Polina A. Pestova

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Education:

2022 - present - Ph.D. program, Department of Acoustics, Physics Faculty, M.V. Lomonosov Moscow State University
2020 - 2022 - Department of Acoustics, Physics Faculty, M.V. Lomonosov Moscow State University, MS Program (diploma with honors). The title of the thesis: “The use of focused ultrasound shock-wave beams to accelerate thermal ablation of clinically relevant biological tissue volumes”, scientific adviser: Dr.Sc., associate professor Vera A. Khokhlova, scientific consultant: Ph.D. Maria M. Karzova
2016 - 2020 - Department of Acoustics, Physics Faculty, M.V. Lomonosov Moscow State University, Department of Acoustics, BS program (diploma with honors). The title of the thesis: “Effects of focus trajectory on uniformity of temperature field produced in ablation of biological tissue by pulsed shock-wave ultrasound”, scientific adviser: Dr.Sc., associate professor Vera A. Khokhlova
2014 - 2016 - high school, Moscow State University Advanced Educational Center (Russia)
2011 - 2014 - school №192, Moscow
2005 - 2011 – school №1229, Moscow

Honors/Awards:

2020-2021 - A stipend from the Theoretical Physics and Mathematics Advancement Foundation “BASIS” for intending MS students of MSU Physics Faculty
2019-2022 - M.V. Lomonosov stipend at the Physics Department of Moscow State University
2019-2020 - State Enhanced Academic Stipend (excellence studies)
2019 - Focused Ultrasound Global Internship Program in summer 2019
2016 - Prizewinner of “United Interuniversity School Olympiad in Mathematics”
2016 - Prizewinner of “Lomonosov” School Olympiad in Mathematics
2016 - Prizewinner of “Kurchatov” School Olympiad in Physics

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