- Postdoctoral training, August 2009 – June 2013
National Institutes of Health, NIDDK, Laboratory of Chemical Physics
Advisor: Ad Bax
Research Topic: Using solution NMR for detailed studies of intrinsically disordered protein alpha-synuclein and its interactions with phospholipid bilayers and other surfaces - Ph.D., Biophysics (minor in
Biochemistry), August 2009
Cornell University, Ithaca, NY
Advisor: Robert Oswald, Professor of Pharmacology
Thesis Topic: Using solution NMR to study subtle structural and dynamic effects produced in glutamate receptor GluR2 upon binding to a variety of ligands - M.A., Physics, December 2004
University of Texas, Austin, TX
Advisor: Todd Ditmire, Professor of Physics
Thesis Topic: Above Threshold Ionization with Ultrahigh Intensity Laser Light - B.S., Applied Physics and Mathematics,
June 2001
Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology, Moscow, Russia