Dr. Karpov was born in Yaroslavl, Russia. He finished BSc (2012) and MSc (2014) in Applied Physics and Mathematics at Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology (MIPT). During his MSc, Dr. Karpov worked on metal-insulator transitions in complex oxides manganites in a group of Prof. G. Ovsyannikov at Kotelnikov Institute of Radio-Engineering and Electronics. Working on his Master Thesis Maxim has completed several internships at Fermilab (US), California Institute of Technology (US), and Chalmers University of Technology (Sweden).