Date of birth: 11.07.1952. Family Status: married. 2 children. EDUCATION INSTITUTION AND LOCATION DEGREE YEAR CONFERRED FIELD OF STUDY Institute of Pharmacology, Moscow, Russian Federation Doctor of Science 2006 Molecular Biology, Pharmacology Moscow State University, Moscow, USSR Ph.D. 1980 Biochemistry Moscow State University, Moscow, USSR M.S. 1974 Biochemistry The title of Doctor Dissertation (2006) ( Doctor of Science ): “Molecular-Genetic approaches to the peptidic pharmacotherapy of neurodegenerative disorders”. Current and previous reseach interests: brain, stress, depression, neurodegeneration, Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s disease, regulatory peptides, astrocytes, neurons, induced pluripotent stem cells, brain derived neurotrophic factor, TrkB receptor. Memberships and Awards: Russian Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, member since 1979. Russian Society for Neurochemistry, member since 2003. Premium of the Government of the Russian Federation, 2001.