 – 2015 Kiev, Ukraine
BSc, Medical Physics
Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv
2009 – 2013 Kiev, Ukraine
HARD SKILLS
EXTRACURRICULAR
LANGUAGES
Python
SOFT SKILLS
SQL
Data analysis
MatLab
Adobe Illustrator
Data visualization
Statistics
Communication
Creativity
Multitasking
Problem solving
Equity research
Teamwork
Adaptability
Hardworking
EMBL “Management and leadership course” (10/2018)
Summer graduate school “Mathematical analysis of behavior” (06/2018)
CAJAL Course in Computational Neuroscience (08/2017)
French
PUBLICATIONS
GRANTS & FELLOWSHIPS
The EMBL International PhD Programme Fellowship
Critical thinking
Attention to detail
Project management
German
Ukrainian & Russian
English
Italian
fluent
intermediate
native
fluent
intermediate
Summer graduate school travel grant
DAAD-GFF-Matching-Fund scholarship
06/2018
Washington D.C, USA
10/2014 – 09/2016
Dresden, Germany
10/2016 – 03/2021
Rome, Italy
Governmental scholarship
09/2009 – 06/2013
Kiev, Ukraine
An interdisciplinary researcher and financial analyst with 8+ years of experience working with
data and neural network modeling. Effective manager able to develop projects from a single
idea to detailed implementation plan. Keen on communication and positive “can do” attitude.
Excel for finance
A.Vlasi uk, H. Asari, “Feedback from reti nal ganglion c ells to the
inner retina”, Plos One, 2021
A.Vlasi uk, A. Romanov, D. Isaev, E. Is aev a, “Effect of altered
extracellul ar magnesium conc entration on the neuronal activity
in
different
hippoc ampal
regions
of
immatur e
rats”,
Fiziolohichnyĭ zhurnal, 2017
O.O. Liubysh, A.V. *******, S.M. Perepelytsy a, “Structurization
of c ounterions around DNA double helix: A Molec ular
Dynamics Study”, Ukrainian Journal of Physics, 2015
Machine Learning
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Conducted broad and per c ompany equity r esearch into
BioTech and Life Sciences markets.
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Developed fi nancial model for daily automated evaluation
of stocks potential.
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Actively engaged in netw orking with com panies leaders hip
to investigate investment opportunities.
Investment Advisory Intern
FiveT Capital
06/2022 – present Pfäffikon (SZ), Switzerland
CFI Financial Modeling & Valuation Analyst certified
Financial Modeling & Valuation Analyst
Corporate Finance Institute
2022 Zurich, Switzerland