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Research

"Condensed Matter" refers to the study of systems with gigantic number of elementary constituencies (particles, atoms), that interact with each other and as a result of this interaction may show unusual collective behavior, a "dance" of a sort. Particular focus of my research is unconventional superconductivity and properties of quantum liquids, such as superfluid He-3, at ultra low temperatures. I employ both analytical (quantum field theory) and numerical methods to study new features of collective electronic states in new environments, such as films or strong magnetic fields. More on Research...

Teaching

I teach physics and mathematics to graduate and undergraduate students in the Physics Department of MSU. Beside standard courses on Electromagnetic theory, Classical and Statistical mechanics I give lectures on specialized subjects in Condensed matter. I welcome students' inquiry into various physics topics, and run the Problem of the Week section. More on Teaching..  

About Me

I was born in 1975 in Kostroma, Russia, where I got my elementary and high school education. In 1992 I entered the Department of Radiophysics of Nizhny Novgorod State University, and graduated in 1998 with a MSc in physics. After that I moved to the US for PhD program at Northwestern University, Evanston, IL. After receiving my PhD in 2004 I did postdoctoral research at Louisiana State University (2004-2007) and University of Wisconsin-Madison (2007-2008). In January 2009 I joined the Physics Department of Montana State University. CV