Education. 1999 – 2004 The Naturally-Geographical faculty of Penza State Pedagogical University, majoring biology and chemistry, Penza, Russia. 2004 – 2006 Faculty of Biology of the Moscow State University, majoring biophysics. Awarded the Master of biology. Research Experience. 1999 – 2004. The Naturally-Geographical faculty of Penza State Pedagogical University. Supervisor: S.V. Titov. Thesis project title: “Morphological variability of Spermophilus Suslicus in the north-eastern part of its areal”. 2004 – 2006. Moscow State University. Supervisor: V.V. Klimov. Master Thesis project title “Photoevolution and photoconsumption of molecular oxygen in photosystem II preparations under pulsed illumination”. 2006 – 2010: PhD student of Photosynthetic Water Oxidation laboratory of the Institute of Basic Biological Problems RAS. Supervisor: V.V. Klimov. Thesis project title: “Photoconsumption of molecular oxygen on the donor side of photosystem II in subchloroplast membrane preparations after destruction of the water-oxidizing complex” Present: Leading Researcher of the Institute of Basic Biological Problems FRC PSCBR RAS; Senior Researcher of Institute of General Physics RAS