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I was born in 1957 in Moscow. I am married and have a daughter.
My hobbies include sport (karate,  judo),   travelling (canoe trips),
art and literature.



Education and Degrees:
 
  • M.Sc., 1980               Moscow State University,Faculty of Physics,

  •                                    Diploma work in Molecular Physics.
     
  • PhD.,  1984               Moscow State University,  Faculty of Physics,

  •                                    Thesis title:  Kinetic Coefficients and Time Correlation
                                                                           Functions in Dense Fluids.
     
  • Doctor of                   Moscow State University, Faculty of Physics,

  •   Science,   1999           Thesis title:  Kinetic  Processes and Phase Transitions
                                                                             in Solutions.


    Appointments:
     
  • Permanent Affiliation: Moscow State University, Faculty of Physics,

  •                                      Moscow, Russia, Leading Researcher
     
  • Other Appointments:  Nonlinear Dynamics Group

  •                                     Department of PhysicsUniversity of Potsdam,
                                         Potsdam, Germany.  Visiting Scientist, 2004-2007.

                                      Statistical Physics and Theory of Chaos Group
                                       Department of PhysicsUniversity of Potsdam,
                                        Potsdam, Germany.  Visiting Scientist, 2003.

                                       Humboldt University / Charite Department of Biochemistry,
                                        Berlin, Germany. Visiting Scientist, 2002-2003.

                                       University of Barcelona, Department of Physics,
                                        Barcelona, Spain.  Invited  Professor, 2001.

                                      Max-Planck-Institute of Colloids and Interfaces,
                                        Potsdam, Germany. Max-Planck Fellow,  2000.

                                      Humboldt University, Department of Physics,
                                        Berlin, Germany. Visiting Scientist, 1998-1999.

                                     University of Toronto, Department of Chemistry
                                              Toronto,  Canada.
                                        Research Associate,  Lecturer,1995-1997

                                     Nonlinear Dynamics Group,
                                      Department of PhysicsUniversity of Potsdam,
                                        Potsdam, Germany.  Max-Planck Fellow, 1993.

                                               Moscow State University, Faculty of Physics,
                                               Senior Researcher, Assistant Professor, 1989-1995.

                                              All-Union Research Institute of Current Sources,
                                        Moscow,  Russia,  Senior Researcher,
                                        Group Leader,  1985-1989.



    Editorial and reviewing work:

    Editor:                        of the book  (with T.Poeschel) "Granular Gas Dynamics",
                                     Lecture Notes in Physics, v. 624.

    Peer Review:            Physical Review Letters,
                                    Physical Review E,
                                    European Physical Journal,
                                    Europhysics Letters,
                                    Journal of Physics A,
                                     Uspekhi Fizicheskikh Nauk.



    Honors, Fellowships and Service to the Scientific Community:

                                      Organizer of the International
    CECAM Workshop "Granular Gases", Lyon, Sept. 2-5, 2002

                                       Member of the Scientific Committee of the International
    The 14th International Conference on Discrete Simulation of Fluid Dynamics in
    Complex Systems Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan, August 22 - 26 (2005)

                                       Member of the Scientific Committee of the International
    DSFD 2004 13th International Conference on the Discrete Simulation of Fluid
    Dynamics, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA, 16-20 August 2004

    Member of the Scientific Committee of the International
     XII International Conference on the Discrete Simulation of Fluid Dynamics,
    Augist 25-29 (2003), Beirut, Lebanon.

                                       Member of the Scientific Committee of the International
     "Statistical Mechanics of Complex Networks"
    XVIII Sitges Conference on Statistical Mechanics,
    Sitges, Barcelona, SPAIN, 10-14 June 2002

                                       Member of the Scientific Committee of the International
    XI international Conference of Discrete Simulation of Fluid Dynamics and
    Soft Condensed Matter August 5-9 (2002), Shanghai, China

                                       Fellowship in Max-Planck-Institute of Colloids and Interfaces,
                                         Potsdam, Germany, 2000.

                                       International Science Foundation Grant award, 1994.

                                       Fellowship in Max-Planck-Institute,  Nonlinear Dynamics Group,
                                         University of Potsdam, Potsdam, Germany, 1993.

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