Rostislav V. Apraksin Researcher at Ioffe Institute (Laboratory of new functional materials for power sources), Russia Education: BSc, MSc and PhD (2020) at St. Petersburg State University, Russia Major: Electrochemistry Thesis title: “Influence of conducting polymer binder on properties of cathode materials of Lithium-ion batteries” Work experience: Laboratory of new functional materials for power sources, Ioffe institute, Saint Petersburg, Russia - Research fellow Dec 2019 - PRESENT Project: Electrochemistry of metal organic polymers Infochemistry Scientific Center (PI: Prof. E.V. Skorb), ITMO university, Saint Petersburg, Russia - Visiting researcher Jul 2021 - Aug 2021 Project/Thesis title: Flexible electronics based on polyelectrolyte hydrogels Laboratory of composite materials for batteries and supercapacitors employing conducting polymers (PI: Prof. Dr. Kondratiev), IInstitute of Chemistry, St. Petersburg State University, Russia - research engineer May 2013 - Nov 2019 Project/Thesis title: Conducting polymers in energy storage devices Research interest: Electrochemistry, Conducting polymers, Transition metal oxides, MOFs, Polyelectrolyte complexes, Supercapacitors, Metal-ion battery, Cyclic voltammetry, Electrochemical impedance spectroscopy, Spectroelectrochemistry