Ph.D. (Candidate of Science in Physics and Mathematics), 1991
Tomsk State University, Tomsk, Russia, Physics Research Institute and  St.-Petersburg State University, Physics Research Institute, St. Petersburg, Russia

M.Sc. in Metal Physics and Physical Metallurgy, 1987
Physics of Metals Department, St.-Petersburg Technical University, St. Petersburg, Russia

2000 - Present

University of Virginia, Department of Materials Science & Engineering
Assistant Professor

Summer 1999

Japan Atomic Energy Research Institute, Advanced Science Research Center
Research work under the Foreign Researcher Inviting Program of JAERI

• Study on laser-driven molecular implantation.

1995 - 2000

The Pennsylvania State University, Department of Chemistry
Postdoctoral researcher

• Development of a novel breathing sphere model for molecular dynamics simulations of laser ablation of organic solids. Modeling of laser ablation of molecular films and matrix-assisted laser desorption and the basic processes associated with short pulse laser damage to pigmented tissues.
• Participation in the development of a molecular dynamics - continuum finite element hybrid technique for multiscale simulations of laser ablation in heterogeneous systems with spatially localized absorbers.
• Computer simulation study of the pathway of the {111} diamond surface transformation between the (2x1) pi-bonded chain and the (1x1) bulk-terminated structures. Analysis of the structure of a metastable phase that mediates the H absorption induced phase transition from the (1x1) to the (2x1) surface reconstruction.
• Comparative analysis of the vibrational spectra and the dynamics of the vibrational energy relaxation on the H-terminated diamond {111}, {100} and {110} surfaces.
• Participation in the development of a molecular dynamics code for molecular mechanics MM3 potential; MM3 potential parametrization for hydrogenated diamond surfaces.

1994 - 1995

Delanta Ltd., Vilnius, Lithuania
Staff member

• Data base programming (FoxBase Plus, FoxPro for Windows, Informix).  Project Leader.

1991 - 1995

High Technology Ltd., St. Petersburg, Russia
Research staff member

• Theoretical and computer simulation study of the microscopic mechanisms of plastic deformation in nanocrystalline materials.
• Investigation of formation and dynamics of strong energy fluctuations in crystalline and amorphous solids.
• Analysis of grain boundaries structures and local stress field from molecular dynamics simulations and mesoscopic disclination-dislocation model.
• Material research support for the development of magneto-hydrodynamic devices.

1988 - 1991

Physics Research Institute, Department of Experimental Physics, St.-Petersburg State University, and Department of Solid State Electronics, Tomsk State University
Graduate Research

• Development of a molecular dynamics code for isothermal - isobaric computer simulations (Andersen - Nose technique) with pairwise and Embedded Atom Method (EAM) potentials.
• Development of a novel method for geometrical analysis of disordered systems based on Voronoi - Delaunay tessellation and percolation theory.
• Simulation of the melting, quenching from the melt to the glassy state, annealing and crystallization of Ni and Ni-Zr alloys. Analysis of the stability and medium-range order in metallic glasses.
• Study of the structure of the disclination core in FCC and GCP crystals and amorphous structures.
• Study of the structure of positive and negative wedge disclinations and their ensembles in two-dimensional crystallites.
• Ph.D. Thesis: "Molecular dynamics investigation of the structure of amorphous metals," 1991. Advisors: Prof. Leonid E. Popov (TSU) and Prof. Vladimir A. Likhachov (StPSU).

Referee: Physical Review Letters, Physical Review B, Applied Surface Science.

International Scientific Advisory Committee of the International Workshop on New Approaches to Hi-Tech Materials, St. Petersburg, Russia, 1997, 1998, and 1999.

Member, American Physical Society, Materials Research Society, American Association for the Advancement of Science.

Doctor in Natural Sciences, Lithuanian Academy of Sciences, 1993

Publications and Presentations