First Prize for an Oral Presentation, Section of Theoretical and Experimental Chemistry of Liquid-Phase Systems, VI Regional Conference of Young Scientists. Institute of Solution Chemistry of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Ivanovo, Russia, 2011.
First Prize for an Oral Presentation at the VI Conference of Young Scientists “Theoretical and Experimental Chemistry of Liquid-Phase Systems (Krestovskie Readings),” Ivanovo, November 8–12, 2011.
Participation in the international research program Biosol. Invited research stays at the Max Planck Institute for Mathematics in the Sciences, Leipzig, Germany, July 2012–August 2014 and May 2014–November 2014.
First Prize for an Oral Presentation at the VIII All-Russian School-Conference of Young Scientists “Theoretical and Experimental Chemistry of Liquid-Phase Systems (Krestovskie Readings),” Ivanovo, October 7–11, 2013.
Award for an Excellent Presentation, XVI International School for Young Scientists “Current Problems of Magnetic Resonance and Its Applications,” Kazan, October 21–25, 2013.
Diploma of Merit for a high level of research and development activities and a significant contribution to the advancement of science and innovation in the Ivanovo Region, 2018.
First Prize for an Oral Presentation at the XII All-Russian School-Conference of Young Scientists “Theoretical and Experimental Chemistry of Liquid-Phase Systems (Krestovskie Readings),” Ivanovo, October 7–11, 2019.
Grant from the President of the Russian Federation for Young Candidates of Sciences, 2016–2017, 2019–2020, 2021–2022.
Letter of Appreciation from the Ivanovo City Duma for many years of dedicated service and high professional competence, 2021.
Certificate of Merit from the Institute of Solution Chemistry, RAS for many years of productive scientific work, 2021.
Winner of the Ivanovo municipal competition “Bolshie Nadezhdy” (“Great Expectations”), nomination “Achievements in Intellectual and Scientific Activities,” 2023.
Awarded the “Young Scientist” Badge of Honor for personal achievements and outstanding results in scientific, technological, and innovation activities by the Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Russian Federation, 2024.
Included in the personnel reserve of research organizations subordinate to the Federal Agency for Scientific Organizations (FASO of Russia), 2017.
Member of the international society The International Society of Magnetic Resonance (ISMAR), 2017–2022.
Member of the international society Atomes et Molécules Par Études Radio-Électriques (AMPERE), 2017–2022.
Member of the D. I. Mendeleev Russian Chemical Society, 2026–present.
Member of the Council of Young Scientists of the Institute of Solution Chemistry, RAS, 2018–2023.
Member of the Expert Council of the Fluid-Spectr Unique Scientific Facility, Institute of Solution Chemistry, RAS; Deputy Chair, 2019–present.
Member of the Section “Physical Chemistry of Nano- and Supramolecular Systems” of the Scientific Council of the Russian Academy of Sciences on Physical Chemistry.
Participation in the work of the Expert Council of the Russian Science Foundation (RSF) as a scientific and technical expert, 2021–present.
Participation in the work of the Expert Council of the Gennady Komissarov Foundation for Support of Young Scientists, 2022–present.
Participation in the work of the Expert Council of the Kuban Science Foundation as a scientific and technical expert, 2023–present.
Expert of the Federal Register of Experts in the field of science and technology of the Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation. Accreditation for 2023–2026; Certificate No. 8388.
Expert of the Russian Center for Scientific Information (RCSI), 2025–present.
Participation in the work of the Board of the “Ivanovo” Scientific and Educational Consortium, 2022–present.
Invited Expert in the competitive selection of scientific and educational programs and events organized by Sirius University of Science and Technology (Sirius).
Participation in the Organizing Committees of Scientific Conferences and Competitions:
XII All-Russian School-Conference of Young Scientists “Theoretical and Experimental Chemistry of Liquid-Phase Systems” (Krestovskie Readings 2019) — Program Committee.
XIII All-Russian School-Conference of Young Scientists “Theoretical and Experimental Chemistry of Liquid-Phase Systems” (Krestovskie Readings 2021) — Program Committee.
“Popular Science Flash Talk” Competition, 2021.
Session Chair (Moderator), “Development of General Methods and Tools of Chemical Thermodynamics: New Experimental Techniques, Theory and Computer Simulation” session at the RCCT-2024 Conference.
Session Chair (Coordinator), “Synthesis, Structure, and Properties of Inorganic and Composite Materials” session at the XVI International Symposium “Thermodynamics and Materials Science” (TiM 2025).
Responsible member of the Organizing Committee of the II All-Russian Young Scientists’ School on Chemical Thermodynamics, held on September 15–19, 2025, in Ivanovo, Russia.
Member of the Organizing and Program Committees of the All-Russian Conference with International Participation “Magnetic Resonance: From Fundamental Research to Practical Applications”, held on May 25–27, 2026, in Kazan, Russia.
Chair of the Scientific Seminar “Physical Methods in Materials Chemistry” within the Section “Physical Chemistry of Nano- and Supramolecular Systems” of the RAS Scientific Council on Physical Chemistry, 2026–Present.
Invited Reviewer for national and international scientific journals: Rare Metals (IF = 12.1, Q1, Wiley), International Journal of Biological Macromolecules (IF = 8.7, Q1, Elsevier), Journal of CO2 Utilization (IF = 8.6, Q1, Elsevier), Materials Today Chemistry (IF = 7.4, Q1, Elsevier), Measurement (IF = 7.0, Q1, Elsevier), Communications Chemistry (IF = 6.9, Q1, Springer Nature), Pharmaceutics (IF = 6.9, Q1, MDPI), International Journal of Pharmaceutics (IF = 6.0, Q1, Elsevier), Inorganic Chemistry Communications (IF = 5.9, Q1, Elsevier), Results in Chemistry (IF = 5.8, Q2, Elsevier), Pharmaceuticals (IF = 5.7, Q1, MDPI), International Journal of Molecular Sciences (IF = 5.6, Q1, MDPI), Arabian Journal of Chemistry (IF = 5.3, Q2, Elsevier), Journal of Molecular Liquids (IF = 5.2, Q1, Elsevier), Microchemical Journal (IF = 5.2, Q1, Elsevier), Materials Chemistry and Physics (IF = 5.2, Q2, Elsevier), Journal of Drug Delivery Science and Technology (IF = 5.2, Q1, Elsevier), ACS Omega (IF = 5.2, Q2, ACS), Nanomaterials (IF = 4.8, Q2, MDPI), Spectrochimica Acta Part A: Molecular and Biomolecular Spectroscopy (IF = 4.8, Q1, Elsevier), Journal of Molecular Structure (IF = 4.9, Q2, Elsevier), Organic Letters (Nature Index IF = 4.7, Q1, ACS), Chemical Communications (Nature Index IF = 4.3, Q2, RSC), Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology A: Chemistry (IF = 4.4, Q2, Elsevier), Membranes (IF = 4.2, Q2, MDPI), Bioinorganic Chemistry and Applications (IF = 4.1, Q1, Wiley), Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry (IF = 4.1, Q2, Springer), Journal of Photochemistry & Photobiology, B: Biology (IF = 4.0, Q1, Elsevier), Discover Applied Sciences (IF = 3.8, Q1, Springer), Crystal Growth & Design (IF = 3.6, Q2, ACS), Archives of Biochemistry and Biophysics (IF = 3.5, Q2, Elsevier), Journal of King Saud University – Science (IF = 3.3, Q2, Elsevier), Inorganica Chimica Acta (IF = 3.3, Q2, Elsevier), Journal of Microencapsulation (IF = 3.1, Q2, Taylor & Francis), Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics (IF = 3.0, Q2, RSC), Polymer International (IF = 3.0, Q3, Wiley), Crystals (IF = 2.9, Q2, MDPI), Chemical Physics Letters (IF = 2.9, Q2, Elsevier) / Chemical Physics (IF = 2.8, Q2, Elsevier), New Journal of Chemistry (IF = 2.6, Q3, RSC), Magnetic Resonance Letters (IF = 2.6, Q2), Journal of Chemical Thermodynamics (IF = 2.5, Q2, Elsevier), Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications (IF = 2.5, Q3, Elsevier), Open Chemistry (IF = 2.4, Q3, De Gruyter), ChemistrySelect (IF = 2.3, Q3, Wiley), Magnetic Resonance in Chemistry (IF = 2.1, Q2, Wiley), Journal of Surfactants and Detergents (IF = 2.0, Q3, Wiley), Helvetica Chimica Acta (IF = 1.9, Q3, Wiley), Journal of Visualized Experiments (IF = 1.2, Q3), Lobachevskii Journal of Mathematics (IF = 0.8, Q2), Russian Journal of Physical Chemistry A (IF = 0.7, Q4, Springer), and Macroheterocycles (IF = 0.6, Q4).
Invited Seminar Speaker in the series of lectures on physicochemical methods of investigation at ISUCT.
Invited Seminar Speaker in the series of scientific and educational seminars organized by the Interdepartmental Laboratory of the “Supercritical Fluids Center,” Faculty of Chemistry, Lomonosov Moscow State University.
Invited Seminar Speaker in the seminar series on supramolecular structures at the I. M. Frank Laboratory of Neutron Physics, Joint Institute for Nuclear Research.
Invited External Member of State Final Attestation Committees for graduates and postgraduate students at ISUCT, Saint Petersburg State University, Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology, and Kazan Federal University.
Education
2010: Specialist Degree in Physics, Department of Theoretical Physics, Mathematical and Computer Modeling, Faculty of Physics, Ivanovo State University, Ivanovo, Russia.
2014: Candidate of Physical and Mathematical Sciences (PhD), Ivanovo State University of Chemistry and Technology, Ivanovo, Russia.
2022: Doctor of Physical and Mathematical Sciences (Dr. Sci.), Kazan Federal University, Kazan, Russia.
Key Areas of Scientific Research
Structural Chemistry and Conformational Analysis of Bioactive Compounds. Investigation of the three-dimensional structure, conformational dynamics, intramolecular interactions, and mechanisms of structural transformations of bioactive and pharmaceutical compounds in solution, supercritical fluids, and condensed phases using advanced NMR spectroscopy, quantum-chemical calculations, and molecular modeling.
Physical Chemistry of Supercritical Fluids and Functional Materials. Investigation of the physicochemical principles governing processes in supercritical fluid media; development of the scientific foundations of supercritical technologies for the preparation, encapsulation, and delivery of pharmaceutical compounds; investigation of the structure, molecular organization, sorption properties, and functional characteristics of polymeric, aerogel, and composite materials.
Coordination, Supramolecular, and Medicinal Chemistry. Investigation of the principles underlying the formation, structure, and reactivity of coordination and supramolecular compounds, photochromic systems, and fluorescent functional materials; characterization of their photophysical and physicochemical properties; and development of functional molecular systems for applications in biomedicine, analytical chemistry, and molecular diagnostics.
Computational Modeling and Intelligent Analysis of Spectroscopic Data. Development and application of computational methods for the processing and interpretation of spectroscopic data, structure elucidation, and prediction of the physicochemical properties of molecular systems; advancement of approaches based on quantum-chemical and molecular dynamics simulations, as well as machine learning and artificial intelligence methods.
Previously:
Principal Investigator. Conformational diversity as a determining factor in the design of new forms of pharmaceutical compounds (RSF No. 24-23-00318, 2024–2025).
Principal Investigator. Development of integrated approaches based on NMR spectroscopy and computational modeling for the investigation of molecular mechanisms underlying the formation of new polymorphic forms of pharmaceutical compounds to enhance the efficacy of their pharmacological action (President of the Russian Federation Grant No. MK-9048.2016.3, 2016–2018).
Principal Investigator. Development of a conformational distribution screening method for the detection and characterization of new polymorphic forms of biologically active (pharmaceutical) compounds based on two-dimensional NMR spectroscopy data (President of the Russian Federation Grant No. MK-1409.2019.3, 2019–2020).
Principal Investigator. Investigation of the interactions of fenamate nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs with a model lipid membrane to elucidate their non-cyclooxygenase-mediated mechanisms of action (President of the Russian Federation Grant No. MK-662.2021.1.3, 2021–2022).
Principal Investigator. Investigation of the three-dimensional structure and interaction of fenamates with lipid membranes in solution and supercritical fluids to elucidate their potential non-cyclooxygenase-mediated mechanisms of action (RSF No. 22-23-00793, 2022–2023).
Researcher. Marie Curie Research Program: “BioSol: Solvent Effects on Physicochemical Properties of Bioactive Compounds: Combination of Theory with Experiments,” European Commission, REA – Research Executive Agency, Grant No. 247500, Programme: FP7-PEOPLE-2009-IRSES.
Researcher. Thermodynamic and structural analysis of porphyrin complexes with N-containing organic bases using one- and two-dimensional NMR spectroscopy (RFBR Grant No. 12-03-00775).
Researcher. Solvent effects on the conformational states of biologically active molecules (RFBR Grant No. 12-03-31001, 2012–2014).
Researcher. Development of an NMR spectroscopy approach based on the analysis of residual dipole–dipole interactions between 1H–1H nuclei and determination of the three-dimensional structures of biologically active molecules (ibuprofen and cyclosporine) in solution and in complexes with sodium dodecyl sulfate micelles (RFBR Grant No. 13-03-97041, 2013–2015).
Researcher. Macrocyclic ligands for controlling the concentration and targeted transport of biometals in living tissues (RSF Grant No. 14-13-00232, 2014–2017).
Researcher. Design of crystalline forms of pharmaceutical compounds using supercritical fluid technologies (RFBR Grant No. 16-53-150007, 2016–2017).
Researcher. An integrated approach to the investigation of conformational equilibria of biologically active (pharmaceutical) compounds in supercritical fluid solutions over a wide range of thermodynamic state parameters (RFBR Grant No. 17-03-00459, 2017–2019).
Researcher. Effect of supercritical solvents on the polymorphism of nanocrystalline forms of biologically active compounds in a polymer matrix (RFBR Grant No. 18-29-06008, 2018–2020).
Researcher. Design of crystalline forms of pharmaceutical compounds for the treatment of neurodegenerative diseases using supercritical fluid technologies (Federal Targeted Program, 2018–2020).
Researcher. Three-dimensional structures of a series of cyclosporins, cyclic peptides (CsA, CsB, CsC, CsD, CsE, CsG, CsH, CsL), serving as the basis of pharmaceutical agents, in various solvents and in complexes with cell membrane models, as determined by NMR spectroscopy (RSF Grant No. 18-73-10088, 2018–2021).
Researcher. Development of water-soluble 3D architectures based on metal–organic frameworks (MOFs) for the targeted delivery of boron(III) dipyrromethene (BODIPY) luminescent labels, probes, and photodynamic therapy agents (RFBR Grant No. 20-43-370011, 2020–2022).
Currently:
Principal Researcher. Preparation of microporous materials in supercritical fluid media (RSF No. 22-13-00257, 2022–2026).
Sobornova V., Mulloyarova V., Belov K., Dyshin A., Tolstoy P., Kiselev M., Khodov I. Structural and Sorption Characteristics of Nanocellulose Aerogel-Based Composite Materials Doped with Mefenamic and Flufenamic Acids: Insights from Magic Angle Spinning and High-Pressure NMR Spectroscopy (2025) The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters, 16 (26), pp. 6817–6824. DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.5c01303
Sobornova V., Mulloyarova V., Belov K., Dyshin A., de Carvalho L.B., Tolstoy P., Kiselev M., Khodov I. Structural and Sorption Characteristics of an Aerogel Composite Material Loaded with Flufenamic Acid: Insights from MAS NMR and High-Pressure NOESY Studies Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 26, pp. 27301–27313. DOI: 10.1039/D4CP03217A
Khodov, I.A., Belov, K.V., Sobornova, V.V., Dyshin, A.A., Kiselev, M.G. Exploring the Temperature-Dependent Proportions of Lidocaine Conformational Equilibria in Supercritical Carbon Dioxide via NOESY (2023) Journal of Molecular Liquids, 387, Article No. 122620. DOI: 10.1016/j.molliq.2023.122620
Wei, Y., Zhong, C., Khodov, I.A., Xie, L., Huang, W. et al. C–H-Activated Csp2–Csp3 Diastereoselective Gridization Enables Ultraviolet-Emitting Stereomolecular Nanohydrocarbons with Multiple H···H Interactions (2024) Nature Communications, 15 (1), Article No. 5438. DOI: 10.1038/s41467-024-48130-6
Belov, K., Brel, V., Sobornova, V., Fedorova, I., Khodov, I. Conformational Analysis of 1,5-Diaryl-3-Oxo-1,4-Pentadiene Derivatives: A Nuclear Overhauser Effect Spectroscopy Investigation (2023) International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 24 (23), Article No. 16707. DOI: 10.3390/ijms242316707
Khodov, I.A., Belov, K.V., Huster, D., Scheidt, H.A. Conformational State of Fenamates at the Membrane Interface: A MAS NOESY Study (2023) Membranes, 13 (6), Article No. 607. DOI: 10.3390/membranes13060607
Khodov, I.A., Belov, K.V., Dyshin, A.A., Krestyaninov, M.A., Kiselev, M.G. Pressure Effect on Lidocaine Conformational Equilibria in scCO2: A Study by 2D NOESY (2022) Journal of Molecular Liquids, 367, Article No. 120525. DOI: 10.1016/j.molliq.2022.120525
Gamov, G.A., Zavalishin, M.N., Pimenov, O.A., Klochkov, V.V., Khodov, I.A. La(III), Ce(III), Gd(III), and Eu(III) Complexation with Tris(hydroxymethyl)aminomethane in Aqueous Solution (2020) Inorganic Chemistry, 59 (23), pp. 17783–17793. DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.0c03082
Khodov, I., Dyshin, A., Efimov, S., Ivlev, D., Kiselev, M. High-Pressure NMR Spectroscopy in Studies of the Conformational Composition of Small Molecules in Supercritical Carbon Dioxide (2020) Journal of Molecular Liquids, 309, Article No. 113113. DOI: 10.1016/j.molliq.2020.113113
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Professional Activities
April 2024 — present Head of Laboratory, Research Division 1
May 2019 — present Director of the Shared Research Facility, Institute of Solution Chemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences
March 2023 — April 2024 Head of the NMR Spectroscopy of Solutions and Fluids Group / Laboratory
October 2018 — April 2024 Senior Research Scientist, Institute of Solution Chemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences
October 2017 — December 2017 Visiting Researcher, Institute of Medical and Biological Physics, Leipzig University (Germany)
April 2015 — October 2018 Research Scientist, Institute of Solution Chemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences
May 2014 — November 2014 Visiting Researcher, Max Planck Institute for Mathematics in the Sciences, Leipzig (Germany)
December 2011 — March 2015 Junior Research Scientist, Institute of Solution Chemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences
October 2010 — December 2013 PhD Student, Institute of Solution Chemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences
December 2010 — December 2011 Research Trainee, Institute of Solution Chemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences
Concurrent Appointments and Teaching Activities
2014–2021 Senior Research Scientist, “NMR Structure” Laboratory, Institute of Physics, Kazan (Volga Region) Federal University.
2019–2020 Associate Professor, Department of Medical Physics, Kazan (Volga Region) Federal University.
Course taught: Magnetic Resonance Imaging.
2024 Ivanovo State University of Chemistry and Technology.
Course taught: Solution Chemistry under Extreme Conditions (co-taught with Prof. V. A. Titov).
2025 Ivanovo State University.
Course taught: Modern Physicochemical Methods for the Investigation of Model Biological Membranes.
2025 Ivanovo State University.
Course taught: NMR Spectroscopy in the Structural Investigation of Organic Molecules.
2025–2026 Leading Research Scientist, N. N. Semenov Federal Research Center for Chemical Physics, Russian Academy of Sciences
Undergraduate and Graduate Thesis Supervision
Bachelor’s Students
Specialist’s Students
Master’s Students
PhD Students
Dissertation Opponent
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