
M.S.(Hons), The Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology, Russia (1994)
Ph.D., Cornell University, US (1999), Dissertation title: Statistical Mechanics of Cracks; Dualities in Supersymmetric Field Theories; Orientifolds of Type IIB Strings with Discrete B Flux
Postgraduate Researcher, Institute for Theoretical Physics, UCSB, US (1999-2002)
Research Fellow, Michigan Center for Theoretical Physics , UofM, US (2002-2003)
Assistant Professor, UWO (2003-2007)
Associate Professor, UWO (2007-2012)
Professor, UWO (2012-)
Associate Member, Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics, Canada (2003-)