- Moscow State University (BSc)
- University of Southern California
- (PhD with G. K. S. Prakash and George A. Olah)
- Scripps Research Institute
- (Postdoctoral work with K. Barry Sharpless)
- 1998 – Assistant Professor, University of Toronto
- 2007 – Promoted to Full Professor
Research Interests: synthetic half-reactions, macrocycles, boron chemistry, peptides, iterative synthesis, entropy/enthalpy compensation