He graduated from the National Technical University “Kharkiv Polytechnic Institute” (Kharkiv, Ukraine) and defended his PhD thesis in the field of Process and Energy Integration. During his academic career, he worked at several universities as an assistant and associate professor. He developed a new curriculum for academia and industry in process integration, energy efficiency, and process simulation, resulting in over 100 papers being published. Since 2000, he has been involved in over 20 research and development projects (e.g., INTHEAT, EFENIS, INSULAE, SET-HEAT, INTREPIDH, JASPERS-AZOMURES, and others) in various capacities, funded by the EU, EIB, Danish Energy Agency, and local funds. He was awarded an individual grant for experienced researchers from the EU Marie Curie Fund and the Croatian Government. He has many years of experience working in the industry, performing engineering, consulting, and teaching. Over 40 projects were completed with a focus on energy efficiency, sector coupling, decarbonisation and debottlenecking. He worked in the chemical industry as Deputy General Director of Development and established a Process Integration Department at the Engineering Company, where, jointly with CALGAVIN, HTRI, and Process Systems Enterprise Ltd., he shared heat transfer digital technologies with the industry. In 2025, he co-founded a start-up with his colleagues in renewable energy and sustainability. He is an associate and subject editor of several international scien