1972-1978 undergraduate student at Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology.
1978-1981 PhD student at Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology.
1981-1991 Junior Researcher, Researcher, Head of Laboratory at Institute for Problems in Mechanics of the USSR Academy of Sciences.
1991-1999 Lecturer, Reader, Professor at University of Sussex.
1999-2006 Professor at University of Bath.
1 July 2006 - 31 August 2011 Professor and Head of Department at University College London.
Since 1 September 2011 Professor at University College London.
Updated 19 September 2025