Education 

1997: Ph.D. in Physics, Moscow State University ( Moscow, Russia)
           Advisor: Prof. M. I. Kaganov
1994: Ms. S. in  Physics, Moscow State University  (Moscow, Russia)
            Advisor: Prof. M. I. Kaganov

Research Area

Condensed Matter Theory:  Strongly correlated electron systems and Magnetism

Employment

September 2007 – present: Assistant Professor, Department of Physics, University of Wisconsin (Madison, WI, USA)
November 2006 – August 2007: Postdoctoral Associate, Technical University of Braunschweig (Braunschweig, Germany)
September 2004 –Novemeber 2006: Visiting Scientist,  Max-Planck- Institute for  the Physics of Complex Systems (Dresden, Germany)
February 2002 –  July 2004: Postdoctoral Research Associate, National Institute  of Nuclear Physics (Frascati, Italy)
September 1999 –  August 2000:  Research Fellow, University of Salerno  (Salerno, Italy)
September 1997 –  August 1999:  Lecturer, University of Dubna  (Dubna, Russia)
July 1997 - July 2007: Senior  Research Scientist, Joint  Institute  of Nuclear Research (Dubna, Russia)

Visiting Research Positions 
June-August 2008, 2009: Visiting Scientist,  Max-Planck- Institute for  the Physics of Complex Systems (Dresden, Germany)
October 2004: Visiting Scientist,  University of Porto Allegre (Porto Allegre, Brasil)
Mai 2004: Visiting Scientist,  University of Fribourg  (Fribourg, Switzerland)
October-November 2001 and February-March 2003:  Visitnig Scientist, Laboratoire Louis Neel, CNRS (Grenoble, France)
July-August 2001: Visiting Scientist,  Max-Planck- Institute for  the Physics of Complex Systems (Dresden, Germany)
March  and November 2000: Visiting Scientist , European Synchrotron Radiation Facility (Grenoble, France)

Professional Activities and Associations  

Referee for Physical Review B, Physical Review Letters and European Physical Journal B journals
Member of the American Physical Society