Ivan Novikov

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Ivan Novikov graduated from Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology in 2013. He defended his PhD thesis on mathematical modeling and numerical methods at Institute of Numerical Mathematics RAS in March 2016. Following his defense, Ivan continued his career at Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology, where he currently works as a senior research scientist in Alexander Shapeev’s research group. His primary research focus is the development of machine-learning interatomic potentials (MLIPs) and the algorithms for their fitting. He has developed an algorithm for the automated construction of MLIPs, enabling accurate predictions of gas-phase chemical reaction rates. Additionally, Ivan has participated in investigations of 2D materials using MLIPs and co-authored an algorithm for screening random alloys. He is also one of the developers of the open-source MLIP-2 and MLIP-3 codes. Currently, Ivan is working on developing MLIPs with magnetic degrees of freedom, having created a magnetic functional form of MLIP for multi-component materials along with an algorithm for its fitting.