CURRICULUM VITAE

 

Name

Ekaterina Zhuchkova

PhD-student, Physics Faculty, Moscow State University

Present address

Physics Faculty, Moscow State University, Leninskie gory, Moscow 119992, RUSSIA

E-mail address zhkatya@polly.phys.msu.ru
Fax +7-495-939-2988
Phone +7-495-939-5156, +7-495-939-1013

               PERSONAL INFORMATION

Sex

Female

Born    October 5, 1980 in Moscow, USSR
Citizenship    Russian Federation

EDUCATION AND RESEARCH BACKGROUND

1995 - 1997    

Moscow State Technical University, Moscow Pre-student School of Mathematics and Physics

Major courses

General Physics, Mathematical Analysis, Algebra, Geometry, English, Computer Science

1997 - 2003     Student of Moscow State University
Graduation January 2003, honours degree (all marks are excellent)
Major qualification Theoretical and Mathematical Physics
Degree Master of Science
Major courses

General Physics, Mathematical Analysis, Applied Mathematics, English, Theoretical Mechanics, Radio Physics, Electro Dynamics, Physics of Atom, Nuclear Physics, Quantum Theory, Thermo Dynamics and Statistical Physics, Theory of Dynamical Chaos, Non-linear Physics and Synergetics, Autowaves in Complex Systems

Master's thesis Modelling Several Types of Cardiac Arrhythmias
2003 - Present PhD-student of Moscow State University
Major courses Theory of Dynamical Systems, Theory of Excitable Media, Complex Systems, Object-Oriented Programming in C++
PhD thesis Draft title: Dynamics of Excitable Media and Applications, to be submitted in April 2006
Awards (11 grants)

Khokhlov's nominal scholarship for the excellent study at the Moscow State University;  

Lomonosov's nominal scholarship for the excellent study at the Moscow State University;  

Grant for participation in the International Conference on Synchronization of Chaotic and Stochastic Oscillations, Saratov, Russia, September 22-28, 2002;  

Award for the best talk among young scientists at the International Conference on Synchronization of Chaotic and Stochastic Oscillations, Saratov, Russia, September 22-28, 2002;  

Grant for participation in the International Conference on Theoretical Physics, Paris, UNESCO, July 22-27, 2002;  

Award of the J.Soros Foundation for the best student of the 2002-year;

Grant for participation in the Helmholtz Summer School, Potsdam, Germany, September 2003;  

INTAS PhD fellowship (March 2004 - March 2006), Ref.Nr. 03-55-1920;  

Nominal PhD scholarship of the President of Russian Federation, 2004-2005;  

Grant for participation in the Summer School on Design and Control of Self-Organization in Physical, Chemical and Biological Systems, ICTP, Trieste, Italy, 25 July-5 August, 2005;  

Grant for participation in the XXV Dynamics Days European Conference, Berlin, Germany, July 25-28, 2005;  

Grant for participation in the Integrative Biology Workshop, Oxford, UK, 29-30 September 2005
Summer schools and  research 

Third Helmholtz Summer School "Chaos and Stability on Planetary Systems", Potsdam, Germany, September 2003;  

Research "Filament Dynamics in Computational Models of Re-entry and Fibrillation in the Heart", University of Sheffield, UK, June 2004-October 2004;  

Research "Filament Dynamics in Computational Models of Re-entry and Fibrillation in the Heart", University of Sheffield, UK, May 2005-October 2005;  

Summer School on Design and Control of Self-Organization in Physical, Chemical and Biological Systems, ICTP, Trieste, Italy, 25 July-5 August 2005 – presentation of a talk
Invited addresses Seminar “Charm of Chaos”, Mathematics Department, University of Dundee, UK, August 2004

 

Computing skills

 C, C++, Pascal, Delphi, Matlab

ADDITIONAL EDUCATION  

2003 - Present        Russian-German Institute

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Chaos and Applications, Models of Excitable Dynamical Systems, Heart Tissue Dynamics

PUBLICATIONS

    8 refereed papers and 9 conference abstracts, 2 papers are in preparation