• Education: 1983 M.S. Sevastopol Institute of Technology (Crimea, Ukraine), Department of Automatic and Telemechanics

  • 2002 to present: Research Scientist at the Big Bear Solar Observatory of New Jersey Institute of Technology. Research and development of new generation of solar instruments; data transfer and data processing; support of existing hardware and integration of new components into the existing electronic systems; design of electronic components for earthshine telescopes; work on key sub-assemblies required by the NST.

  • 1992 - 1996 A member of an International Team (Crimean Astrophysical Observatory (CrAO), French Space Agency and Swiss Space Office) that developed and built SOYA (Solar Brightness Oscillation) experiment on board Space Mission MARS 96. The instruments was designed and manufactured but the lunch of the MARS 96 Mission has been unsuccessful.

  • 1990 - 2002: Leading Engineer of the Laboratory of Solar Physics, Crimean Astrophysical Observatory Design and construction of electronic components for various scientific instruments installed on ground and space based telescopes. Design and construction of a ground based experiment to determine weak interactions in physical and biological systems and their relationship to solar and geomagnetic activity.

  • 1986 - 1988 A member of an International Team (CrAO), French Space Agency and Swiss Space Office) that developed and built the first extra-atmospheric helioseismology instrument IPHIR - Solar Photometer - which flew on board Space Mission FOBOS in 1988. Instrument testing at the launch site in Baikonur.

  • 1986 - 1990 Senior Engineer, Laboratory of Solar Physics, CrAO

  • 1975 - 1986 Engineer, Laboratory of Mathematical Methods, CrAO
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