Educational Background
Perm Polytechnical Institute, Faculty of Aircraft Engines, “Dynamics and Strength of Machines” Specialty, 1972
Post-graduate study – Moscow Institute of Electronic Engineering, 1978

Academic Degrees and Titles
Candidate of Physics and Mathematics, 1978, Moscow Institute of Electronic Engineering
Doctor of Technical Sciences, 1987, Moscow Institute of Electronic Engineering
Professor, 1988
Corresponding Member of the Russian Academy of Sciences, 1997
Full Member of the Russian Academy of Sciences, 2003

Stages of Professional Career
Engineer, Junior and Senior Research Fellow of Department of Polymer Physics of the Ural Centre of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR, 1972–1980.
Academic Secretary, Institute of Continuous Media Mechanics of the Ural Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, 1980–1983.
Head of Laboratory of modelling the thermo-mechanical processes in solids, Institute of Continuous Media Mechanics of the Ural Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, 1983 -up to now.
Deputy Director for science, Institute of Continuous Media Mechanics of the Ural Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, 1988–1993.
Director, Institute of Continuous Media Mechanics of the Ural Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, 1993–up to now.
Head of Department of Applied Mechanics and Computational Technologies, Perm State University, 1999–2004.
Chairman, Perm Scientific Centre of the Ural Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, 2000–up to now.
Head of Department of Continuum Mechanics and Computational Technologies, Perm State University, 2004–up to now.
Vice-chairman of the Ural Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, 2008–up to now.

Membership in Academic Councils, other State and Public Associations
Member of Presidium of RAS, Member of Presidium of UB RAS, Member of the Bureau of the Department of Energy, Engineering, Mechanics and Control Processes, Member of the European Academy of Sciences, Chairman of the Dissertation Council, Chief editor of the journals “Computational Continuum Mechanics” and “Herald of Perm Scientific Centre”, Member of editorial boards of the journals: “Acta Mechanika”, “Biomechanics”, “Herald of Perm University”, “Herald of Saratov University”, “Herald of Kuban University”, “Journal of Samara State Technical University, Ser. Physical and Mathematical Sciences”, “Physics and Mechanics of Materials”; Member of RAS Academic Councils “Solid Mechanics”, “Mechanics of Composite Structures”, Member of the Joint Academic Council UB RAS on mathematics, mechanics and informatics, Member of the Presidium of National Committee for Theoretical and Applied Mechanics, President of the Association of Research and Innovational Institutions and Enterprises of the Perm Krai, Member of the Public Chamber of the Perm Krai.

Current Research Activities
Theory of elasticity: singular solutions in the vicinity of different types of singular points; geometry optimization of elastic bodies in the vicinity of singular points; analytical and numerical solutions of static and dynamic problems of asymmetric theory of elasticity; experimental study of the couple stress behavior of elastic bodies. Theory of viscoelasticity: numerical methods for solving multi-operator problems of linear viscoelasticity; solution of dynamic problems of viscoelasticity; optimization of dynamic characteristics of viscoelastic bodies. Problems of electroviscoelasticity and their application to calculation and optimization of the dynamic characteristics of objects made of SMART materials. Aeroelasticity: stability of deformable bodies interacting with the flow of liquid or gas. Inverse problems of identification of model parameters for elastic and viscoelastic bodies. Modeling of thermomechanical behavior of polymers and polymer-based composites taking into account phase and relaxation transitions in material. Numerical methods in Solid Mechanics.

• Institute of Continuous Media Mechanics, Urals Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences, Perm, Russian Federation