July, 2026

CURRICULUM VITAE

Valeriy Borisovich Merinov

Research interests

Computer modeling of nanosystems; quantum-chemical calculations within density functional theory; structural, electronic, and energetic properties of nanotubes, clusters, and low-dimensional materials

Education

Ph.D. in Physics and Mathematics (condensed matter physics), NRNU MEPhI, Moscow (2026)

M.Sc. in Physics and Astronomy, NRNU MEPhI, Moscow (2024)

M.Sc. in Electronics and Nanoelectronics, NRNU MEPhI, Moscow (2020)

Professional activities

July 1, 2026–present: Junior Research Fellow, Kapitza Institute for Physical Problems RAS

2023–present: Research Engineer, National Research Nuclear University MEPhI

2023–2025: Senior Laboratory Assistant, Kurnakov Institute of General and Inorganic Chemistry RAS

2023–2024: Junior Research Fellow, Autonomous Non-Profit Organization Research Institute for Development of Scientific and Educational Potential of Youth, Moscow

Grants

Executor, project «Construction and testing of a model for predicting differential scanning calorimetry results of high-energy compounds based on quantum-chemical calculations; computer search for new high-energy compounds» (Grant of the President of the Russian Federation, project No. MK-722.2020.2)

Executor, project «Computer modeling of the electromechanical properties of inorganic nanotubes» (Russian Science Foundation, project No. 22-23-00154)

Executor, project «Computer modeling of materials for chiral spintronics based on semiconductor and metal nanotubes» (Russian Science Foundation, project No. 24-23-00037)

Executor, project «Development of new approaches to controlling the optical properties of hybrid nano- and metamaterials for generation and detection of electromagnetic radiation» (Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Russian Federation, project FSWU-2023-0075)

ORCID: 0000-0002-8755-4318

Scopus Author ID: 57219912155

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