1988: born in Rostov-on-Don, USSR.

1994-1997: studied in "Esthus" private gymnasium, Rostov.

1997-2004: School #33 (then Lyceum #33) Rostov.

2004: moved to Moscow.

2004-2009: graduate study at Faculty of Mechanics and Mathematics, Lomonosov Moscow State University, graduated  with cum laude degree and GPA 5.0 out of 5.

2007-xx: tutoring math and physics, volunteer teaching in summer schools.

2009-2012: postgraduate study at the Department of Geometry and Topology, MSU. Defended PhD on October 12, 2012.

2011-2013: junior researcher at Laboratory of geometrical methods of mathematical physics.

2013: moved to Japan.

2013-2015: postdoc at Osaka City University.

2015: moved to Russia.

2015-2016: postdoc at Faculty of Mathematics, Higher School of Economics.

2016: married.

2016-xx: university dozent (associate professor) at Big Data and Information Retrieval School, Faculty of Computer Science, Higher School of Economics.

2016-2020: lecturer at Independent University of Moscow. 

2016-xx: lecturer and researcher (temporary) at Steklov Math. Institute. 

2019-2020: senior researcher at Laboratory of Applied Geometry and Topology, Faculty of Computer Science, HSE.

2020-2021: head of International Laboratory of Algebraic Topology and its Applications, FCS, HSE.

2021: moved to Sweden.

2022-2023: senior researcher at International Laboratory of Algebraic Topology and its Applications, FCS, HSE.

2023: moved to Cyprus

2023-2024: visiting lecturer at Neapolis University Pafos.

2024: moved to Japan

2023-2025: senior research scientist at Noeon Research

2025-...: chief research coordinator at Noeon Research

Russian citizen. Born on August 24, 1988 in Rostov-on-Don, USSR. Married.

Connoisseur of origami, Lego, geometrical puzzles. In the middle and high school used to like mathematics and physics. Succeeded better in math olympiads (prize winner of the All-russian olympiad in 2004), which determined his future career path. 

Entered Faculty of Mechanics and Mathematics of Moscow State University in 2004. Almost got kicked from the university for the attempt to find a secret bunker beneath MSU. However graduated in 2009. Wrote diploma about topology and combinatorics. At the last years being a student started to work as a private teacher and volunteered in summer schools. Wrote his first lecture courses on complex numbers and knot theory for Ximmera school. Got interested in photography and roller skating. Organized his coursemates and took ~40 portraits for the graduation photo album. 

From 2009 to 2012 worked on candidate dissertation at MSU, at the Department of Geometry and Topology. Defended candidate dissertation in 2012. As a grad student visited several schools and conferences in Spain, Poland, France, Japan, and Khabarovsk. During that time continued to teach, and became the head of mathematical chair of LMSh at MCCME. Developed >10 lecture courses for the school varying from algebraic geometry and combinatorial topology to origametria and math stories for humanitarians. Computed and "forged" an astrolabe. Invented several mechanics of live action role play games, based on math, economics, and history of colonialism. Being in the role of Diablo, got almost murdered by the forces of good.

After defending PhD, got JSPS postdoctoral fellowship at Osaka City University, however had to wait one year before his PhD diploma was signed (at that time VAK had only one staff calligrapher to sign all candidate and doctor diplomas in Russia!). During one year he did math, teaching, and cycling, - until the bicycle was stolen. At the conference in Khabarovsk, evidenced the big China-Russia flood of Amur river.

During his work in Japan in 2013-2015, opened for himself new areas of research and made new friends. Proved several results about origami manifolds. Visited China, Korea, Singapore, Canada, USA, Germany, Italy, and last but not least Russia. Also travelled inside Japan, but not as much as it actually deserves. As a part of Science Dialogue program, visited Fukushima to give a lecture on polytopes and topology for college students. Took this opportunity to test his dosimeter on some "real radiation data". Gave a couple of lectures for children in Osaka about continuous fractions and the construction of the musical scale. Organized his colleagues and coauthors to make a 555 PHiZZ module torus.

After Japan, returned to Russia to connect with his beloved, who accidentally returned from Germany for a similar reason. At dawn of 2016 they got married and spent their honeymoon in Nepal, hiking along one simple route in Himalayas (which was partially destroyed by the Gorkha earthquake of 2015 and appeared not that simple) and watching sacrificial ceremonies at the temple of Kali (which was not like the one shown in Indiana Jones). Worked a year at the Faculty of Mathematics of Higher School of Economics as a postdoc and also gave lecture courses at Independent University of Moscow and Steklov Mathematical Institute. Got awarded with the recently announced Young Russian Mathematics award.

In 2016, started his work at the young, huge, and ambitious Faculty of Computer Science of HSE in the role of associate professor. For the first two years, he volunteered in the administrative role of the head of the "Educational Committee", the formation of the faculty which was responsible mainly for the selection and approval of ~150 teaching assistants to help professors do educational part of their work. Although time-consuming, these duties taught him the basics of administration, social interaction, and how to use and maintain Google-sheets.     

In teaching, he specialized in analytical subjects. Once he got a wonderful experience of organizing an oral exam for 4 groups when the lecturer forgot to come to the party and hadn't prepared the questions. Despite initial distaste of analytical disciplines, found some hacks to make calculus great again interesting (at least for himself). Became a lecturer in 2018, and voted by students as the Best Teacher in 2020. 

Certain successes in mathematics were awarded by Moscow Mathematical Society award in Russia, and OCAMI Association special prize in Japan. Continued to travel a lot, in particular, to Japan, - before Covid-19 changed the reality.

In 2018 he got an idea to combine his topology experience with the skills of data science and computer science students of the faculty. He first supervised several term-papers in applied topology. Then organized a thematic seminar. Then gave a series of topological talks for neurobiologists. Then cofounded a small laboratory of Applied Geometry and Topology. 

In 2020 he founded International Laboratory of Algebraic Topology and its Applications at HSE in Moscow. In 2020-2021 hired many wonderful people who formed a strong multidisciplinary team of superheroes. Organized two conferences to keep in touch with colleagues during difficult pandemic times; and two schools - to promote geometry and topology among younger generation. 

In 2021 he started to make commercial projects on the applications of topology in some real-world problems and got experienced with Python, machine learning, data science, and other fancy things of this kind. Became interested in algorithms of 3D graphics, learned to make games in Unity and C#, and finally started to explore VR as both the user and the developer. 

By the end of 2021 his beloved wife changed her career, learned data science and programming by herself, and got an offer in Sweden. They moved from Russia, and he was not allowed to lead the laboratory from abroad. Since, by that time, he got a (light yet tangible) burn-out, he didn't fight for the continuation of his academical career. He found a worthy successor to lead the lab and continued to work remotely on his mathematical and industrial projects as well as the doctoral dissertation (=habilitation thesis in Russia).

Being free from administrative duties, he finally had time to accomplish his project on topology of diagonalization algorithms, - the result that he considers the best in his mathematical career.

Russian invasion to Ukraine and subsequent isolation of Russia seem to break his plans to finalize his doctoral dissertation and to return home in the foreseeable future. Yet he continued to do some applied and theoretical math. 

In 2023 he and his wife became citizens of Israel, and spent a month in Tel-Aviv, full of social engineering, unforgettable bureaucratic adventures, magnificent sunsets, and funny relatives. Soon after returning back to Sweden, he got two offers: one from academia, another from industry. Since there was no formal contradiction, he accepted both.

Academical offer came from JetBrains, a company which creates really cool tools for programmers, and supports activities in higher education related to mathematics and programming. Previously the company was based in Saint-Petersburg. He knew about them from his duties as the head of Educational Committee, since JetBrains financially supported the most talented teaching assistants he had to select. When Russia started the war, JetBrains moved to Czechia and made a plan to launch their own BSc and MSc programs in Europe. Their BSc program in Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence was launched in 2023 on the basis of Neapolis University Pafos, Cyprus. 

He moved to Cyprus to teach Calculus at this newly created program. He also organized a small scientific seminar to promote mathematics, and in particular topology, among freshmen. In his free time he explored the ancient ruins of Pafos with his DJI drone, enjoyed riding the e-bike along the coast, and drinking coffee with great sea views.

Another offer came from Noeon Research, the alien-tech startup in Tokyo targeted at creation of non-neural paradigm of artificial intelligence, based on the fusion of graph theory, compiler optimization, and category theory. At the moment they made an offer, their policy was not to relocate employees in Tokyo, so he preferred to stay on Cyprus and work on two jobs simultaneously. By the end of 2023, Noeon changed their policy and invited all employees to join them in Japan. In February 2024 he moved to Tokyo. In April, his wife left Sweden (where she, in turn, got a quite tangible burn-out) and joined him in Japan.

While working in Noeon, he got many new friends, and learnt lots of new and surprising mathematical things. From the fact that compilers operate with graphs to the practical utility and naturality of Homotopy Type Theory. From Geometry of Interaction to the core mathematical principles of automatic solvers. He is working on potential application of sheaf theory in scaling the technology that Noeon seeks to develop, also switching to some less topological and more urgent problems from time to time - since every single startup "needs to deliver". The strict IP policy prevents him of writing too many details of his work, unfortunately.

However, a byproduct of sheaf theory exploration, was that he understood how to compute cohomology of sheaves over arbitrary posets in the most optimal manner. This problem stood since he left Higher School of Economics and constituted a personal challenge. He is continuing to work in HSE unofficially, and lead several very talented students. They helped him prove the result and substantially extended his scientific network.

As a pet project, he develops his idea of 3d-engine based on the core principles of differential geometry and Grothendieck topologies. He believes the only true application of geometry and topology lies in the area of 3d-graphics and game-design, and that the next hi-tech business burst (after crypto, and LLMs) will be related to bringing metaverses to everyday life. In the future, he wants to found his own alien-tech startup to transform his idea into a working technology, and fit in this burst. Currently, he looks for a reliable and professional companion who will take care of the business side of this enterprise, including fundraising and long-term development strategy.