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Contact:                        nb144@leicester.ac.uk

I have a daughter, she is biochemist.  My hobbies include sport and   travelling,  art and literature.

                                                   
Education and Degrees:
 

  • M.Sc., 1980               Moscow State University, Faculty of Physics,
                                         Diploma work in Molecular Physics.
     
  • PhD.,  1984               Moscow State University,  Faculty of Physics,
                                         Thesis title:  Kinetic Coefficients and Time Correlation
                                                                           Functions in Dense Fluids.
     
  • Doctor of                   Moscow State University, Faculty of Physics,
        Science,   1999         Thesis title:  Kinetic  Processes and Phase Transitions
                                                                             in Solutions.


    Appointments:
     
  • Permanent Affiliation: Department of Mathematics University of Leicester,
  •                                        Leicester, UK

                                           Professor,  Chair in Applied Mathematics 
     

  • Other Appointments:  Nonlinear Dynamics Group
                                          
    Department of PhysicsUniversity of Potsdam,
                                           Potsdam, Germany.  Visiting Scientist, 2004-2007.
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                                          Statistical Physics and Theory of Chaos Group 
                                          Department of PhysicsUniversity of Potsdam,
                                          Potsdam, Germany.  Visiting Scientist, 2003.

                                          Humboldt University / Charite Department of Biochemistry, 
                                          Berlin, Germany. Visiting Scientist, 2002-2003.

                                          University of Barcelona, Department of Physics
                                          Barcelona, Spain.  Invited  Professor, 2001.

                                         Max-Planck-Institute of Colloids and Interfaces, 
                                         Potsdam, Germany. Max-Planck Fellow,  2000.

                                         Humboldt University, Department of Physics,
                                         Berlin, Germany. Visiting Scientist, 1998-1999.

                                         University of Toronto, Department of Chemistry 
                                         Toronto,  Canada. 
                                         Research Associate,  Lecturer,1995-1997

                                         Nonlinear Dynamics Group,
                                         Department of PhysicsUniversity of Potsdam,
                                         Potsdam, Germany.  Max-Planck Fellow, 1993.

                                         Moscow State University, Faculty of Physics
                                          Senior Researcher, Assistant Professor, 1989-1995.

                                          All-Union Research Institute of Current Sources,
                                          Moscow,  Russia,  Senior Researcher,
                                          Group Leader,  1985-1989.



    Editorial and reviewing work:

    Editor:                        Divisional Associate Editor of the Physical Review Letters

     

    Editor:                        of the book  (with T.Poeschel) "Granular Gas   Dynamics",
                                       Lecture Notes in Physics, v. 624.

    Editor:                         of the topical issue "Granular Hydrodynamics" of the journal "Mothematical Modelling of Natural Phehomena", v. 6 (4)  2011

    Peer Review:              Physical Review Letters,
                                       Physical Review E,
                                       European Physical Journal,
                                       Europhysics Letters,
                                       Journal of Physics A,
                                       Uspekhi Fizicheskikh Nauk.



    Honors, Fellowships and Service to the Scientific Community:

                                    Organizer of the International
    Workshop "The Enigma of Enceladus: Observation and Modeling",  Leiester,  June 19-20, 2009                                  

                                    Organizer of the International
    CECAM Workshop "Granular Gases", Lyon, Sept. 2-5, 2002

                                       Member of the Scientific Committee of the International
    The 14th International Conference on Discrete Simulation of Fluid Dynamics in
    Complex Systems Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan, August 22 - 26 (2005)

                                       Member of the Scientific Committee of the International
    DSFD 2004 13th International Conference on the Discrete Simulation of Fluid
    Dynamics, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA, 16-20 August 2004

                                      Member of the Scientific Committee of the International
     XII International Conference on the Discrete Simulation of Fluid Dynamics,
    Augist 25-29 (2003), Beirut, Lebanon.

                                       Co-organizer and member of the Scientific Committee of the           International
     "Statistical Mechanics of Complex Networks"
    XVIII Sitges Conference on Statistical Mechanics,
    Sitges, Barcelona, SPAIN, 10-14 June 2002

                                       Member of the Scientific Committee of the International
    XI international Conference of Discrete Simulation of Fluid Dynamics and
    Soft Condensed Matter August 5-9 (2002), Shanghai, China

                                       Fellowship in Max-Planck-Institute of Colloids and Interfaces, 
                                       Potsdam, Germany, 2000.

                                       International Science Foundation Grant award, 1994.

                                       Fellowship in Max-Planck-Institute,  Nonlinear Dynamics Group, 
                                       University of Potsdam, Potsdam, Germany, 1993.

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    Department of Mathematics
    University of Leicester
    University Road
    Leicester LE1 7RH
    United Kingdom

    Tel.: +44 (0)116 252 3917
    Fax: +44 (0)116 252 3915

    Undergraduate Admissions: mathsug@le.ac.uk
    Postgraduate Admissions: mathspg@le.ac.uk

    General email: maths@mcs.le.ac.uk