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 evolution in membrane-bound and autocatalytic systems. I enjoy traveling and my academic career has taken me to lots of different places around the world - France, Lithuania, Australia, Kenya, Ecuador and more. I also love spending time outside, usually in the middle of nowhere, and if there are any fossils around - even better!

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