Education. Doctor of Sciences, 2011. Doctor of Technical Sciences in Agrobiotechnology: Michurinsk State Agrarian University, Michurinsk Tambov region, Russia. Research advisor: Academician of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Prof. Dr. Anatoly Zavrazhnov. Work experience. 2018–Present: Leading Researcher, Laboratory of Microbiology of Anthropogenic Habitats, Winogradsky Institute of Microbiology, Research Center of Biotechnology of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia. 2012–2018: Advisor, Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Russian Federation, Moscow, Russia. 2001–2012: Professor, Michurinsk State Agrarian University, Michurinsk Tambov region, Russia.