Education: 2000, Ph.D.: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC) 1999, M.S.: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC) 1993, M.S.: Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology (MIPT) aka PhysTech. 1993, Diploma: Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology (MIPT) aka PhysTech.
Research Topics: experimental condensed matter physics, materials science and nanoscience/nanotechnology, with special attention to superconductivity, magnetism and spintronics.