1998: B.A. in Biochemistry (Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia) 2003: Ph. D. in Biochemistry with Richard Ebright and Terence Strick (Rutgers University, New Jersey, USA) 2004-2010: Postdoc with Steven Chu (Stanford University and University of California, Berkeley, USA) 2010: Research scientist with Robert Tjian (Janelia Farm Research Campus, Virginia, USA) Since October 2013: Lecturer in Biochemistry, University of Leicester

Single-molecule dynamics of transcription initiation Stochasticity of gene expression Real-time superresolution imaging