Milena Chernyshevskaia — Curriculum Vitae

Profile

Interdisciplinary educator and curriculum designer with more than eight years of teaching experience across English language education, professional communication, business ethics and the life sciences. I design complete programmes for international learners, executives and STEM professionals, and I hold an MSc in Bioengineering alongside a Specialist Degree in Pharmacy, with peer-reviewed publications in molecular bioengineering and psychopharmacology.

My teaching is grounded in research practice: I have worked in multinational laboratories in Moscow and Saudi Arabia, published, presented and defended my own work in English. I am currently completing the Arizona State University TESOL Professional Certificate.

Teaching

Curriculum designer & English instructor

May 2026 — present

Independent practice · Yerevan, Armenia

Integrated programmes combining English-language development, business ethics and cross-cultural professional communication.
Executives and STEM professionals working in international and multicultural organisations.
Curricula, lesson plans, case studies, assignments and assessment materials developed independently.
Needs analysis and language assessment feeding personalised pathways for meetings, presentations, negotiations and intercultural collaboration.

English and intercultural communication instructor

Mar — May 2026

KAUST Community Language Program · Thuwal, Saudi Arabia

Designed and delivered a seven-week elementary English and intercultural communication course, 21 contact hours, for five international participants.
Conducted placement assessment; created the full curriculum, materials and assessments.
Collected and acted on participant feedback at course completion.

English language instructor

2018 — 2023

Say Yes English School · Moscow, Russia

Taught children, teenagers, university students and adult professionals across all CEFR levels.
Managed three to four groups and up to six individual students concurrently, with independently designed curricula.
General English, Business English, Academic and Scientific English, IELTS and TOEFL preparation.
Corporate instruction for employees of Gazfond, Joom and Apex; preparation for Erasmus programmes and university admission in Italy and Germany.

Private tutor in biology, chemistry and biochemistry

2019 — 2024

Independent practice · Russia and online

Approximately fifteen secondary-school and university students taught in Russian and English.
Preparation for GCSE, A-level and Russian Unified State Examination assessments, and for university admission.

Education

MSc, Bioengineering

2024 — 2025

King Abdullah University of Science and Technology · Thuwal, Saudi Arabia

GPA 3.70/4.00; 42 graduate credits; degree awarded December 2025.
Research track in structural biology, enzyme engineering, protein delivery and metal–organic frameworks.

Specialist Degree, Pharmacy

2019 — 2024

I. M. Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University · Moscow, Russia

Fifth-year research internship through the KAUST Visiting Student Research Program.
Graduation research on hierarchical multi-enzyme nanoreactors for violacein biosynthesis.

Research

Graduate researcher, Structural Biology and Engineering Laboratory

2024 — 2025

KAUST · Supervisor: Prof. Stefan T. Arold

Encapsulation and intracellular delivery of L-asparaginase II and N-acetyltransferase II using MIL-101 metal–organic frameworks.
Recombinant protein expression and purification, SDS-PAGE, SEC, SEC-MALS, enzymatic activity assays.
Mammalian cell culture, viability and uptake studies, intracellular enzyme-activity measurement.

Undergraduate researcher, Laboratory of Psychopharmacology

2021 — 2023

Zakusov Research Institute of Pharmacology · Moscow, Russia

Cognitive and antidiabetic effects of GTS-301, a dipeptide mimetic of neurotrophin-3, in a streptozotocin-induced diabetes model.
In vivo work with C57BL/6 mice; behavioural testing, statistical analysis and manuscript preparation.

Publications

Sharip, A., Qutub, S. S., Farooqui, M. M., Baslyman, W., Khalfay, N., Alimi, L. O., Lopez Sanchez, P., Zhao, L., Chernyshevskaia, M., Colombo, G., Khashab, N. M., Arold, S. T., & Grünberg, R. (2026). Hierarchically engineered multi-enzyme nanoreactors for in vitro drug biosynthesis and pathway transplantation into cells. Advanced Materials, 38(34), e23006. doi:10.1002/adma.202523006

Yagubova, S. S., Chernyshevskaia, M. A., Ostrovskaya, R. U., Gudasheva, T. A., & Seredenin, S. B. (2023). Antidiabetic effect of a new original NT-3 dipeptide mimetic. Doklady Rossiiskoi Akademii Nauk. Nauki o Zhizni, 512, 417–421. doi:10.31857/S2686738923700336

Talks

Intracellular delivery of asparaginase II and N-acetyltransferase II with metal–organic frameworks. Poster, KAUST BESE Student Research Conference, Thuwal, May 2025.

Low-molecular-weight NT-3 mimetic GTS-301 restores impaired short-term memory in a streptozotocin-induced diabetes model. Oral presentation, Second All-Russian Scientific Conference of Young Researchers, Ryazan, September 2023.

Also

Co-founder and concept development lead, Rihla

2025

Arabic-language digital pregnancy and women's health platform · KAUST

Product concept and value proposition developed within a multicultural founding team.
Customer-discovery interviews in Saudi Arabia translated into product requirements.

Scientific advisor, Nash Gorod

2020 — 2023

Recycling and waste management · Stupino, Moscow Region, Russia

Laboratory analysis and quality control of processed organic waste; protocols for sorting and processing food waste into soil amendments.

Skills

Curriculum & teaching: Curriculum design; needs analysis; assessment; EAP and ESP; Business English; business ethics; intercultural communication; IELTS and TOEFL preparation.
Research methods: Recombinant protein expression and purification; SDS-PAGE; SEC and SEC-MALS; enzyme assays; mammalian cell culture; in vivo behavioural testing.
Certification: TESOL Professional Certificate, Arizona State University (in progress). Idea to Impact™ Workshop, King's College London & KAUST, 2025. IELTS preparation seminar, BKC International House, 2021.
Honours: Two-time second-round prize recipient, “I Am a Professional” National Student Olympiad in Pharmacy, 2023 and 2024.