The Johns Hopkins University
Department of Biomedical
Engineering
Department of Mechanical Engineering
PRINCIPAL AREAS OF RESEARCH
Cell and stem cell mechanics and biophysics, cell membranes, computational modeling,
mechanobiology, mechanotransduction, hearing, myogenesis.
EDUCATION
Russian Academy of Sciences, Ph.D. in Engineering Mechanics (Mechanics of
Solids)
Moscow State University, School of Mechanics and Mathematics, B.S. and M.S. in Engineering Mechanics
ADVANCED DEGREE
Russian Academy of Sciences, Doctor in Physical and Mathematical Science
ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE
- Research Professor, Johns Hopkins University,
Department of Biomedical Engineering and Department of Mechanical
Engineering (secondary appointment), 2006-present
- Faculty Affiliated with Translational Tissue Engineering Center, 2015-present
- Faculty Affiliated with the Institute for NanoBioTechnology, 2008-present
- Faculty Affiliated with the Center for and
Training Grant in Hearing and Balance, 2001-present
- Faculty Research Associate, Associate Research
Professor, Johns Hopkins University,
Department of Biomedical Engineering, 1994-03/2006
- Lecturer, Hopkins, Whiting
School of Engineering, Engineering and Applied Science Programs for
Professionals, 1994-present
- Visiting Scientist, University of
Missouri-Rolla, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering and
Engineering Mechanics, 1992-1993
- Associate Professor, Professor of Engineering
Mechanics, University for Aircraft Technology, Moscow, Russia, 1982-1992
HONORS AND AWARDS
- Member of Organizing Committee and Plenary Speaker, International Conference, Nanotech-2016, Baltimore, 2016
- Member of Organizing Committee, International Conference, Significant Advances in Biomedical Engineering, Philadelphia, 2015
- Paper featured on a cover of Biophysical Journal, 2012
- Elected as Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) 2010
- International Advisory Board and Track Chair, First World Congress of Nanomedicine,
Beijing, China, 2010
- Johns Hopkins University Provost Undergraduate Research Award (PURA), faculty advisor to undergraduate student R.J. Powers, 2011
- Invited Plenary Speaker, Mathematical Biosciences Institute, Systems Physiology Program, Ohio State University, 2007
- Invited Speaker, Fifth World Congress of Biomechanics, Munich Germany, 2006
- Comcast Corporation Award in Auditory Science, National Organization for Hearing Research Foundation, 2003
- Johns Hopkins University Provost Undergraduate Research Award (PURA), faculty advisor to undergraduate student William Hsu, 2003
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Session Chairship:
Third World Congress of Biomechanics, Sapporo, Japan, 1998; Mechanics and
Materials Conference, Blacksburg, 1999; 14th National Congress of Applied
Mechanics, Blacksburg, 2002; ASME Summer Biomechanics Conference, Lake
Tahoe, 2009; Annual Biomedical Engineering Society Meetings: Seattle,
2000; Durham, 2001; Houston, 2002; Nashville, 2003; Philadelphia, 2004;
Baltimore, 2005; Chicago, 2006; Los Angeles, 2007; St. Louis, 2008;
Austin, 2010; Hartford, 2011
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Symposium Organizer: Annual Biomedical
Engineering Society Meetings: Seattle, 2000; Durham, 2001; Houston, 2002,
Nashville, 2003; Philadelphia, 2004; Baltimore, 2005; Chicago, 2006; Los
Angeles, 2007; St. Louis, 2008; Society of Engineering Sciences Meeting,
Philadelphia, 2002; 14th National Congress of Applied Mechanics,
Blacksburg, 2002