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Employment
Associate professor since September 2010 Faculty of Mathematics, Higher School of Economics, Moscow
Senior researcher since 2009 Institute for Information Transmission Problems, Moscow
Postdoctoral fellow 2008-2009 Max Planck Institute for Mathematics, Bonn
Postdoctoral fellow 2007-2008 Hausdorff Center for Mathematics, University of Bonn
James H. Simons Instructor (postdoc) 2004-2007
Stony Brook University

Visiting positions
Guest professor winter 2010 Freie Universitaet Berlin
Lecturer fall 2009 Independent University of Moscow
Lecturer fall 2007, fall 2008 Jacobs University Bremen

Education
PhD June, 2004
University of Toronto
Thesis "A Gauss-Bonnet theorem, Chern classes and an adjunction formula for reductive groups"
Thesis advisor Askold Khovanskii, coadvisor Mikhail Kapranov
Diploma April, 2001 Independent University of Moscow
Diploma "The monodromy group of generalized hypergeometric equations"
Diploma advisor Askold Khovanskii

Mathematical awards
2010-2012 Pierre Deligne/Dynasty Foundation Award
2001-2004 Connaught Graduate Scholarship, University of Toronto
1998-1999Mayor of Moscow Undergraduate Scholarship
Grants
2013 President of the RF grant MK-983.2013.1, ``Polytopes, algebraic torus actions and automorphism groups''
2010 RFBR grant 10-01-00540-a, ``Newton polytopes and cohomology of spherical varieties''

Selected presentations

2014AugustSeoul ICM 2014 Satellite Conference on Topology of Torus Actions and Applications to Geometry and Combinatorics, Daejeon, Korea
MayOberwolfach mini-workshop on Okounkov bodies and applicationa, Oberwolfach, Germany
AprilIMPANGA and SMUGA, IMPAN, Warsaw
MarchSeminar "Riemann surfaces, Lie algebras and Mathematical physics", Independent University of Moscow
FebruaryBIRS workshop on Okounkov bodies and representation theory, Banff, Canada
2013NovemberSeminar of the Laboratory of Algebraic Geometry and its Applications, HSE, Moscow
AprilAlgebra and Geometry Seminar, University of Toronto
MarchAlgebra Seminar, University of Ottawa
FebruarySeminar "Globus" (Globe), Independent University of Moscow
FebruaryMathematical Winter School for students, Golitsyno
JanuaryChristmas meetings with Deligne
2012OctoberBanff workshop on Lie algebras, torsors and cohomological invariants, Banff, Canada
JulyThe 5th MSJ-SI Schubert calculus, Osaka, Japan
AprilOberwolfach workshop on toric geometry, Oberwolfach, Germany
MaySeminar "Riemann surfaces, Lie algebras and Mathematical physics", Independent University of Moscow
MayMathematical Spring School for students, Sevastopol
MarchAlgebraic Topology Seminar, Moscow State University
FebruarySeminar "Characteristic classes and intersection theory", HSE, Moscow
FebruarySeminar "Geometry, topology and mathematical physics", Steklov Mathematical Institute, Moscow
FebruaryMathematical Winter School for students, Klyaz'ma
JanuaryChristmas meetings with Deligne
2011NovemberLie Groups and Invariant Theory Seminar, Moscow State University
AugustOberwolfach mini-workshop on Newton-Okounkov bodies, Oberwolfach, Germany
AprilSeminar "Riemann surfaces, Lie algebras and Mathematical physics", Independent University of Moscow
FebruarySeminar of the Laboratory of Algebraic Geometry and its Applications, HSE, Moscow
JanuaryMathematical Winter School for students, Golitsyno
JanuaryChristmas meetings with Deligne
2010November V.I. Arnold seminar, Moscow State University
October Moscow Mathematical Society meeting
AugustTata Institute of Fundamental Research, Mumbai, India
AugustICM2010 Satellite conference on Complex Geometry, Group actions and Moduli spaces, Hyderabad, India
AprilOberwolfach workshop on algebraic groups, Oberwolfach, Germany
2009NovemberAlgebra Seminar, Steklov Mathematical Institute, Moscow
NovemberSeminar on Homology and Homotopy Methods in Geometry, Higher School of Economics, Moscow
OctoberLie Groups and Invariant Theory Seminar, Moscow State University
OctoberAlgebraic Geometry and Number Theory Seminar, Institute of Information Transmission Problems, Moscow
JulyTopics in Topology, Max Planck Institute for Mathematics in Bonn
MayRepresentation Theory Seminar, University of Bonn
FebruaryAlgebraic Geometry Seminar, Max Planck Institute for Mathematics in Bonn
JanuaryRepresentation Theory Seminar, University of Cologne
JanuaryOberwolfach workshop on toric geometry, Oberwolfach, Germany
2008AprilRepresentation Theory Seminar in the University of Bonn
FebruaryAlgebra and Lie Theory Seminar in Jacobs University Bremen
JanuaryWorkshop on moduli spaces and tropical geometry, Bonn-Dusseldorf-Essen
2007DecemberInternational Conference on Transformation Groups, Moscow, Russia
DecemberAlgebra and Geometry Seminar in the University of Rome "La Sapienza"
SeptemberBanff workshop on Group Embeddings and Representation Theory, Banff, Canada
2006July International conference on dynamical systems, differential equations and singularity theory, Suzdal', Russia
April Algebra, Geometry and Physics Seminar at Stony Brook University
March Algebra and Geometry Seminar at the University of Toronto
2005March Algebraic Geometry Seminar at Columbia University
2004FebruaryGeometry, Symmetry and Physics Seminar at Yale University
2003October Geometry Seminar, University of Toronto
2002December Winter meeting of the Canadian Mathematical Society, Ottawa
November Representation Theory Seminar at the University of Massachusetts Amherst

Teaching

summer 2011 Summer school "Contemporary Mathematics", Dubna
course: "Schubert calculus and 3264 conics"
2010-2011Faculty of Mathematics, Higher School of Economics
course: Analysis II
winter 2010Freie Universitaet Berlin
course: Spherical Varieties (graduate topics mini-course)
fall 2009Independent University of Moscow
course: Geometry of Spherical Varieties (topics course)
2008-2009Jacobs University Bremen
courses: Introductory Algebra, Geometry of Flag Varieties (graduate topics mini-course)
2007-2008Jacobs University Bremen
courses: Perspectives of Mathematics, Intersection Theory (graduate topics mini-course)
2006-2007 Stony Brook University
courses: Intro to Lie groups and algebras (graduate topics course), Mathematical Thinking
2005-2006 Stony Brook University
courses: Algebra (graduate core course), Applied Algebra
summer 2005 Summer school "Contemporary Mathematics" for first year university students and last year high school students, Dubna
course: "Constructions using compass and ruler, and Galois theory"
2004-2005 Stony Brook University
courses: Linear Algebra, Applied Complex Analysis
2001-2002 University of Toronto
courses: Teaching Assistant for Differential Equations (for engineers), Advanced Differential Equations, Vector Calculus, Geometry
summer 2002 Summer school "Contemporary Mathematics", Dubna
course: "Lobachevsky geometry"
1997-2001Teacher of mathematics at High School # 57, Moscow

Service

Referee for the Journal of Algebra, Journal of Lie Theory, Amer. Math. Monthly
2010-2011 Student Seminar on Symmetric functions, Grassmannians and Flags at the Faculty of Mathematics, Higher School of Economics
2008-2009 Algebra and Lie Theory Seminar at Jacobs University Bremen
fall 2005, 2006 Preparation sessions for the Putnam competition at Stony Brook University
2005-2007 Problem of the Month competition at Stony Brook University
2005-2006 WISE (Women in Science and Engineering) workshop at Stony Brook University
2002Jury member, Math Battles for high school students in Toronto
1996-2001 Assistant, Organization of the annual Moscow Mathematical Olympiad for high school students