Anton Morgunov

Massachussetts Institute of Technology

Course 5-7 (Chemistry and Biology)
Selected Coursework: Organic Chemistry II, Biochemistry, Inorganic Chemistry, Genetics, Fundamentals of Programming, Differential Equations
Expected graduation date: June 2022;
GPA: 5.0/5.0;

Abay Middle School Gymnasium

Elementary school

"The one who brings students to an Olympian peak" - an award from Ministry of Education and Science of Kazakhstan

International Chemistry Olympiad - Gold Medal, #10/297

International Mendeleev Chemistry Olympiad - Gold Medal, #8/120

National Chemistry Olympiad - Gold Medal, Absolute Winner

International Chemistry Olympiad - Silver Medal

International Mendeleev Chemistry Olympiad - Bronze Medal

National Chemistry Olympiad - Gold Medal, Absolute Winner

NIS Taldykorgan - Student of the Year

Head Mentor

• Write problems for National Chemistry Olympiads
• Teach students who are selected to represent Kazakhstan on International Olympiads
• Write, compile, and grade exams on training camps
• Head Mentor at IChO 2019 in Paris, France

Research Assistant

• Designed and performed organic synthesis of heterocyclic aromatic compounds for biochemical purposes
• Employed a variety of purification techniques, including regular and reversed-phase chromatography
• Characterized organic structures using 1H NMR, 13C NMR, and APCI/ESI MS

Coordinator & Co-Founder

• Expansion of previous community to include physics, math, biology, and geography
• Organize online Q&A sessions with ex-olympians, including students from Harvard and Moscow State University

Chemistry Olympiads Teacher

• Founded an online platform for the preparation of students from all over Kazakhstan, published a comprehensive preparation plan for international olympiads in collaboration with other successful olympians from Russia
• Cumulatively achieved 1100+ members, 400+ topics, 1000+ posts, and more than 800 clicks on thank-you button

Co-Founder, Writer, Chief Editor, Designer

• Founded first high school science magazine in Kazhakstan, scaled to 11800+ unique visitors on the website monthly.
• Invited as informational partners for an 8000-strong science festival in St. Petersburg with focus on AI, VR, 3D technologies.
• Invited as informational partners for Robotics EXPO 2017 in Moscow

Research Fellow - "Deregulation vs. Protectionism"

• Conducted secondary research and analyzed global economical issues from multilevel perspectives
• Evaluated different sources of information using RAVEN technique, developed and executed public survey with 195 participants from 21 countries.

Chemistry Research Assistant "Natural Indicators"

• Designed and executed research project on the potential role of natural alternatives of synthetic indicators in qualitative and quantitative analysis.
• Extracted multiple compounds from plants and vegetables. Created pInd scales and compiled research report, achieved 1st place award at Costa D-Amalfi summer camp in Malaysia