Ph.D. in Biology, Head of Laboratory of Genetics, Institute of Biology, Karelian Research Centre of the Russian Academy of Sciences, 185910 Petrozavodsk, Republic of Karelia, Russian Federation. Education: 1984-1989 (Microbiology) Saint-Petersburg State University, Saint-Petersburg, Russian Federation; 1989-1993 PhD (Plant Physiology) Institute of Biology, Karelian Research Centre of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Petrozavodsk, Russian Federation. Work experience: From 2004 to 2013 - Head of Molecular Biology Group; from 2023 to the present - Head of Laboratory of Genetics, Institute of Biology, Karelian Research Centre of the Russian Academy of Sciences. Current and previous research interests: biochemical, genetic, and immunological mechanisms of pathogenesis of essential arterial hypertension; NAFLD; ulcerative colitis; population genetics; and genetic factors of organisms’ adaptation to northern conditions.