Taras Hrendash received a B.Sc. and a M.Sc. in Finance from the Black Sea State University (BSSU) in 2011 and M.A. in Economics from the CERGE-EI in 2015. He is a Ph.D. Candidate at CERGE-EI and Junior Researcher in economics of science, technology change and innovation at IDEA Think Tank.

Research interests: Geography of Collaboration Networks, Clustering of Innovation, Accelerated Examination of Patents, Aging of Scientists, Scientometrics, Gender Homophily in Science.