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 based on my research results at the Grigorjeva lab. After that, I worked for half a year in the Konrāde lab at the 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 high school, 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 developed scalable 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), alongside physics-enforced interpolation methods for reactive scattering potential energy surfaces using artificial neural networks. I used my experience in computational chemistry and numerical algorithm design to co-supervise Nikita Nesterovs, a high-schooler from my alma mater in developing his own scalable molecular dynamics engine in Python. This work which I co-supervised with Rostislavs Rostovskis (UL Institute of Solid State Physics) was awarded National Finalist in the 50th Latvian Student Research Conference, Natural Sciences section. During my final year in the Lu lab while working on my bachelor's thesis, I also mentored junior undergraduate students working on their Summer Research assignments in DFT and reaction mechanism elucidation.

Currently I am working at the NTU School of Electrical and Electronics Engineering (EEE), co-supervised by Prof Hung Dinh Nguyen and Dr Petr Vorobev, working on design of the next-generation smart battery management system tool that employs electrochemical models in battery cell state tracking, allowing for better insights in both thermal management, charge/discharge curve modeling and cell lifetime extension. By using rigorous physical and mathematical modeling alongside highly optimised numerical method implementations, we develop PDE-based physical models of the batteries and implement faster-than-realtime simulations. Current work aims at developing a highly accurate rapid simulation toolkit for thermal diffusion modeling of battery stacks, alongside other projects. I got some hands-on experience in an industrial setting through a summer attachment at the Energy Research Institute @ NTU (ERIAN) where I handled data analysis from grid-scale battery energy storage systems.

As of now, I've worked with real HPC systems, numerical toolkits, high-performance scientific computing software development, scaling, benchmarking, parallelisation and numerical stability validation, system identifiability theory and parameter estimation methods. On top of that, I have experience in synthetic methods, computational chemistry and analytical procedures. Currently I aspire to continue my path in computational science and numerical methods, and share my foundational experience with others!

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 a 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'. Recently, together with other students from the NTU School of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology, we won the second prize at the Singapore International Beer Awards for our wheat beer submission in the Amateur category. 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 some scholarships and cash awards I've been a recipient of.

-Citizenship of the Republic of Latvia for Special Meritorious Service for the Benefit of Latvia (2025)
-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 Centenary Excellence Scholarship (2023)
-International Chemistry Olympiad (IChO), Zurich (Switzerland) – Silver medal (2023)
-International Chemistry Olympiad (IChO), Tianjin (China) – Bronze medal (2022)
-International Chemistry Olympiad (IChO), Osaka (Japan) – Silver medal (2021)