"There is nothing some more duct tape can’t fix"

A PhD student at ITMO’s Advanced Engineering School

Ida Kublanova

Helps ships navigate the open sea.

Studies photonics

because it’s beautiful

An optics engineer from St. Petersburg who plays intellectual quizzes and makes pop-sci videos and podcasts for kids.

As a school student, Ida admired lenses and prisms, which motivated her to study optics and photonics. Her curiosity, on the other hand, led her to develop a fiber-optic gyroscope — an optical compass that helps ships navigate the open sea.

Ida is certain that if her solution is used on ships and the world is ruled by love, friendship, and a good sense of humor, then no one will need to be saved.

For her, humor, curiosity, and lots of duct tape can help solve any problem.