Dr Ivan Smolyar

Ivan completed his PhD in Physical Organic Chemistry at the University of Edinburgh under the supervision of Prof. Scott Cockroft, where he focused on modelling and quantifying intramolecular non-covalent interactions in solution. After a one-year detour into the tech industry, where he worked on machine learning applications, he returned to academia to design and develop synthetic molecular machines for active transmembrane ion transport and other out-of-equilibrium molecular systems. Outside the lab, Ivan enjoys good coffee and working on a range of coding side projects.