CoastalQuant HCHO Research
Development of indoor formaldehyde measurement and a reproducible evaluation methodology.
About CoastalQuant
Professional profile
Rostyslav Sipakov, Ph.D.
Founder & research program principal
Tampa, Florida, United States
Environmental scientist and construction professional connecting air-quality measurement, building systems, and reproducible research.
Selected experience, qualifications, and publications.
Research & practice
Rostyslav Sipakov, Ph.D., leads CoastalQuant’s research into indoor formaldehyde measurement and its evaluation methodology. The work examines interfering compounds, measurement uncertainty, and the conditions under which a result can be trusted.
His doctoral research examined the secondary formation and dispersion of formaldehyde in urban air. His professional background includes construction and building-services work dating to 2005, alongside research in environmental monitoring and data analysis.
Current programs
Quantum Computing Research
A separate program investigating quantum methods for sensor data and molecular research.
Selected experience
2026–present
CoastalQuant Technologies Inc.
Founder, President & Chief Executive Officer
Tampa, Florida, United States
Leads the formaldehyde measurement research program and validation planning, connecting instrument development with a reproducible evaluation methodology.
2022–present
CoastalQuant, Inc.
President & Chief Executive Officer; Primary Qualifying Agent
Tampa, Florida, United States
Construction-sector work under Florida Certified General Contractor license CGC1532785, providing a practical connection to buildings and the research program’s prospective field-evaluation pathway.
2005–2014
Group Systems LLC
Founder & General Director
Moscow, Russian Federation
Commercial and office construction and fit-out, including ventilation, heating, air-conditioning, plumbing, and electrical systems.
Education
2021
Ph.D. — Ecological Safety Engineering
Kyiv National University of Construction and Architecture, Ukraine
Doctoral research on environmental risk from urban road-traffic air pollution, including secondary formaldehyde formation.
2009
Master’s equivalent — Civil Engineering
Belarusian National Technical University, Belarus
Diploma in Industrial and Civil Construction, with the qualification of Civil Engineer.
2009
MBA equivalent — Management
Institute of Open Business Education and Design, Moscow, Russia
Diploma in Business Management, with the qualification of Manager.
WES credential record
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Credentials & learning
Licensure & professional certification
Licensed 2022
Certified General Contractor · CGC1532785
Florida Department of Business and Professional Regulation
View license record (opens in a new tab)Awarded 2025
Chartered Scientist (CSci)
Science Council, through the Institution of Environmental Sciences
Search professional register (opens in a new tab)Awarded 2025
Portfolio Management Professional (PfMP)
Project Management Institute
View credential (opens in a new tab)Awarded 2024
PMI Construction Professional (PMI-CP)
Project Management Institute
View credential (opens in a new tab)Awarded 2023
Envision Sustainability Professional (ENV SP)
Institute for Sustainable Infrastructure
ENV SP directory (opens in a new tab)Continuing professional education
Professional learning programs. These certificates are not academic degrees.
Professional Certificate in Computer Science for Artificial Intelligence
HarvardX · 2025
View certificate (opens in a new tab)Professional Certificate in Large Language Models
Databricks / edX · 2024
View certificate (opens in a new tab)
Memberships & service
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
Senior Member, since 2025
American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)
Member (M.ASCE), since 2021; Environmental and Water Resources Institute (EWRI)
Institution of Environmental Sciences (IES)
Full Member (MIEnvSc), since 2024
Peer-review service
Peer reviewer for journals published by PLOS, Elsevier, ASCE, Frontiers, and MDPI, with reviewing activity beginning in 2022.
Areas include environmental science, construction, sustainability, public health, air quality, ventilation, and sensing.
Selected publications
Peer-reviewed articles & conference papers
Journal article · 2026 · Sole author
Statevector-to-Hardware Reconstruction of a Four-Qubit ZZ Quantum Kernel: A Single-Backend Case Study of Three Execution Jobs (opens in a new tab)
Quantum Reports 2026, 8(3), 93
Published 9 September 2026. A limited hardware diagnostic; it does not establish quantum advantage or validate the formaldehyde measurement system.
Journal article · 2025 · First author
Quadratic-Baseline Partitioning of Indoor PM2.5 Using a Low-Cost Optical Sensor During a Facade Retrofit Case Study (opens in a new tab)
IEEE Sensors Letters
Journal article · 2024 · First author
Leveraging Quadratic Polynomials in Python for Advanced Data Analysis (opens in a new tab)
F1000Research
Conference paper · 2024 · First author
Assessing and Mitigating Occupational Risks for Outdoor Workers in Post-Catastrophe Urban Road Infrastructure Rebuilding (opens in a new tab)
ASCE · Forensic Engineering 2024
Conference paper · 2023 · First author
Data-Driven Algorithmic Framework for Sustainable and Culturally Harmonious Coastal Home Construction and Monitoring (opens in a new tab)
EAGE · Monitoring 2023
Journal article · 2018 · First author
Assessment and forecast for the creation of photochemical smog over transport overpasses in Kyiv (opens in a new tab)
Environmental Safety and Natural Resources
Dissertation
Dissertation · 2021 · Author
Improving management of environmental risk from urbanized areas highways’ air pollution (on an example of Kyiv city) (opens in a new tab)
Kyiv National University of Construction and Architecture · Zenodo archive
Ukrainian-language full text.