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Twenty-one years of study, in order.

From a gymnasium in Skopje specialising in natural sciences to PhD studies in telecommunications — the full record of degrees, continuing-education programmes and published research, newest first.

5Degrees & diplomas
17Published papers
20+Programmes & courses
9.5+Average GPA, BSc–MSc

Degrees

2023 —

PhD studies, telecommunications · FEEIT — Faculty of Electrical Engineering & Information Technologies, Ss. Cyril and Methodius University, Skopje — ethics and methodology of scientific research, theory of coding and secure communications, optical networks, advanced telecommunication protocol engineering, design of telecommunication services, advanced quantum communications

In progress
2022–23

MSc Blockchain Technologies · Zigurat — Global Institute of Technology & Instituto de Formación Continua Il3, Universitat de Barcelona, Spain

GPA 9.60
2020–21

Pedagogy & psychology for professional development · Faculty of Pedagogy, UKIM, Skopje — pedagogy, psychology, methodology, communication pedagogy, school dokimology

GPA 9.20
2011–13

MSc Informatics · software engineering, programming & multimedia — Faculty of Informatics, European University of Republic of Macedonia, Skopje

GPA 9.50
2008–11

BSc Informatics · software engineering — Faculty of Informatics, European University of Republic of Macedonia, Skopje

GPA 9.50
2004–08

Graduated senior · Gymnasium “Orce Nikolov”, Skopje — advanced natural sciences & mathematics (area A)

GPA 5.00

Programmes & continuing education

Structured cohort programmes and university coursework, most recent first — the year each was completed, not when the underlying degree was earned.

2025

AI Talents Programme · Frankfurt School Blockchain Center

  • Key AI concepts
  • Emerging technologies
  • Real-world applications across industries
2024

Connecting the DOTs · Security Research Labs, J3D.AI, SystAIn3r, Polkadot & Apillon

Network Forensics · Florida International University

  • Capturing & analysing network traffic
  • Investigating network attacks & intrusions
  • Forensic methodologies on real scenarios

Symfony 6 — 30 days with the LAST stack

SheFi — Season 10

  • Blockchain baddie fundamentals
  • Wallets & Ethereum
  • DeFi & stablecoins
  • DEXs & staking
  • NFTs
  • DAOs & governance
  • AI

Chainlink Academy

  • Chainlink 101
  • Solidity Introduction & 102
  • VRF v2 Introduction & Advanced

Chainlink Bootcamp 2024

  • Blockchain concepts & wallets
  • Solidity fundamentals
  • ERC-20 & data feeds
  • CCIP cross-chain tokens
  • NFTs & Automation
  • VRF random numbers
  • Functions for off-chain data

DLT / DeFi / ReFi Talents Programmes · Frankfurt School Blockchain Center

  • Fundamentals of DLT, DeFi & ReFi
  • Stakeholder domains — entrepreneurship, IT, regulation, VC, media
  • Specialist deep-dive per stakeholder domain
2023

PhD coursework · FEEIT, Skopje

  • Ethics in scientific research
  • Methodology of scientific research
  • Theory of coding & secure communications 2
  • Optical networks
  • Advanced telecom protocol engineering
  • Design of telecom services
  • Advanced quantum communications

NFT / Bitcoin Talents Programmes · Frankfurt School Blockchain Center

  • Fundamentals of NFTs, crypto assets & DLTs
  • Stakeholder domains
  • Specialist deep-dive

Internet of Things — Security & Privacy · Florida International University

  • Network security standards
  • IoT security primitives
  • Protocol, control & key-management security
  • Application-level protocol security

Cyber-Physical Systems Security of Critical Infrastructure · Florida International University

  • CPS vs. network security
  • SCADA & control-system best practice
  • Attacks on physical & cyber sides
  • ICS countermeasures
  • CPS security standards
  • Privacy in CPS settings

Atala PRISM Pioneer Programme

  • Foundations of self-sovereign identity
  • Building with Atala PRISM — DIDs & credentials
  • Human-centric design for decentralised identity
2022–2023

MSc Blockchain Technologies · Zigurat / Universitat de Barcelona (GPA 9.60)

  • Blockchain, trust & the transparency economy
  • Architecture & cryptography
  • Cryptocurrencies, token economy & ICOs/STOs
  • Legal & regulation
  • Business applications & use cases
  • Lean prototyping & development
  • Scalability & the future of blockchain
  • Enterprise integration

AWS Education

  • Analytics
  • Cloud computing
  • Development
  • ML & AI
  • Network & infrastructure
  • Security

IBM Academic Initiative

  • AI Capstone
  • Data science
  • IBM Automation & Cloud
  • Healthcare
  • Quantum
  • Red Hat Academy

Harvard University — HarvardX CS50, Cambridge, Massachusetts

  • CS50P — Introduction to Programming with Python
  • CS50AI — Introduction to Artificial Intelligence with Python
2020–2021

Faculty of Pedagogy · UKIM, Skopje (GPA 9.20)

  • Pedagogy
  • Psychology
  • Methodology
  • Communication pedagogy
  • School dokimology
2011–2013

MSc Informatics · European University of Republic of Macedonia, Skopje (GPA 9.50)

  • Advanced C, C++, C#, ASP.NET, AJAX, XML
  • Database management — MS SQL
  • UML design & software methodologies
  • Web design — HTML, CSS, JS, WordPress
  • Windows & Mac OSX administration
  • Wired & wireless networks, distributed systems, sensors
  • Graphic animation & modelling — Maya, Flash, OpenGL
  • Agile / Scrum
2008–2011

BSc Informatics · European University of Republic of Macedonia, Skopje (GPA 9.50)

  • C#, ASP.NET, XML
  • Web design — HTML, CSS
  • UML design & software methodologies
  • Windows administration
  • Database management — SQL Server
  • Graphic animation & modelling — Maya, Premiere Pro, Photoshop, CorelDraw
2004–2008

Gymnasium “Orce Nikolov”, Skopje (GPA 5.00)

  • Advanced natural sciences & mathematics (area A)

Published research papers

Seventeen papers across QoS networking, e-learning, GPU computing, cybersecurity and blockchain — full PDFs and journal pages linked where available.

Working papers & case studies · MSc Blockchain