School of Chemistry, Joseph Black Building, University Avenue, Glasgow, G12 8QQ, U.K.
BSc (Hons), Theoretical and Experimental Chemistry
Faculty of Fundamental and Applied Chemistry, Ivanovo State University of Chemistry and Technology, Russia
MSc (Hons), Chemistry of Promising Compounds and Materials
Faculty of Fundamental and Applied Chemistry, Ivanovo State University of Chemistry and Technology, Russia
PhD candidate, Hedley Single Molecule Laboratory
School of Chemistry, University of Glasgow, U.K.
Olga received her BSc (Hons, 2019) and a MSc (Hons, 2021) degree from the Faculty of Fundamental and Applied Chemistry at Ivanovo State University of Chemistry and Technology in Russia. During her studies she worked in the Laboratory of Coordination and Supramolecular Chemistry of Oligopyrroles and Related Materials, where her primary research interests were absorption, fluorescence and time-correlated measurements of organic fluorescent BODIPY dyes. The work was devoted to finding relations between properties of solvents, structures of dyes and their photophysical characteristics which was summarised in her theses.
Olga was awarded the ‘President of the Russian Federation’ grant which allowed her to expand on her knowledge by studying abroad on two separate occasions. The first trip abroad took place in 2019 where she worked at the Laboratory of Liquid Crystals and Materials Chemistry at the University of York in the UK. Under the supervision of Prof. Duncan Bruce, Olga synthesised BODIPY-based liquid crystals and studied their properties. The second internship was conducted within the Hedley Single Molecule Laboratory at the University of Glasgow under the supervision of Dr Gordon Hedley in 2021. During this internship, time-correlated measurements of the various BODIPY dyes were conducted. Olga decided to return to Glasgow to start her PhD and continue her studies. Her PhD research will focus on the development and usage of new single molecule spectroscopic techniques to examine excited state behaviour in organic semiconductor materials.
In her spare time Olga enjoys travelling, photography and playing board games.