Academic titles
Ph.D in mathematics at the St. Petersburg State University.
Diploma di Perfezionamento (Ph.D) in mathematics at the Scuola Normale Superiore
(Pisa, Italy)
Doctor of Sciences (equivalent of Habilitation or Full professor) in mathematics at the
Institute of Systems and Informatics of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow
Present position
Senior researcher at the Steklov Research Institute of Mathematics of the Russian Academy of Sciences, St. Petersburg and
Full professor at the Dept. of Mathematical Physics (PDE), St. Petersburg State University
Scientific interests
Geometric analysis and metric geometry;
Direct methods of calculus of variations, applications to differential equations and optimal control;
Applications of nonlinear analysis to mechanics, elasticity and optics.