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Dr. Anton Lytvynenko is a postdoc at the Materials for Nanosystems and Biointerfaces (MNB) Research Group at the Institute of Physics of the Czech Academy of Sciences. His research is devoted to characterization of electrochemical properties of doped diamond materials created in the Group together with development of novel nanocomposites of boron-doped diamond with electrocatalytically active metal nanostructures for electrochemical detection of biologically active organic molecules and degradation of persistent organic pollutants.  Joining the Group in 2024, Dr. Lytvynenko brought an extensive experience in aqueous and non-aqueous electrochemistry, in particular in organic electrocatalysis on metal nanostructures and 3d metal complexes, obtained during his previous scientific career. He obtained his PhD (equivalent) degree from L.V.Pisarzhevskii Institute of Physical Chemistry of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, where he defended his thesis on electrocatalytic dehalogenation of organic halides on electrodes modified by porous coordination polymers. After the defence he continued research in organic electrochemistry in Ukraine, further strengthened by research stays in Poland (at Jagiellonian University, Kraków) and, finally, in the Czech Republic (at Charles University). Special emphasis of the work was put on the influence of nanostructuring of metal electrode surfaces on their electrocatalytic performance together with possible underlying mechanisms. His current efforts are aimed at employment of innovative materials developed in the Group to solve challenging medical and environmental problems of the present day.