Samuel and Anne Tolkowsky Chair in Mechanical Engineering
Education
- 2000 – Doctor of Sciences, Physics and Mathematics, from the Higher Commission of Attestation, Russian Ministry of Education, thesis name: "Investigation of Structural Defects and Localized Excitations in Polymer Crystals and Glasses by Methods of Nonlinear Dynamics"
- 1995 – Ph.D., Physics and Mathematics, from N.N.Semenov Institute of Chemical Physics RAS
- 1992 – M Sc, Applied Physics and Mathematics, Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology, Department of Molecular and Chemical Physics
Research Interests
Nonlinear dynamics, applied mathematics, nonlinear oscillations in discrete and continuous systems, nonlinear normal modes, energy transfer, vibration protection and mitigation, dynamics and transport phenomena in low-dimensional systems, and applications to polymer systems and granular materials.
Academic Appointments
- 2015 – now : Samuel and Anne Tolkowsky Professor, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Technion – Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel
- 2014 – 2015: Professor, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Technion – Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel
- 2007 – 2014: Associate Professor with tenure, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Technion – Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel
- 2003 – 2007: Senior Lecturer, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Technion – Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel
- 2002 – 2003: Leading Research Fellow, N.N.Semenov Institute of Chemical Physics RAS, Department of Polymer and Composite Materials
- 2000 – 2002: Senior Research Fellow, N.N.Semenov Institute of Chemical Physics RAS, Department of Polymer and Composite Materials
- 1995 – 2000: Research Fellow, N.N.Semenov Institute of Chemical Physics RAS, Department of Polymer and Composite Materials
- 1992 – 1995: Graduate student, Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology