2017-             Department Head, Department of molecular neurobiology, Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry RAS, Moscow, Russia
2017-             Lab Head, Extrasynaptic signalling lab, Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry RAS, Moscow, Russia
2016- 2017     Institute Director, Institute of Neuroscience, University of Nizhny Novgorod, Russia
2014-2016     Institute Director, Institute of Biology and Biomedicine, University of Nizhny Novgorod, Russia
2014-2016     Head of Nizhny Novgorod Neuroscience Center, University of Nizhny Novgorod, Russia
2005-2016     Professor, Neurodynamics and Neurobiology Department, University of Nizhny Novgorod, Russia
2005-2014     Unit Leader, Unit of Extrasynaptic Transmission, RIKEN Brain Science Institute, Wako-shi, Japan
2002-2005     Senior Research Fellow, Department of Clinical and Experimental Epilepsy, UCL Institute of Neurology, London, UK
1998-2002     Research Fellow, Department of Clinical Neurology, UCL Institute of Neurology, London, UK
1998              Research Fellow, Institute of Theoretical and Experimental Biophysics, Russia
1996-1998     Junior Research Fellow, Institute of Theoretical and Experimental Biophysics, Russia
1995-1996     Senior Research Assistant, Institute of Theoretical and Experimental Biophysics, Russia

2019            Honorary Professor, University College London, UK
2019            Member of Academia Europaea
2016            Corresponding member of Russian Academy of Sciences

Education

Period	Coyntry, city	University	Additional info
1996–1998	Puschchino	Pushchino State University	neuroscientist
1991–1996	Russia, Nizhny Novgorod	University of Nizhny Novgorod	biophysicist

IBCh positions

2025–to date	Head of department	Department of Molecular Neurobiology
2021–2025	Deputy sci-director	Direction
2018–2025	Principal research fellow	Laboratory of Extrasynaptic Signalling
2018–2022	Head of Laboratory	Laboratory of optical bioimaging

IBCh memberships

2020–2025	Scientific council
2020–2025	Certifying committee

Titles

2016	Corresponding member of the Academy of Sciences
	Professor
2002	Doctor of Science (Biological sciences)

Scientific societies’ membership

2017-               Member of Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry academic council
2016-               Member of University of Nizhny Novgorod Dissertation Council 
2014-2018       Member of University of Nizhny Novgorod academic council

Society memberships

2017-               Fellow of The Physiological Society, UK
2006-               Member, Japan Neuroscience Society
2003-               Member, Brain Research Society of Finland
2002-2017     Ordinary member, The Physiological Society, UK
1999-2002     Affiliate member, The Physiological Society, UK
1999-               Member, Society for Neuroscience, USA (ID# 100006439)