Natalia was born in Ryazan, Russia. She received two PhDs in Physical and Inorganic Chemistry at Moscow State University, Russia and Colorado State University, USA, respectively, and was a postdoc at Massachusetts Institute of Technology. In 2013, Natalia was appointed as an Assistant Professor at the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, the University of South Carolina. Her current research interests include graphitic hybrid materials for sustainable energy conversion, sensors, and artificial biomimetic systems.
Awards
IAS Hans Fischer Fellowship
Camille Dreyfus Teaching-Scholar Award
Alfred P. Sloan Fellowship
Cottrell Scholar Award
Breakthrough Research Award
McCausland Fellowship
Distinguished Undergraduate Research Mentor Award
Scialog Fellow
NSF Career Award
ACS PRF
MIT Infinite Kilometer Postdoctoral Award
MIT/Bruker Symposium Poster Award
Graduate Teaching Assistant Award, Colorado State University
XIX International Symposium on Fluorine Chemistry Poster Award
German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) Scholarship
ECS Poster Award
Herbert H. Uhlig ECS Summer Fellowship
ECS Solid-State Science and Technology Poster Award
AWIS Educational Foundation Citation of Merit
International J. Soros Science Education Program Fellowship
Euler Student Fellowship
V.F. Luginin Research Award, Moscow State University
International Student Conference (first prize), Moscow State University
