Oles Fedirko

Oles was born in Kyiv in 2008. He is attending the Ukrainian Physics and Mathematics Lyceum of Taras Shevchenko National University in Kyiv.

He enjoys studying physics, computer science, chemistry, biology, and mathematics. Since middle school, he has participated in many junior science competitions. Recently, Oles has won the first place at the All-Ukrainian Physics Olympiad (April 2023, Ivano-Frankivsk, Ukraine), a Bronze Medal at the Junior Science Challenge “Science Vision” (February 2023, Vilnius, Lithuania), and a Bronze Medal at the European Olympiad of Experimental Science (May 2023, Riga, Latvia). He is a member of the Ukrainian team at the International Junior Science Olympiad 2023.

Oles participated in the Research Experience Summer School for Gifted Ukrainian STEM High School Students (S4U – Science For Ukraine – Summer School) (July and August 2023, New York, USA), where he worked on the biochemistry project Potential use of amino acid crystals as actuators.