Family name:Beliaev Given name: Denis Patronimic: Vadimovich Date of Birth: 22 April 1970 e-mail home denis_b@mail.mipt.ru, work bdv@ippras.ru Education: B.S/M.S., Moscow Institute of physics and Technology, Faculty of Physical and Chemical Biology, Department of Molecular Biophysics, 1993 Ph. D., University of Florida, Plant Molecular and Cellular Biology Program, Gainesville, Florida, USA, 2002. Dissertation title: “Isolation and characterization of a peanut promoter” Employment: All-Russia Institute of Agricultural Biotechnology, senior scientist, September 2002 – October 2004 K.A. Timiryazev Institute of Plant Physiology, Russian Academy of Sciences, senior scientist, October 2004 – present