About me

Hi! I was born and lived most of my life in Kyiv, Ukraine. I first came to the U. S. for my undergraduate studies at Duke university in 2017 while continuing my education at Kyiv National University (more detailed explanation of my education). Now I am a PhD student at UW-Madison and a member of the Baum group studying origins of membranes & autocatalysis. I enjoy traveling and my academic career has taken me to lots of different places around the world - France, Lithuania, Australia, Kenya and hopefully more in the future. I also love spending time outside, usually in the middle of nowhere, and if there are any fossil sites around - even better!
Please take a look at this list of ways you can help Ukraine!
Please take a look at this list of ways you can help Ukraine!
My research interests:
- Prebiotic chemistry & origins of life
- Origins & properties of autocatalytic systems
- Prebiotic compartmentalization
- Evolution of cooperative behaviors within microbial & prebiotic systems
- Evolution of microbial metabolism
- Planetary habitability
My skills:
- Basic microbiology and molecular biology laboratory skills
- Liquid Chromatography/Mass Spectrometry analyses
- Dynamic Light Scattering analyses
- 16S metagenomic sequencing data analysis
- PCR, Sanger sequencing & gel electrophoresis
- Work with environmental toxins
- Paleontological & geological fieldwork
- Phylogenetics & genomic data analysis
- Python & Matlab
Languages I speak:
- Ukrainian
- Russian
- English
- German
Contact
Tymofii Sokolskyi
PhD Student