Main affiliations: Institute of Physics, University of Rostock, Germany (1975-2020) and the Bogoliubov Laboratory of Theoretical Physics, Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, Dubna, Russia (1995-2016).
PhD (Dr. rer. nat.) in theoretical physics (University of Rostock, Germany, 1979); D. Sc. (Dr. rer. nat. habil.) in theoretical physics (University of Rostock, Germany, 1985); postdoctoral studies at the Institute of Physical Chemistry of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences in Sofia (Prof. I. Gutzow, 1984); research fellowship at the Physical Chemistry Laboratory of the University of Oxford, Great Britain (Prof. J. S. Rowlinson); associate professor for theoretical physics at the Institute of Physics of University Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (1985-87); visiting professor at the Federal University Sao Carlos, LAMAV, Brazil (2004); honorary associate member of the Institute of Physical Chemistry of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Sofia (2009); award of the Marin Drinov Medal on Ribbon of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences (2009); short-time stays for common research projects at the Universities or Academic Institutes in Riga, Leningrad, St. Petersburg, Moscow, Warsaw, Torun, Sofia, Kharkov, Minsk, Dubna, Asmara, Yekaterinburg, Cherkassy, Atlanta, Sao Carlos, Tashkent, and Odessa.
The main directions of their research are the theoretical description of first-order phase transitions (nucleation, growth, coarsening (Ostwald ripening)) of glasses and the glass transition.
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