Date and place of birth:
August 9, 1958
Leningrad, Russia

Affiliation and official address
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Professional Preparation
• Leningrad Polytechnical Institute, Bachelor of Engineering, Engineering Physics, 1981
• Leningrad Polytechnical Institute, Ph.D., Theoretical Physics, 1984
Thesis: Theoretical study of the active atoms interaction and of the formation of molecular complexes on polarization of alkali atoms
• Leningrad Polytechnical Institute, Research Scientist, Theoretical Atomic Physics, 1984-1991
• St. Petersburg State Technical University, Aspirant for Doctoral Degree, Theoretical Physics, 1998 - 2001
Thesis: Quantum statistical effects in the polarization-sensitive spectroscopy of free and interacting atoms

Employment
St. Petersburg State Technical University, Assistant Professor of Physics, 1991 -1996
St. Petersburg State Technical University, Associate Professor of Physics, 1996 -1998
St. Petersburg State Polytechnic University, Professor of Physics, 2001 - present

Synergistic activities
Local activities:  Cooperative research programs with laboratories of A.F. Ioffe Physico-Technical Institution (Prof. O.S. Vasyutinskii), S.I. Vavilov State Optical Institution (Prof. E.B. Aleksandrov).

International activities: Cooperative research programs with Old Dominion University (Virginia, USA), Laboratoire Ondes et Desordre (Nice, France), Copenhagen University Niels Bohr Institute. These collaborations were supported by international foundations CRDF, NATO, NSF-INT and are currently supported by INTAS and RFBR.

Student education. As listed below, I have been thesis advisor for two Ph.D. students and currently I am advisor for one Ph.D. student.  I have been teaching several courses in the area of modern theoretical physics at St. Petersburg State Polytechnic University.

Collaborators and other affiliations
Collaborators and co-Editors
Igor Sokolov (St-Petersburg State Polytechnic University, Russia),
Oleg Vasyutinskii (A.F. Ioffe Physico-Technical Institute, Russia),
Mark Havey (Old Dominion University), Charles Sukenik (Old Dominion University),
Eugene Polzik (Copenhagen University Niels Bohr Institute),
Burcin Bayram (Miami University).

Graduate and Postdoctoral Advisors
Graduate Advisor:
Vladimir V. Batygin, Leningrad Polytechnical Institute

Postdoctoral Advisor:
Igor N. Toptygin, State Technical University

Thesis advisor and Postgraduate Scholar Sponsor
I have been thesis advisor to the following Ph.D. Physicists

Currently I am advising one Ph.D. student: Oksana S. Mishina, Department of Theoretical Physics at SPbSPU.