For a standard (always up-to-date!) CV with a list of publications click here. A less formal version of my biography is below.
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I am Russian by birth, born
in the city of Leningrad (now St. Petersburg) in 1968. From 1983 to 1985 I studied at the remarkable high school number 30. In 1985 I entered
Leningrad (St. Petersburg since 1991) State University and graduated from its Department of Mathematics and
Mechanics in 1992 (M.Sc. with Honours).
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I received my Ph.D. in 1996
at the Steklov Institute of Mathematics at St.
Petersburg under the supervision of
Prof. Anatoly Vershik. During 1992-1996 I was teaching undergraduate and preparatory courses
at the Baltic State University of Technology ("Voenmekh") at St. Petersburg.
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In 1996-1997 I was working
as a postdoctoral fellow at the Institut de Mathématiques
de Luminy at Marseille. There I also obtained a kind of BA (or MA?) grade in modern French
studies (Diplôme Supérieur d'Etudes Françaises Modernes, as it were) from the Alliance Française.
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In November 1998 I came to
Manchester where I got a job as a Research Associate in the Department of Mathematics at UMIST.
There I was working for three years in collaboration with Matthew Nicol and Dave Broomhead. Our research was sponsored by an EPSRC grant.
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From November 2001 till
November 2004 I worked as a RA in UMIST together with Dave Broomhead and Paul Glendinning. My research has been sponsored by an EPSRC
grant as well.
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Since November
2004 I work as a Lecturer in Pure Mathematics in the School of Mathematics at the new, merged University of Manchester.
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I am a member of the St. Petersburg Mathematical Society since 1997 and, when in St. Petersburg,
participate in the activities of the St. Petersburg seminar on
representation theory and dynamical systems.
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There is an active seminar
dedicated to Ergodic Theory and Dynamical Systems in
Manchester (which I organise).
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Now I live in Manchester
but I've spent most of my life in St. Petersburg (former Leningrad) which is one of the most beautiful cities in the
world. Click here to
enjoy sights of my native city. You may also listen to the city hymn
whose music was composed by R. M. Glier .
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I am married. Click here to visit the website of my wife Olga.
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I speak Russian (mother tongue),
English (fluently) and French (used to be fluent a few years ago, but my French
has become a bit rusty since...).