About Me

I was a student in the Riga Secondary School No.10 (Rīgas 10. vidusskola) throughout all my primary and secondary education (2011-2023). Somewhere around the age of 13, I discovered the subject of chemistry which appeared very interesting to me, thus I began actively studying the subject myself guided by my amazing secondary school chemistry teacher. Around then, I first participated in the Latvian chemistry Olympiad, where I scored the gold medal and was invited to the preparatory camp for the International Olympiad team. Next year, I qualified the IChO team and scored a silver medal at sixteen years old during the Olympiad in Osaka. After that, I decided to pursue research and teaching in a more serious and structured way. I have worked for a year at the Latvian Institute of Organic Synthesis Organic Synthesis Methodology (LOSI OSM) group in the lab of Dr. Liene Grigorjeva, under the guidance of her graduate students Aleksandrs Čižikovs and Lūkass Lukašēvics. During my work, I realised I enjoyed the theoretical aspects way more than the practical aspects of chemistry, thus I slowly shifted towards my current field of interest towards computational and theoretical science.

I have participated in various student research conferences with the paper describing my research in the Grigorjeva lab. After that, I worked for half a year in the Konrāde lab in Riga Technical University Institute of Chemistry and Chemical Technology where I developed fluorescent dyes and worked on quantifying their fluorescence spectral properties such as quantum yield.

When I graduated, I moved to Singapore to pursue an undergraduate degree in Chemistry and Biological Chemistry at Nanyang Technological University (NTU) College of Science, where I began seriously studying the physical and mathematical branches of natural sciences due to the possibility to attend School of Physical and Mathematical Sciences (SPMS) classes throughout my candidature. After my first year, I was offered an opportunity to work under Dr Lu Yunpeng on developing numerical algorithms for solving vibrational molecular Schrodinger equations using pseudospectral methods, to perform real chemical system energetics calculations on a quantum level. We're currently developing scalable 8D algorithms to numerically solve the reactive system's time-dependent Schrodinger equation for systems of 2D catalysts and gas-phase reactants under a HPC Research grant provided by the National Supercomputing Centre, Singapore (NSCC). I've worked with real HPC systems, numerical toolkits, Modern and legacy Fortran application development, scaling, benchmarking, parallelisation and numerical stability validation, as well as developed a series of physics-aware neural network models for chemical reaction dynamics of surfaces.

I was always very interested in sharing my knowledge with others. I have been teaching STEM subjects since I was 14 years old. Now, I am a Peer Tutor at the NTU Division of Chemistry and Biological Chemistry. I used to be a Physical Chemistry lecturer for the IChO preparatory camps of Latvia and Estonia.

I have been involved in a variety of student organisations, most of them overlapping with my interests. I have been member of my NTU Residential Hall's Residential Education portfolio subcommittee, and currently serve as the Residential Education Director office bearer in my Hall council. I've served as Events Director of NTU Wine Society since 2024 and as Operations and Logistics Director in NTU Undergraduate Research Club in AY 2024/25.

In my free time, I like to read a deep and thoughtful book, or watch some documentary. I also enjoy cooking, baking and brewing as a means of artistic expression and as 'chemistry with edible yields'. You can find me behind the kitchen counter quite often. I value high quality tea, and all kinds of tea ceremony, as well as good wine.

For the brevity, I only put the most important of my awards on this list, as well as a list of all scholarships and cash awards I've been a recipient of.

-NTU President Research Scholar (2024, 2025)
-NTU College of Science Dean's List award for outstanding academic achievements (2024, 2025)
-Latvian Prime Minister Prize for outstanding results in international Chemistry Olympiad (2024, 2023)
-Latvian Government Prize for achievements in chemistry Olympiads (2023, 2022, 2021)
-Latvian Ministry of Finance Centenniary Excellence Scholarship (2023)
-International Chemistry Olympiad (IChO), Osaka (Japan) – Silver medal (2021)