Education:

• 1973 Ph. D. in Physics (USSR Candidate of Physical and Mathematical Sciences), Institute of Metal Physics, Kiev
• 1972 M. S. in Physics (USSR Diploma in Physics, with highest honors), Kiev State University

Higher Doctorate:

• 1984 Doctor of Sciences (USSR Doctor of Physical and Mathematical Sciences), Institute of Semiconductors, Kiev, and Supreme Attestation Commission, Moscow (1985)

Employment:

• 1998 - present Professor of Physics at Michigan State University
• 1995 - 1998 Associate Professor of Physics at Michigan State University
• 1992 - 1994 Acting Professor of Physics at Stanford University
• At Institute of Semiconductors, Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Kiev:
  • 1986 - 1991 Leading researcher, Theoretical Physics Department
  • 1980 - 1986 Senior researcher, Theoretical Physics Department
  • 1974 - 1980 Junior researcher, Theoretical Physics Department
  • 1972 - 1974 Research associate, Department of Semiconductor Surface Physics

Visiting Positions and Fellowships:

• Fellow, American Physical Society
• Visiting Professor, Lancaster University, UK (1990 -1991)
• EPSRC Visiting Research Fellow, UK (1996-1997)
• Visiting Scholar, the NASA Exploration Systems Directorate at Ames (2013-2014)
• Senior fellow of the Zukunftskolleg of the University of Konstanz (since 2018)
• Moore Distinguished Scholar in Physics at Caltech (2019)