Pavel Mykhailiuk was born in Kerch, Ukraine in 1984. In 2000 he won a bronze medal at 32nd International Chemistry Olympiads, IChO (Copenhagen, Denmark). In 2008 he received PhD in Biochemistry at Technical University of Karlsruhe (KIT, Germany) with Prof. Anne Ulrich. Thereafter, he joined the Kyiv National Taras Shevchenko University (Ukraine), where he obtained PhD in Organic Chemistry with Prof. Igor Komarov. Since then Pavel holds a position Senior Scientist at this University. Independently, in 2009 he joined "Enamine LTD" company (Ukraine), where in 2011 he became a head of custom synthesis department; and since 2013 he holds a position of Chief Scientific Officer (CSO). Pavel's research interests include fluorine-containing compounds, conformationally restricted molecules, 3D-shaped unnatural scaffolds and their application in medicinal chemistry. He is co-author of more than 90 research manuscripts. In 2014 he was selected as a runner up of EFMC Prize for a Young Medicinal Chemist in Industry.