In 2000, he graduated from the M.E. Zhukovsky National Aerospace University “Kharkiv Aviation Institute” with a degree in “Radioelectronic Devices, Systems, and Complexes.”

 

In 2024, he graduated from Kharkiv National University of Radio Electronics with a degree in “Cybersecurity.”

 

From 2000 to 2025, he served in the State Emergency Service of Ukraine and held various positions at the Center for Educational and Information Technologies, Electronic Communications, and Cybersecurity at the National University of Civil Protection of Ukraine.

 

In 2009, he successfully defended his master’s thesis on the topic “Geometric Modeling of Elliptical Sections of Phase Portraits of Oscillatory Systems in Determining Their Stability Regions” and earned the degree of Candidate of Technical Sciences in the specialty “Applied Geometry, Engineering Graphics.” In 2019, he was awarded the academic title of Associate Professor.

 

In April 2025, he was appointed to the position of Associate Professor in the Department of Metrology and Life Safety at Kharkiv National Automobile and Highway University.

Professional Development:

 

1. On July 16, 2025, I participated in the international roundtable “European Experience for Enhancing the Resilience of Critical Entities in Ukraine,” held as part of the Erasmus+ Jean Monnet Module project “The European Experience for Enhancing the Resilience of Critical Entities in Ukraine,” and received the corresponding certificate.

 

2. Professional development for teaching and research staff under the program: “Professional Development of Educators in the Context of Educational Transformations” at the State Institution “Scientific and Methodological Center for Higher and Pre-Higher Education,” totaling 30 hours (1 ECTS credit) from July 8 to 10, 2025. Certificate No. 38282994/5985-25 dated July 10, 2025.

 

3. Completed the course “EU Best Practices for Trustworthy and Reliable AI” as part of the international Erasmus+ Jean Monnet Module project: “Integrating the future-proof EU cybersecurity ecosystem in Ukraine,” totaling 30 hours (1 ECTS credit) from April 25 to June 10, 2025, and received the corresponding certificate.

4. Professional development for teachers under the program: “Comprehensive Course on Artificial Intelligence in Education,” totaling 45 hours (1.5 ECTS credits), from May 26, 2025, to June 9, 2025. Certificate VKSHIO-3036 dated June 9, 2025.

 

5. Professional development for teaching and research staff under the program: “Digital Education: Effective Technologies and Tools” at the State Scientific Institution “Institute for the Modernization of Educational Content,” totaling 6 hours (0.2 ECTS credits) on June 11, 2025. Certificate PK-2025/10939 dated June 11, 2025.

 

6. Professional development under the program “Information Technologies and Technical Protection of Information in the System of the State Emergency Service of Ukraine” at the Institute of Postgraduate Education of Lviv State University of Life Safety (Lviv), totaling 90 hours from February 5, 2024, to February 16, 2024. Certificate No. LV 08571340/003073-24 dated February 16, 2024.

7. Professional development in the form of an online course titled “Women, Peace, and Security Agenda: an online course for security sector representatives based on the example of the 1325 Action Plan of the State Emergency Service of Ukraine, totaling 7 hours (0.2 ECTS credits) on February 13, 2024, and received the corresponding certificate.

 

8. Completed courses on the Ministry of Digital Transformation’s online platform “Dія. Digital Education”: Basic Course in Digital Literacy (Beginner Level) (0.2 ECTS credits) – 6 hours, Basic Course in Digital Literacy (Intermediate Level) (0.2 ECTS credits) – 6 hours, Basic Course in Digital Literacy (Advanced Level) (0.2 ECTS credits) – 6 hours, Very Verified: Online Course in Media Literacy (0.2 ECTS credits) – 6 hours, Digital Money (0.1 ECTS credits) – 3 hours, Beware! Cybercriminals (0.1 ECTS credits) – 3 hours, Artificial Intelligence (0.1 ECTS credits) – 3 hours. Certificates without numbers, but verifiable on the “Dія. Digital Education” portal, 2022.

 

9. Courses completed on the Ministry of Digital Transformation’s online platform “Dія. Digital Education”: Basics of Cyber Hygiene (0.33 ECTS credits) – 10 hours, Electronic Signature (0.2 ECTS credits) – 6 hours, Personal Data (0.2 ECTS credits) – 6 hours, Digital Literacy for Civil Servants (0.1 ECTS credits) – 3 hours, Access to Public Information (0.2 ECTS credits) – 6 hours, Open Data for Civil Servants (0.2 ECTS credits) – 6 hours, Cyber Nannies (0.2 ECTS credits) – 6 hours. Certificates without numbers, but verifiable on the “Dія. Digital Education” portal, 2021.

10. Cisco Networking Academy at Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, certificate in Introduction to Cybersecurity, December 18, 2020

 

11. Cisco Networking Academy at Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, certificate in Cybersecurity Essentials, August 31, 2020

 

12. Pomeranian Academy (Słupsk, Republic of Poland), “National Civil Protection Mechanism in Poland and Environmental Sustainability,” June 7–17, 2019 (108 hours).

 

13. Advanced training under the program “Specialists in the Organization of Technical Support and Operation of Telecommunications Systems and Networks” at the National University of Civil Protection of Ukraine (Kharkiv), totaling 120 hours (4 ECTS credits), from September 17, 2018, to October 3, 2018. Certificate No. AA 08571363/000390-18 dated October 3, 2018.

 

M. M. Piksasov is the author of over 40 scientific and educational works.

 

M. M. Piksasov is a member of the All-Ukrainian public organization “UNION OF RESCUERS.”

 

He teaches the following courses: “Fundamentals of Cybersecurity,” “Information Security Technologies,” “Modern Information Technologies,” “Software and Data Security,” “Information Security,” and “Information Theory and Coding.”