1994-1998: Ph.D. in Applied Mathematics from the University of Arizona, Tucson (A.C. Newell - advisor)
1993-1994: M.S. in Applied Mathematics from the University of Arizona, Tucson.
1988-1993: M.S. in Physics from Moscow State University (Diploma cum laude).
2017-present: Chancellor's Professor, Dept. of Mathematics, University of California, Irvine
2008-present: Professor, Dept. of Mathematics, University of California, Irvine
2006-2008: Associate Professor, Dept. of Mathematics, University of California, Irvine
2004-2006: Assistant Professor, Dept. of Mathematics, University of California, Irvine
2004-2005: Assistant Professor, Dept. of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, University of California, Irvine
2003-2005: Assistant Professor, Dept. of Mathematics, Rutgers University
2003-2004: Member, Center for Systems Biology, Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton.
2000-2003: Member, Program in Theoretical Biology, Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton.
2000-2003: Lecturer in Applied Mathematics, the University of Leeds, UK.
2001-2002: Visiting Scholar, Dept. of Computer Science, the University of Chicago.
1999-2000: Member, School of Mathematics, Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton.
1998-1999: Research Fellow, Mathematics Institute, the University of Warwick, UK.
1993-1998: Research Assistant, Program in Applied Mathematics, the University of Arizona.
2017-present, Chancellor's Professor, UCI,
2010-2011, Distinguished Mid-Career Faculty Award for Research, awarded by the Academice Senate, UCI.
2006-2007, Distinguished Assistant Professor Award for Research, awarded by the Academice Senate, UCI.
2005 Sloan Fellowship
The 2002 Prize for PromiseJournal of Theoretical Biology
Bulletin of Mathematical Biology
Studies in Applied Mathematics
Mathematical Biosciences and Engineering