- 2018 - present: Professor, Department of Mathematics, Physics, and Electrical Engineering, Northumbria University, and Visiting Professor, Loughborough University.
- 2010 - 2018: Reader in Applied Mathematics, Department of Mathematical Sciences, Loughborough University.
- 2008 - 2010: Senior Lecturer, Department of Mathematical Sciences, Loughborough University.
- 2005 - 2008: Lecturer, Department of Mathematical Sciences, Loughborough University.
- 2000 - 2005: Leading Research Scientist, Institute of Terrestrial Magnetism, Ionosphere and Radio Wave Propagation (IZMIRAN), Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia.
- 1991 - 2000: Junior Research Scientist, Research Scientist, then Senior Research Scientist, Institute of Terrestrial Magnetism, Ionosphere and Radio Wave Propagation (IZMIRAN), Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
- 1987 - 1991: Postgraduate, Institute of Terrestrial Magnetism, Ionosphere and Radio Wave Propagation (IZMIRAN), Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia. PhD in Theoretical Physics.
- 1980 - 1986: Department of Physics and Mechanics, St. Petersburg Polytechnic University, Russia. MSc in Physics and Engineering.
Nonlinear Dispersive Waves: Theory and Applications
- solitons and dispersive shock waves in integrable and non-integrable systems
- Whitham modulation theory
- asymptotics for nonlinear PDEs
- random nonlinear dispersive waves
- integrable turbulence
- shallow-water waves and undular bores
- interactions of dispersive-hydrodynamic flows with obstacles
- fibre optics communications
- ocean dynamics and rogue waves
- hydrodynamic effects in optics and cold atom physics