Maksim Markelov is a linguist (computational linguistics, corpus-based studies, semantics, terminology) and discourse analyst, working on an interdisciplinary PhD project, situated at the intersection of Linguistics, Media Studies, and Russian and East European Studies. Under the supervision of Professors Stephen Hutchings and Vera Tolz at the University of Manchester, Maksim is carrying out research using a combination of quantitative and qualitative methods for a PhD project entitled: "Transforming Meaning: Russian Trolls in Social Media’s Changing Linguistic Landscape". When complete, Maksim's thesis will provide the first substantive analysis of how the linguistic practices of online actors identified as Russian state-sponsored trolls change with time and context.