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Andriy Kovalenko

Andriy Kovalenko

Edmonton,AB

Summary

Bright and capable Research Executive skilled at planning and conducting research into diverse topics such as Molecular Simulations, Biomolecules Nanosystems, and Software development. Veteran of Scientific Research and eager to advance professionally in dynamic new role with long-term potential. First-rate skills in project, team and schedule management.

Overview

20
20
years of professional experience

Work History

Senior Research Officer

National Research Council Canada
Edmonton, AB
07.2003 - 01.2023
  • Supervised data collection, data quality, analysis, evaluation and dissemination for research projects.
  • Generated detailed reports and presented findings to relevant stakeholders.
  • Supported planning, design, preparation, initiation and execution of study and evaluation protocols.
  • Maintained relationships with diverse stakeholders and clinical team members through communication and reporting.
  • Coordinated research preparation, quality, timeliness and approval process.
  • Gathered, organized and input research data into various software.
  • Managed compliance with established regulations, protocols, budget and resource goals.
  • Mentored and supervised research interns and doctoral candidates.
  • Monitored and analyzed research costs for supplies and staffing.
  • Developed, prepared and monitored annual departmental budget.
  • Served as principal investigator on major research studies by designing and initiating new studies.
  • Oversaw development of study protocols, regulatory dossiers, procedure manuals and Institutional Review Board forms.
  • Created data collection policies and practices and monitored uniform data collection compliance.
  • Managed up to 35-members team of researchers targeting academic and industry customers with biomolecules and pharmaceutical-oriented research.
  • Summarized raw data and analyses and made recommendations based on findings.
  • Created proposals for service and product strategies based on scientific data.
  • Presented findings to management and executive leadership and fielded questions to help refine strategies.
  • Developed and used specific methodologies for collecting and analyzing scientific data.
  • Wrote comprehensive reports outlining findings and translating concepts for technical and non-technical audiences.
  • Delivered software code to meet functional or technical specifications.
  • Modified existing software systems to enhance performance and add new features.
  • Implemented quality and on-time technical solutions to align with business requirements.
  • Mentored interns and junior software developers through training, design reviews and code reviews.

Education

Ph.D. - Physic, Mathematics

State Ivan Franko University, Lviv, Ukraine
06.1993

Skills

  • Detail-Oriented
  • Quantitative and Qualitative Analysis
  • Verbal and Written Communication
  • Developing Presentations and Reports
  • Problem Solving
  • Competitive Research
  • Data and Trend Forecasting
  • Statistical Analysis
  • Microsoft Office Suite
  • Database Skills
  • Project Management
  • Team Collaboration
  • Data Mining Software
  • Computer Proficiency
  • Using the Academic and Commercial Software:

Academic and Commercial Software (Developer’s and User’s licenses):

3D-RISM-KH molecular solvation theory in-house software (Serial/Parallel Open-MP supported)

Amber molecular dynamics (MD) package, including AmberTools suite with 3D-RISM-KH

Quasidynamics software: Multi-Time-Step MD / 3D-RISM-KH / Generalized Solvation Force Extrapolation

Molecular Operating Environment (MOE) integrated drug discovery package, including 3D-RISM-KH module, Chemical Computing Group

Amsterdam Density Functional (ADF) and BAND Suites, Software for Chemistry & Materials (SCM), including 3D-RISM-KH module

AutoDock and AutoDock Vina for molecular docking and high throughput virtual screening (HTVS)

Gaussian16 suite of quantum chemistry programs

GROMACS molecular dynamics package pathed with PLUMED free-energy plugin

OpenMX computational chemistry package

CASTEP academic and commercial quantum chemistry software package

NAMD molecular dynamics package

LAMMPS molecular dynamics package

MATLAB suite of programs

MOPAC molecular orbitals package

Open Babel chemistry toolbox

VMD molecular modeling, data analysis and visualization

BLAS, LAPACK and FFTW libraries

Compilers: FORTRAN-90, C, Perl, Python, RStudio

  • Experience in Computational calculation and modeling
  • Adobe Creative Cloud
  • Programming Languages: Java, C, Net, Python, Fortran, Perl RStudio
  • End User Support

Accomplishments

  • Ranked by Research.com as #284 of the of the Best Scientists in the field of Chemistry in Canada. The ranking is based on D-index (Discipline H-index) metric, which only includes papers and citation values for an examined discipline. The ranking includes only leading scientists with D-index of at least 40 for academic publications made in the area of Chemistry.
  • Registered 8 patents during my career.

Languages

English
Full Professional
Ukrainian
Native/ Bilingual
Polish
Full Professional
Spanish
Limited
Japanese
Elementary

Timeline

Senior Research Officer - National Research Council Canada
07.2003 - 01.2023
State Ivan Franko University - Ph.D., Physic, Mathematics
Andriy Kovalenko