- Lomonosov Moscow State University (Ph.D. with Nikolai Zefirov)
- University of Wisconsin (Postdoc with Howard Zimmerman)
- 2000 – Assistant Professor, FSU
- 2010 – Promoted to Full Professor
- Research Interests: the interplay between structure and reactivity, stereoelectronic effects in cycloaddition, and cycloaromatization reactions, transformations of alkynes to carbon-rich materials