Associate Professor, head of the Metal-Containing Hybrid Materials group of the Nesmeyanov Institute of Organoelement Compounds, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia. Research area: metal vapor synthesis of sandwich metal complexes, mono- and bimetallic nanoparticles and nanocomposites, methods of research of structure and properties of materials (X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, X-ray diffraction, small-angle X-ray scattering); hybrid materials for biomedical applications and their antibacterial and antifungal activity; the development of targeted drugs using nanobiotechnology. Specialization in the laboratory of Professor Ch. Elschenbroich, Department of Chemistry, Philipps-University of Marburg, Germany (1996–2002).