1994-1998: Ph.D. in Applied Mathematics from the University of Arizona, Tucson (A.C. Newell - advisor)
1993-1994: M.S. in Applied Mathematics from the University of Arizona, Tucson.
1988-1993: M.S. in Physics from Moscow State University (Diploma cum laude).

2017-present: Chancellor's Professor, Dept. of Mathematics, University of California, Irvine
2008-present: Professor, Dept. of Mathematics, University of California, Irvine
2006-2008: Associate Professor, Dept. of Mathematics, University of California, Irvine
2004-2006: Assistant Professor, Dept. of Mathematics, University of California, Irvine
2004-2005: Assistant Professor, Dept. of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, University of California, Irvine
2003-2005: Assistant Professor, Dept. of Mathematics, Rutgers University
2003-2004: Member, Center for Systems Biology, Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton.
2000-2003: Member, Program in Theoretical Biology, Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton.
2000-2003: Lecturer in Applied Mathematics, the University of Leeds, UK.
2001-2002: Visiting Scholar, Dept. of Computer Science, the University of Chicago.
1999-2000: Member, School of Mathematics, Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton.
1998-1999: Research Fellow, Mathematics Institute, the University of Warwick, UK.
1993-1998: Research Assistant, Program in Applied Mathematics, the University of Arizona.

2017-present, Chancellor's Professor, UCI,

2010-2011, Distinguished Mid-Career Faculty Award for Research, awarded by the Academice Senate, UCI.

2006-2007, Distinguished Assistant Professor Award for Research, awarded by the Academice Senate, UCI.

2005 Sloan Fellowship award

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