Date and place of birth:          December 29, 1968, Vorkuta, Russia

Qualifications, skills, professional education and training

• Scientific specialization: polymer science, biological and synthetic macromolecules and nano-particles in media, “smart”/responsive polymeric materials, conformational transitions in macromolecules, molecular self-assembling, intermolecular interactions, aqueous solutions.
• Special skills: static and dynamic light scattering, microcalorimetry.
• Research career phase: teacher and established independent senior researcher attempting to create own group.
• Responsibilities: teaching, tutoring and supervision of undergraduate-postgraduate students; research and money applications.

Current position

• Yliopistonlehtori / University lecturer   (permanent position since 2004)

Polymers and Colloids, Department of Chemistry, University of Helsinki: P.O. Box 55 (A. I. Virtasen aukio 1), FIN-00014 HY Helsinki, Finland

 Previous work experience:

• Postdoc:Use of Scattering Methods to Characterize Polymers with Complex Architectures(2001 – 2003), Laboratory of Polymer Chemistry, University of Helsinki, P.O. Box 55 (A. I. Virtasen aukio 1) FIN-00014 HY Helsinki, Finland. Finding: Academy of Finland.
• Postdoc:Quantitative Analysis of Surfactant Interactions During Membrane Protein Crystallization (1999 – 2001), Department of Chemical and Biochemical Engineering, the University of Iowa, 4140 Seamans Center for the Engineering Arts and Sciences, 52242 IA, Iowa City, USA. Funding: 1) NASA Microgravity Biotechnology Program, postdoctoral research grant; 2) Biosciences Postdoctoral Fellowship Award, Department of Chemical and Biochemical Engineering, the University of Iowa

Merits in teaching and pedagogical competence

• Lectures on Scattering Methods: 40 h, advanced studies (since 2003). Department of Chemistry, University of Helsinki, Finland.
• Lectures on Polymer Physics: 42 h, advanced studies (since 2004), Department of Chemistry, University of Helsinki, Finland.
• Coordination of the Laboratory Practicum in Polymer Chemistry for undergraduate and graduate students (since 2005), Department of Chemistry, University of Helsinki, Finland.
• Curriculum planning and the implementation of courses.
• Supervisor of the University of Helsinki Doctoral Programme in Materials Research and Nanosciences (MATRENA), University of Helsinki, Finland.
• Supervisor of the University of Helsinki Doctoral Programme in Chemistry and Molecular Sciences (CHEMS), University of Helsinki, Finland.
• General supervision and co-supervision of research training and theses of undergraduate (BSc), graduate (MSc) and postgraduate (PhD) students.

 Scientific and societal impact of research

• Publications (Scopus: h-ind. 25, t.cit. 2205; WoS: h-ind. 24, t.cit. 2118; 24 October 2018):