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A physicist's perspective. Sergey works across theory, experiment, simulation, and statistical analysis. His materials research combined carbon film experiments with density functional theory calculations; his collaborative medical research drew on statistical methods. That breadth informs how he connects a scientific question to the methods and tools needed to investigate it. He holds a master's degree in theoretical physics from Belarusian State University and a physics PhD from the City University of New York.

Bringing disciplines together. He creates settings where people with complementary expertise can work on real scientific problems. The AI for Scientific Research program he founded at NYU brought together more than 100 students across seven semesters to work on over 20 projects with natural-science researchers. Its published framework connects research education with useful work for collaborating labs. He also organized the 2024 AI Meets Science conference, bringing together researchers from academia, government, and industry.

Technology grounded in practice. His technical work spans automated experiments, scientific computing, HPC, and infrastructure used across an institution. As NYU's AI Technical Lead, he architected its private GenAI ecosystem and built computing infrastructure used by dozens of courses and thousands of students. His industry experience includes financial R&D and establishing an AI team and adoption strategy in radiology. At ARP, this experience informs the software, methods, and training he develops for research teams.

Developing the capacity to do research. More than 15 years of teaching, from school students to working professionals, underpin his work on research education. He has built research labs and curricula that bring experimentation, simulation, and data analysis into learning. With Matthew Pearce, he coauthored The Research Guide: From Informal Role to Profession, arguing for a dedicated profession that develops people's ability to conduct research. With Olga Vine and Matthew Pearce, he coauthored From EdTech to HumanDevTech, setting out principles for technology designed to develop human capability.

Opening the research process. His work also addresses how scientific knowledge is built and shared. In Visible, Trackable, Forkable, he argues for making the development of a scientific idea visible, including its revisions, dead ends, and changes of direction. That idea takes practical form in ARP's SciRecord, now live for members of supported research communities. It preserves a timestamped record of how research unfolds, giving ideas, setbacks, and discoveries a place in the scientific record. Together with his work on checking scientific code and manuscripts, it advances a research practice that others can examine, correct, and build on.

Science as a lifelong pursuit. Sergey sees many valuable paths through science: an academic career, research in industry, or continued scientific work alongside a profession in another field. People should be able to choose among these paths and move between them as their interests and circumstances change. Doctoral study is one route into research; a PhD is not a prerequisite for doing science. He shares Freeman Dyson's objection to the doctorate becoming “a kind of union card” for employment. People can develop the ability to conduct rigorous research through sustained practice, expert guidance, and collaboration. Sergey works to make these routes more accessible and efficient, keeping the opportunity to become and remain a scientist open throughout life, across career paths.

That conviction informs ARP's research programs, including the Society of Teen Scientists, the Research Residency, and the International Physicists' Tournament team he co-leads with Yury Deshko.

Product and systems judgment. Olga considers a product in the context of the organization that depends on it: how people work, which systems must connect, and what has to remain reliable as demands grow. Her experience with major enterprise deployments and software for healthcare, investment decisions, and public services informs that perspective. She connects business needs and user experience with the architectural choices that determine whether a product can be adopted, trusted, and sustained.

Multidisciplinary leadership. Olga sets technical direction and builds the team capable of delivering it. She has led people across product, design, engineering, quality assurance, and infrastructure, and helped an engineering organization scale through rapid growth. At ARP, she established the engineering function and works across research, education, AI, and software. She stays close to architecture and technical decisions while developing the people and practices that let the organization grow.

Her vision for research technology. Olga sees technology as a way to develop people's ability to investigate questions for themselves. She coauthored From EdTech to HumanDevTech. That vision connects her work across research guidance, scientific verification, and recording the research process: people need the support to begin, the tools to examine their work, and a record they can build on. It informs her product and technology direction for the Personal AI Research Mentor, SciRecord, and ARP's scientific verification tools. She wants those capabilities available to people beyond established research institutions, with the researcher's judgment and ownership at the center.

From research to practical use. Luke's experience connects scientific investigation, invention, and the delivery of complex technology. His work at Schlumberger and Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory spans technology commercialization and major research infrastructure, including leadership of PPPL's $27 million FLARE fusion facility. His 21 patents and more than 100 invention disclosures reflect sustained work turning research into technical solutions.

Engineering and program judgment. He brings that experience to ARP's decisions about how to organize ambitious research and develop its practical applications. His perspective is grounded in mechanical and nuclear engineering at UC Berkeley, where his research focused on ion sources for neutron generation.

Making research part of education. Matthew's experience centers on giving students the opportunity to investigate questions whose answers are still open. His work at Latymer Upper School, Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology, and the Princeton International School of Mathematics and Science brought authentic research into structured educational programs. He draws on that experience to advise ARP on curriculum and sustained research guidance.

Defining how researchers develop. His contribution also extends to the methods behind ARP's programs and tools. With Sergey Samsonau, he coauthored The Research Guide: From Informal Role to Profession, making the case for a dedicated profession in research guidance. With Sergey and Olga Vine, he coauthored From EdTech to HumanDevTech, connecting educational design with technology that develops human capability.

Connecting theory and experiment. Yury's research spans gravitation, electronic transport in novel materials, experimental spectroscopy, and diamond photonics. This range connects mathematical descriptions of nature with phenomena that can be measured in the lab. He holds a master's degree in theoretical physics from Belarusian State University and a physics PhD from the CUNY Graduate Center, and worked as a research associate at the City College of New York.

From physical models to working devices. His work in silicon photonics connects modeling and simulation with device design, characterization, and production testing. More than a decade in the field, including his work as a photonics engineer at Nokia, gives him a practical perspective on how physical ideas hold up through the demands of engineering.

Teaching and writing. He has taught physics at the college level and in advanced programs associated with Johns Hopkins and Columbia. He wrote Special Relativity: For Inquiring Minds (Springer, 2022) and Tensors for Inquiring Minds (Chapman and Hall/CRC, 2025), drawing on his work explaining demanding physics concepts to learners.

Research guidance. As co-leader of ARP's IPT team, Yury helps members choose and combine methods for investigating open problems. Students make the research decisions; he helps them test their reasoning against evidence and draw on one another's strengths.