Professional Preparation

1997-2000 Doctoral degree in physics, GPA 4.0, Michigan State University, Department of Physics and Astronomy, East Lansing, MI. Dissertation: Coherent and chaotic phenomena in nuclear matter. Dissertation supervisor: Scott Pratt.

1995-1997 Master’s degree in physics, GPA 4.0, Michigan State University, Department of Physics and Astronomy, East Lansing, MI. Specialization: Theoretical Nuclear Physics. Supervisor: Scott Pratt.

1991-1995 Bachelor’s degree in physics, St. Petersburg State University, St. Petersburg, Russia, Thesis: Diatom de-polarizability of scattered light, Supervisor: Sergey Boureiko. Diploma with Honors.

Professional Experience

Aug 2009-present Associate Professor - Department of Physics, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL.

Aug 2003-Aug 2009 Assistant Professor - Department of Physics, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL.

2007 May-July Visiting Scientist- Department of Physics, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel.

Jan 2002-Aug 2003 Theoretical Physics Postdoctoral Fellow - Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, IL.

Aug 2000- Dec 2001 Research Associate - National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI.

Fellowship(s)

2001-2003 Postdoctoral Fellowship, Argonne National Laboratory.

Honors and Awards

2004 -First-Year Assistant Professor Award, Florida State University.

2001- Recognition award, Estonian Academy of Sciences, exhibition of works at the Library of Estonian Academy of Sciences, Tallinn, Estonia.

1995- Russian Presidential Scholar.

1995- Scholarship for academic achievements from Open Society Institute, Soros Foundation.

1991- Estonian Hight School Science Olympiad, first place in physics

1991- Estonian Hight School Science Olympiad, first place in mathematics

Membership in Professional Organizations

American Physical Society

RIA theory working group