Senior Researcher. Education: St. Petersburg State University, Department of Microbiology, St.Peterburg. 1991 graduation. PhD Education: Ivanovsky Institute of Virology Russian Academy of Medical Sciences, Moscow. 2000 graduation. Work experience. The executor of the State task of the Ministry of Health and in the grant of the Russian Science Foundation. Membership in the approbation council for obtaining candidate and doctoral degrees in the specialties "molecular biology" and "virology". The scientific supervision of bachelor's and master's graduation works. The authorship of 153 scientific works, including 63 articles in Russian and international journals, and has five patents for inventions. The possession of a high level of theoretical and practical knowledge, the ability to develop new scientific ideas using modern methods, analyze and generalize the obtained scientific results. Current and previous research interests. The previous research interests are the analysis of the influence of the herpes simplex virus on the pathological processes caused by a viral infection and the search for prophylaxis and therapeutic approaches against herpesvirus infection. The current research interests are the study of anti-inflammatory and immunomodulatory properties of the mesenchymal stem cells during in vivo transplantation and search for therapeutic approaches based on genome editing technology using the CRISPR/Cas9 system.