PhD student specialized in comprehensive
        two-dimensional gas chromatogrphy
        University Nice Sophia Antipolis, France
        Tél : +33 (0)4 92 07 61 36
        Iuliia.MYRGORODSKA@unice.fr

Research Interests
The synthesis of benzimidazol derivatives for further pharmacological testing at the V.I. Danilevski Institute of endocrine pathology of the Ukrainan Academy of Medical Sciences; worked for Institute for single cristals in Kharkiv, Ukraine, on the synthesis  and physicochemical characterisation of  YAG and aluminium oxide nanoparticles.

Performed practical training on the synthesis and characterization of anisotropic for magnet nanoparticles for magnetolisis of cancer cells at the University of Nice - Sophia Antipolis under guidance of Dr. Christophe Di Giorgio.

Currently making a Ph.D.-thesis on the asymmetric amino acid photolysis at Synchrotron SOLEIL and University Nice Sophia Antipolis in the Meierhenrich group of Bioanalytical Chemistry.

Scientific intherests include:
- GCxGC analysis
- origin of biomolecular asymmetry
- enantioselective separation of chiral molecules
- synthesis and characterisation of nanoparticles

Publications
Meinert C., Myrgorodska I., de Marcellus P., Buhse T., Nahon L., Hoffmann S.V., Le Sergeant d'Hendecourt L., Meierhenrich U.J.: Ribose and related sugars from ultraviolet irradiation of interstellar ice analogs, Science 352 (2016), 208-212.

Myrgorodska I., Meinert C., Hoffmann S.V., Jones N.C., Nahon L., Meierhenrich U.J.: Light on Chirality: Absolute Asymmetric Formation of Chiral Molecules Relevant in Prebiotic Evolution, ChemPlusChem 81 (2016), accepted for publication.

Myrgorodska I., Meinert C., Martins Z., d'Hendecourt L., Meierhenrich U.J.: Quantitative enantioseparation of amino acids by comprehensive two-dimensional gas chromatography applied to non-terrestrial samples, Journal of Chromatography A 1433 (2016), 131-136.

Nahon L., Nag L., Garcia G.A., Myrgorodska I., Meierhenrich U.J., Beaulieu S., Wanie V., Blanchet V., Géneaux R., Powis I.: Determination of accurate electron chiral asymmetries in fenchone and camphor in the VUV range: sensitivity to isomerism and enantiomeric purity, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 18 (2016), 12696-12706.

Myrgorodska I., Meinert C., Martins Z., d'Hendecourt L., Meierhenrich U.J.: Molecular  chirality in meteorites and interstellar ices, and the chirality-experiment onboard ESA's cometary Rosetta mission, Angewandte Chemie International Edition 54 (2015), 1402-1412.

De Marcellus P., Meinert C., Myrgorodska I., Nahon L., Buhse T., d'Hendecourt L., Meierhenrich U.J.: The importance of ices in astrochemical and prebiotic evolution, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 112 (2015) 965-970.

Prizes
- Winner of "My Thesis in 180sec" at University Nice Sophia Antipolis 2015.
- Winner of Students Contest 'Space Factor' at EANA conference, Noordwijk, 2015.
- Winner of Poster Award at EANA conference, Noordwijk, 2015.

Conferences
Uwe J. Meierhenrich, Cornelia Meinert, Iuliia Myrgorodska, Pierre de Marcellus, Thomas Buhse, Laurent Nahon, Soeren V. Hoffmann, Louis d'Hendecourt,"Organic molecules detected in cometary ice analogs and in comet 67P by the Rosetta Philae Lander". Chirality 2016 Symposium, University of Heidelberg, 24-27 July 2016, Germany.

Iuliia Myrgorodska, Cornelia Meinert, Pierre de Marcellus, Louis d'Hendecourt, Soeren V. Hoffmann, Laurent Nahon, Uwe Meierhenrich,"Asymmetric photolysis of chiral molecules of prebiotic importance at synchrotron SOLEIL". Colloquium at the Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology JAMSTEC, 9 March 2016, Yokosuka, Kanagawa, Japan.

Iuliia Myrgorodska, Uwe Meierhenrich,"Homochirality and the Origin of Life". Colloquium at the Tokyo Institute of Technology, Earth-Life Science Institute (ELSI), 2 March 2016, Tokyo, Japan.

Iuliia Myrgorodska, et al., Uwe Meierhenrich,"Molecular Chirality in Simulated Interstellar Ices as Probe of Photochemically Induced Asymmetry". Thermodynamics, Disequilibrium and Evolution Focus Group Symposium, 12-16 October 2016, Nice, France.

Iuliia Myrgorodska, Cornelia Meinert, Pierre de Marcellus, Zita Martins, Louis le Sergeant d'Hencecourt, Laurent Nahon, Uwe Meierhenrich,"Asymmetric photolysis of chiral molecules of prebiotic importance at synchrotron SOLEIL", Poster presentation at the 15th EANA conference , 6-9 October 2015, Noordwijk, the Netherlands.

Louis Le Sergeant d'Hendecourt, Pierre de Marcellus, Cornelia Meinert, Iuliia Myrgorodska, Paola Modica, Laurent Nahon, Thomas Buhse, Uwe Meierhenrich,"Why interstellar ices can be considered as precursors for prebiotic chemistry?". IAU XXIX General Assembly, 3-14 August 2015, Honolulu, Hawaii, U.S.A.

L. Nahon, M. Tia, G. Garcia, B. Cunha de Miranda, C. Meinert, U. Meierhenrich, I. Myrgorodska, P. de Marcellus, P. Modica, L. Le Sergeant d'Hendecourt,"Astrophysical scenarii for the origin of biomolecular asymmetry probed by circularly-polarized VUV synchrotron radiation". Astrobiology Science Conference (AbSciCon), 15-19 June 2015, Chicago, U.S.A.

Louis Le Sergeant d'Hendecourt, Pierre de Marcellus, Cornelia Meinert, Iuliia Myrgorodska, Paola Modica, Laurent Nahon, Thomas Buhse, Uwe Meierhenrich,"The importance of extraterrestrial ices in astrochemical and prebiotic evolution". Astrobiology Science Conference (AbSciCon), 15-19 June 2015, Chicago, U.S.A.

Iuliia Myrgorodska, Cornelia Meinert, Zita Martins, Louis d'Hendecourt, Uwe Meierhenrich,"Multidimensional Analysis of Amino Acids in Murchison Meteorite", The International Astrobiology Society and Bioastronomy (IAU C51) Joint International Conference, 6-11 July 2014, Nara, Japan.

Cornelia Meinert, Soeren Hoffmann, Laurent Nahon, Iuliia Myrgorodska, Louis d'Hendecourt, Uwe Meierhenrich,"Chiral Photons as Trigger of Life's Asymmetry", The International Astrobiology Society and Bioastronomy (IAU C51) Joint International Conference, 6-11 July 2014, Nara, Japan.

Iuliia Myrgorodska, Cornelia Meinert, Uwe Meierhenrich,"A new dimensions in separation science: comprechensive two-dimensional gas chromatography", Poster presentation at the 3th European GCxGC symposium, 17-18 September 2013, Nice, France.

Professional experience
(2013-2016) PhD Student, University Nice Sophia Antipolis, Nice
(2012-2013) Master of Chemistry, University of Nice - Sophia Antipolis, Nice
(2012-2013) Master of Chemistry, V.N. Karazin Kharkiv National University, Ukraine
(2008-2012) Bachelor of Chemistry, V.N. Karazin Kharkiv National University, Ukraine