Graduated     Moscow State University, College of Chemistry , specialty Physical Chemistry

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 Doctorate          1985, Doctor of Chemistry, Institute of Physical Chemistry, Moscow , Russian Academy of Sciences; 

Title of the Dissertation ¨Polyelectrolytes aqueous solutions interaction with water in crude oil emulsions"  Advisor: Prof. S. N. Tolstaja

Professional experience        

1973-1983  research fellow; since 1983 - senior research fellow; from 1984 - head of research group ( surfactants in solutions, structure, self-assembly, interfacial properties) in Institute of Physical Chemistry , Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow.

September 1995 - April 1996 -  visiting scholar, University of California at Berkeley, USA, Chemical Engineering Dept., Berkeley, CA 94720, USA

May 1996-April 1997 senior research fellow, head of research group, Institute of Physical Chemistry , Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow.

April 1997 – present time -  Assistant Specialist, University of California at Berkeley, USA, Chemical Engineering Dept , Prof. C. J. Radke group.

Activities abroad

May-  August 1994 - visiting researcher, University of Bayreuth, Germany, Physical Chemistry I, Prof. H. Hoffmann

July 1995 -  visiting researcher, Polytechnic University of Poznan, Poland, Institute of Chemical Technology and Engineering, Prof. I. Schimanovsky

September 1995 - April 1996 -  visiting scholar, University of California at Berkeley, USA, Chemical Engineering Dept., Prof. C. J. Radke

June - August 1996 - visiting professor, University of Santiago de Compostela, Spain, Physics of Condensed Matter Dept., Prof. J. R. Rodriguez

February-March 1997 -  visiting professor, University of Santiago de Compostela, Spain, Physics of Condensed Matter Dept., Prof. J. R.  Rodriguez

April 1997 – present time -  Assistant Specialist, University of California at Berkeley, USA, Chemical Engineering Dept , Prof. C. J.  Radke .