Education

Ph.D. University of Minnesota, 1997
Thesis: Quantum Hall Effect In Weak Magnetic Fields
Supervisor: Prof. Boris Shklovskii

M.S. Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology, 1991
Thesis: A New Method For Calculating Matrix Exponential

Academic Employment

1991-1992 Researcher, Troitsk Institute for Innovative and Thermonuclear Research, Russia
1992-1997 Teaching and Research Assistant, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
1997-2000 Postdoctoral Member, Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton, NJ
2000-2002 Pappalardo Fellow, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA
2002-2008 Assistant Professor, UC San Diego, La Jolla, CA
2008-present Professor, UC San Diego, La Jolla, CA

Professional Activities

American Physical Society member

Reviewer for Nature, Physical Review Letters, etc.

Grant proposal reviewer for NSF, DOE, BSF, etc.