Present position(s): Academician of the Russian Academy of Sciences Head, Sea–Air Interaction and Climate Laboratory, P.P. Shirshov Institute of Oceanology, Russian Academy of Sciences (IORAS) Professor of Oceanography and Meteorology, Moscow State University Areas of expertise: Ocean–atmosphere interactions, climate dynamics, atmospheric cyclone activity, modelling oceanic climate variability, wind waves and storminess, atmospheric and oceanic water and energy cycles Education and degrees 1996 DSc, P.P. Shirshov Institute of Oceanology, RAS, thesis “Air-sea interactions on different space-time scales” 1985 PhD, State Oceanographic Institute, Supervisor: Prof. S.S. Lappo, thesis: “Large scale ocean-atmosphere interaction in the North Atlantic” 1980 MSc, Moscow State University, Supervisor: Prof. O.I. Mamaev, thesis: “Wind forced internal waves in the Atlantic (comparison of theoretical solutions with measurements) Positions held 1994-present Head, Sea–Air Interaction and Climate Laboratory, IORAS, Moscow 1998-present Professor of Oceanography and Meteorology, Moscow State University 1998-2016 Visiting Scientist, Guest Professor, IGE(LEGI)/MEOM, Grenoble, France  1994-2015 Visiting Scientist, Invited Professor, GEOMAR/IFM-GEOMAR, Kiel, Germany  1992-1993 Alexander von Humboldt Fellow, Institut fuer Meereskunde, Kiel, Germany 1980-1992 Research Associate, Research Scientist, Senior Scientist, Head Marine Meteorology Lab, State Oceanographic Institute, Moscow