Mini-profiles of STEM Role models 5

Given the popularity of the International Day of Women and Girls in Science at the University of Groningen mini-profiles, I have decided to extend the series to continue to provide as many role models in STEM as I can publish.

If you’re interested in taking part, please e-mail me your answers to the questions below and a fun picture of yourself at: k.m.tych@rug.nl with the title ‘STEM Role Models mini-profile’. Thank you!

This mini-profile is of another inspiring PhD candidate, Masha Nemchinova. I hope you enjoy it and the rest of the series!

Job title:

PhD researcher

Subject area:

Structural biology and MD

How did you get into science?:

I've always been a very curious child and spent a lot of time reading different books. And I’ve always been fascinated to realize that everything that became known was done by people and I wanted to become a part of this process - a deeper knowledge of everything around.

Where else have you worked/studied?

Bachelor’s degree, Department of Biophysics, Institute of Fundamental Biology and Biotechnology, Siberian Federal University (Krasnoyarsk, Russia).
Pre-diploma and diploma works at the Laboratory for Structural Studies of the Translation Apparatus at the Institute of Protein Research of Russian Academy of Sciences (Pushchino, Moscow reg, Russia)
Master’s program in Biotechnology, M.V. Lomonosov Moscow State University, Department of Biotechnology (Moscow, Russia).
(present) PhD, Groningen Institute for Biomolecular Sciences and Biotechnology, University of Groningen (Groningen, The Netherlands)

What are your hobbies/what do you do for fun?

programming, drawing, bouldering, golf, sometimes knitting, hiking, and I really like to travel learning other cultures. I also have a small massage business.