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

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 and huge Faculty of Computer Science of HSE as an associate professor. Specialized in teaching 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, and in 2020 founded International Laboratory of Algebraic Topology and its Applications. 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 a job 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 career. He found a worthy successor to lead the lab and continued to work remotely on his mathematical and industrial projects and doctoral dissertation.

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 dissertation and return home in the foreseeable future. Yet he continues to do some applied and theoretical math, while seeking the opportunity to leave academia and develop himself in a more applied direction.