Diploma in Computational Chemistry, St. Petersburg State University, Russia, 1994
Ph. D. in Physical Chemistry, University of Utah, 2003
Postdoc at UC, Santa Barbara, 2003-2007
Joined Bell Group: Summer 2007
Research: Theoretical Studies of Heterogeneous Catalysis
Fun facts: Volunteered for the 2002 Winter Olympic games as a Russian interpreter, studies horseback riding (hunting/show jumping)
I am interested in theoretical modeling of heterogeneous catalysis. Examples of my previous research include hydroxylation and water dissociation at the TiO2 surface, structure of liquid water at the MgO surface, CO oxidation catalyzed by CeO2 doped with Au, and thermodynamic equilibrium of vanadium oxides supported on TiO2 and CeO2. Currently I work on modeling of precursors for MEG production catalyzed by zeolites, and on methanol oxidation catalyzed by supported vanadia.
Office: 510-642-1536, Lab: 510-643-3535
