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Alexander Nikiforov

Techdegree Graduate

Viersen, NW, Germany

Working Web Developer, learning Treehouse courses. Now on C# Web Dev Track :)

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Spoken Languages
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- Russian
- German
Publications
- Nikiforov, Alexander, et al. "Assessment of approximate computational methods for conical intersections and branching plane vectors in organic molecules." The Journal of chemical physics 141.12 (2014): 124122.
- Nikiforov, Alexander, et al. "Computational Design of a Family of Light Driven Rotary Molecular Motors with Improved Quantum Efficiency." The journal of physical chemistry letters (2016).
- Huix-Rotllant, M., Nikiforov, A., Thiel, W., & Filatov, M. (2015). Description of Conical Intersections with Density Functional Methods. In Density-Functional Methods for Excited States (pp. 445-476). Springer International Publishing.

156 Achievements

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Structuring Your Content

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Getting Started With HTML

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Arrays

C# Collections

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Adding a List Page

ASP.NET MVC Basics

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Modeling and Presenting Data

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Views

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Controllers

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Project Setup

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What Is WordPress?

What Is WordPress?

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WordPress Plugins

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Getting to Know PHP

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The WordPress Customizer

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How to Install WordPress on Your Computer

How to Install WordPress on Your Computer

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Java Objects

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Getting Started with WordPress

Getting Started with WordPress

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Abstraction

Intermediate C#

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Node.js Basics (2014)

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Intermediate C#

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Intermediate C#

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JavaScript Loops, Arrays and Objects

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How to Make a Website

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Basic Android Programming

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Introduction to Design

Design Foundations

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HTML First

How to Make a Website

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Build a Simple Android App

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What is Agile?

Scrum Basics

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Finding the Data You Want

SQL Basics

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Bells and Whistles

Intro to Java Web Development with Spark

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JavaScript Basics (Retired)

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Data, Databases and SQL

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Intro to Java Web Development with Spark

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Java Annotations

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Java Annotations

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Unit Testing in Java

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How To Test

Unit Testing in Java

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Unit Testing in Java

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Build a Simple Android App

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Build a JavaFX Application

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REST API Basics

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GET and POST Requests in a Browser

HTTP Basics

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Design a Better App

Build a JavaFX Application

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Introduction to HTTP

HTTP Basics

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Adding a New Web Page

Introduction to HTML and CSS (2016)

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Make It Beautiful with CSS

Introduction to HTML and CSS (2016)

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HTML: The Structural Foundation of Web Pages and Applications

Introduction to HTML and CSS (2016)

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Getting Familiar with HTML and CSS

Introduction to HTML and CSS (2016)

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Welcome to the Treehouse Club

Treehouse Club: HTML

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Graphical User Interfaces

Build a JavaFX Application

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Advanced Tooling

Local Development Environments

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IDE Exploration

Local Development Environments

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How it Works

Local Development Environments

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Efficiency!

Java Data Structures - Retired

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Exploring the Java Collections Framework

Java Data Structures - Retired

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Organizing Data

Java Data Structures - Retired

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Java Data Structures - Retired

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Delivering the MVP

Java Objects (Retired)

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Creating the MVP

Java Objects (Retired)

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Harnessing the Power of Objects

Java Objects (Retired)

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Meet Objects

Java Objects (Retired)

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Perfecting the Prototype

Java Basics

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Using your New Tools

Java Basics

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Getting Started with Java

Java Basics

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Newbie

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