Specialist in genetic engineering and biomedical sciences Having a doctorate in molecular biology, he is the author of articles in many prestigious international journals (H-index 58). He is the rector of a leading medical university, which is also an important research and clinical center in Russia. Full member of the Russian Academy of Sciences, laureate of the State Prize of the Russian Federation. RESEARCH ACTIVITY Research activities include the development of new approaches to the treatment of autoimmune diseases, the development of methods for the use of fluorescent proteins, the development of methods for analyzing the complex genomes.