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ABOUT THE PROGRAM
Since 2014, ITMO Fellowship has been attracting top talents from around the world to ITMO University, including:

  • Lecturers
  • Young scientists
  • Team leaders
  • Research and Engineering teams

The program offers six tracks for ambitious scientists wishing to join the university’s ongoing research projects, pursue new fields, or assemble their own teams.

Are you ready for cutting-edge research? Then join the ITMO Fellowship program!
  • 50+
    Research centers, Institutes, and Laboratories
  • 16
    Key fields
  • 60+
    Applications per year
  • 23
    Current participants
Why ITMO
ITMO University is one of the top universities in Russia. With over 120 years of experience, the university pursues a range of fields, including photonics, optics, quantum communications, intelligent technologies, robotics, information security, smart materials, nanomaterials, nanotechnologies, and life sciences.

ITMO today is more than simply a frontier science and educational center in Russia; it’s a research and educational corporation. We establish laboratories and centers with the country’s leading companies, test novel educational methods, and build startups that enter the world’s best acceleration programs.



Free culture and environment lay at our core. Our students and employees not only study, work, and grow professionally; they also get to be a part of ITMO Family — a special, welcoming community. Here at ITMO, we believe in openness, academic freedom, respect for the individual, integrity, and love.
Science and technologies
top-tier scientists, international laboratories, and breakthrough research
a positive work environment, administrative support, and frontier studies
Academic freedom
Lifestyle
a community of peers who do science and sports together — and inspire each other with their passions
Learn more
we exchange solutions, scale up our ideas, and expand our network
Open code
Industrial partners
we team up with the industry’s leaders to create innovative centers and produce solutions for today’s challenges
24/7 fully-equipped coworking spaces, courses for our staff, and a digital library
Environment for growth
WHAT WE OFFER
CURRENT PARTICIPANTS
  • Alexey Kohanovskiy
    Research Fellow, Faculty of Physics

    Alexey defended his PhD at the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences and collaborated with the Institute d'Optique (France). In 2023, he joined the ITMO Fellowship Program as a Fellow. He is working at the Faculty of Physics and Engineering on Implementation of artificial intelligence algorithms in nanophotonics.


    Amongst his most impactful publications are "Machine learning and applications in ultrafast photonics" and "Ionic liquid gated carbon nanotube saturable absorber for switchable pulse generation."


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  • Jackson J. Justo
    Research Fellow, Faculty of Control Systems and Robotics

    Jackson J. Justo came to St. Petersburg from Tanzania. In his home country, he had graduated with a Bachelor’s in Electrical Engineering; then, he worked and continued his studies in the universities of South Korea, South Africa, Germany, Indonesia, and Sweden. He joined ITMO University as a participant of the ITMO Fellowship program in July 2024. His work in St. Petersburg concerns a project that aims to enable a more sustainable integration of green energy into the conventional power supply infrastructures.


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  • Ali Abbasi
    Postdoc, International Laboratory "Hybrid Nanostructures for Biomedicine"

    Ali defended his PhD at the Air University Islamabad, Pakistan. He has conducted research at the Technical University Darmstadt and GSI Helmholtz Center for Heavy Ion Research (Germany) before joining the ITMO Fellowship Program in 2023 as a Postdoc and is currently working at the International Laboratory "Hybrid Nanostructures for Biomedicine".


    Ali is a part of Anna Orlova’s team, they are conducting research on in-situ growth of metal oxide nanostructures on 2D Matrix for enhanced photocatalytic applications.


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About St. Petersburg
Dating back to the 18th century, St. Petersburg is a city that was shaped by science from the very beginning to grow into one of Russia’s educational and research centers.

The city proudly wears its moniker as the cultural capital of Russia: it has over 200 museums and 70 theaters that host an abundance of exhibitions, festivals, and concerts annually. What’s more, St. Petersburg is indeed an open-air museum with its historical center recognized as a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
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CONTACTS
If you have any questions — we’re here to help!
  • Julia Khutornaia
    Coordinator of the ITMO ​Fellowship Program
    fellowship@itmo.ru

    Lomonosova St. 9, room 3103
    ITMO University
    191002, St. Petersburg, Russia
  • Anna Pedchenko
    Manager of the ITMO ​Fellowship Program
    fellowship@itmo.ru
    +7 (812) 607-04-66 (office)

    Lomonosova St. 9, room 3103
    ITMO University
    191002, St. Petersburg, Russia
  • Ekaterina Abzhandadze
    Manager of the ITMO ​Fellowship Program
    fellowship@itmo.ru
    +7 (812) 607-04-66 (office)

    Lomonosova St. 9, room 3103
    ITMO University
    191002, St. Petersburg, Russia