Anastasia Kalitkina
“I have been interested in physics since childhood when I got a huge encyclopedia about space as a gift. I have never wanted to move to another town, that is why I entered the bachelor programme at the department of theoretical physics of Irkutsk State University. During the third year I found out from Oleg Samoilov’s report about the summer internship at JINR and after that I spent the summer in Dubna immersing myself into neutrino particle physics. I received a master’s degree at the Department of Particle Physics of the Faculty of Physics of MSU. I succeeded in enrolling into MSU without exams thanks to my participation in the Lomonosov University games in which I was invited after the summer internship. After the summer spent in Dubna it was impossible to leave JINR behind. In the autumn 2018 I started working at the Institute, first as a senior laboratory assistant at the JINR University Centre and then, from 2020, as an engineer of Sector 2 of the DLNP Department of Particle Physics.
In the autumn 2024 I finally became a junior researcher. At the same time I completed the postgraduate studies at the department of particle physics of MSU, and now I am planning to defend the candidate dissertation.
My scientific supervisor is Aleksandr Grigoryevich Olshevsky. Luidmila Kolupaeva also helped me a lot as a counsellor/adviser and mentor. It should be pointed out that Aleksandr Evgenyevich kaloshin was my scientific supervisor at ISU. He helped me to find the topic for research which allowed me to get into particle physics and also to participate in the JINR summer programme and to make a good showing at the University Games.
I have never faced the problem of gender inequality pursuing science. In my opinion, science is open for all talented and curious people whatever their gender is. However I sometimes lack self-belief. I would like to wish other girls confidence, courage, and self- belief. I think it is also important not to forget about work-life balance. Science is important but other spheres of life should not be abandoned.”
Link to watch the video on the JINR resource:
https://disk.jinr.ru/index.php/s/YAQZnQYb66CsYti
The Dzhelepov Laboratory of Nuclear Problems invites students with a bachelor degree and master’s degree, specialists, and postgraduate students to do an internship and write graduation theses. Information about the programme can be found on our website.
