• 1992 BSc/MSc in Biochemistry, Honorary Graduation Diploma, Dept of Virology, Moscow State University (MSU)
• 1995 Ph.D. in virology/molecular biology, Dept of Virology, MSU
• 1996-1998 Researcher, Dept of Virology, MSU
• 1998-2000 Post-Doc in plant virology, Dept of Plant Biology, SLU
• 2000-2004 Assistant Professor, Dept. of Plant Biology and Forest Genetics, SLU
• 2004-2009 Senior Researcher, Dept. of Plant Biology and Forest Genetics, SLU
• 2010- Associate Professor, Dept. of Plant Biology and Forest Genetics, SLU

Work abroad

• Sabbatical visit to the Scottish Crop Research Institute (SCRI), Dundee, UK (04/2006-02/2007).
• International Potato Centre (CIP), Lima, Peru (01/2008-03/2008; 01/2009-03/2009)

Awards

• 2006 Sabbatical stipend (from THE WENNER-GREN FOUNDATIONS) for the period of 11 month to conduct a programme of scientific research at SCRI, Dundee, UK (04/2006-02/2007).
  
• 1998 State Award Of The Russian Federation for Young Scientists (a medal) for the series of papers “Structure of Functional Modules in RNA Genomes of Plant Viruses” (to the research team: A.G. Solovyev, O.N. Fedorkin, E.I. Savenkov).
• 1997 Annual Scientific Award of ACADEMIA EUROPAEA for the series of papers "Structural and functional analysis of the triple gene block in plant virus genomes".
• 1997-2000 Personal stipend of the President of Russian Federation for Young Scientists
• 1992 Moscow State University Honorary Graduation Diploma