PERSONAL DATA
Date of birth: February 21, 1967
Place of birth: Kiev, Ukraine
Nationality: Ukrainian
Marital status: Married with two children






UNIVERSITY EDUCATION
09.1984–06.1985: Student of 1st year of study at Kiev State University,
Faculty of Mechanics and Mathematics
Department of Mechanics of Solids
06.1985–06.1987: Military Service
09.1987–06.1991: Student at Kiev State University, Faculty of Mechanics and Mathematics, Department of Mechanics of Solids
11.1991–06.1994: Postdraduate Student at Timoshenko Institute of Mechanics, Kiev









ACADEMIC DEGREES
1991 - MSc in Continuum Mechanics - Kiev State University
1994 - PhD in Mechanics of Solids - Timoshenko Institute of Mechanics
2002 - DSc in Mechanics of Solids - Timoshenko Institute of Mechanics

PROFESSIONAL BACKGROUND
08.1991-11.1991: Research Assistant (Department of Thermoelasticity, Timoshenko Institute of Mechanics)
11.1991-06.1994: PhD Student (Department of Thermoelasticity, Timoshenko Institute of Mechanics)
07.1994-04.1998: Researcher (Department of Thermoelasticity, Timoshenko Institute of Mechanics)
04.1998-11.1998: Visiting Researcher (Hong Kong University of Sciences and Technology, Hong Kong)
11.1998-04.1999: DSc Student (Department of Thermoelasticity, Timoshenko Institute of Mechanics)
04.1999-04.2000: Visiting Researcher (Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine, London, UK)
04.2000-07.2002: DSc Student (Department of Thermoelasticity, Timoshenko Institute of Mechanics)
08.2002-04.2003: Senior Researcher (Department of Thermoelasticity, Timoshenko Institute of Mechanics)
04.2003-09.2012: Leading Researcher (Department of Thermoelasticity, Timoshenko Institute of Mechanics)
09.2012-07.2013: Professor (Department of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics, Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv)
07.2013-till now: Head of Department of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics (Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv)

HONOURS AND AWARDS
1993 - Grant of American Physical Society
1994 - Prize of National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine
1996 - Prize of International Association of Academies of Sciences (CIS)
1996 - Scholarship of President of Ukraine
1999 - Royal Society/NATO Research Fellowship
2000 - Fellowship of President of Ukraine
2004 - Royal Society FSU-UK Joint Project Grant
2006 - Royal Society of Edinborgh Visiting Grant
2008-2010 - Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council Grant
2012 - Grant of President of Ukraine