Undergraduate degree: Biology, Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia, 1986.
Graduate degree: Genetics, N. I. Vavilov Institute of General Genetics, Russian Academy of Sciences.
Postdoctoral appointments: Northern Illinois University, 1993-1994; Cornell University, 1994-1996; University of Georgia, 1998-2000; University of Maryland, 2000-2001.
Current position: Assistant (2001-2007), Associate (2007-2014), Full (2014-current) professor, East Tennessee State University
