EDUCATION:
Doctor of Biology. Thesis: “Evaluation of Hemodynamic Status in Patients During and After Surgery by Electrical Impedance Methods” National Research Center for Surgery,
USSR Medical Academy, Moscow USSR
Ph.D. in Biomedical Engineering, Thesis: “Research and Development of Electrodeless Inductive and Capacitive Sensors for Measurement of Mechanical Function of the Human Cardiovascular and Breathing Systems” National Research Institute for Medical
Engineering, Moscow, USSR
Master of Science in Biomedical Engineering, Thesis: “Low Pass Filters for Electromagnetic Flow Meters” Leningrad Institute of Electrical Technology, USSR
EMPLOYMENT:
2006 Present Vice President R&D, Chief Scientist, Transonic Systems, Inc., Ithaca, NY
1992 – 2006 Senior Scientist, Transonic Systems, Inc., Ithaca, NY
1980 – 1991 Group Supervisor and Head Research Fellow in ICU and Hemodialysis Units, National Research Center for Surgery, USSR Medical Academy, Moscow
1981 – 1983 Lecturer in Electrical Engineering, The Mechanical Machinery Institute, Moscow
1975 – 1980 Jr. Research Fellow, National Research Inst. of Medical Engineering, Moscow
1973 – 1974 Biomedical Engineer, Krasnogorsky 3 Military Hospital, Moscow, USSR
AWARDS:
2000 Tibbetts Award for Best NIH SBIR Grant Performance (Principal Investigator)
1991 Travel Award to the Fifth World Congress for Microcirculation (Louisville, KY)
among Eastern European and USSR Investigators
MAJOR RESEARCH INTERESTS: Development of new technologies to measure: blood flows, blood volumes, microcirculation, extravascular lung water, cardiac output, solute clearance and permeability.