Ph.D. degree (1992) and Doctor of Sciences degree (2011) in Microbiology from Winogradsky Institute of Microbiology, Russian Academy of Sciences. Field of expertise: microorganisms, physiology, stress, adaptation, regulation, persisters, biofilms, resting forms, communication, survival, autoregulators, biotechnology, antibiotics and biocides enforcement, biomedicine, and waste water treatment. Published more than 100 papers in peer-reviewed micro-biological and technological journals, coauthored 15 patents, directed 6 MD dissertations (diplomas). Received research grants from the Russian Foundation for Basic Research, Laureate of the 2014 Innovators of Moscow Competition (development of Anammox technology).