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Education

• University of Wisconsin at Madison, 2000 - 2003

  • Ph.D., Mathematics, 2003

  • NSF VIGRE Fellowship, Graduate Student Research Award

• University of Texas at Austin, 1995 - 2000

  • University Preemptive Fellowship, Edward Louis & Alice Laidman Dodd Fellowship,

  • Regents Endowed Graduate Fellowship, David Bruton Jr. Fellowship

• University of Wisconsin at Madison, 1990 - 1995

  • B.S. with Honors, Mathematics, 1995

  • Phi Beta Kappa, Mark H. Ingraham Award (Math), L. R. Ingersoll Prize (Physics)

Professional Positions

• St. Petersburg State University

  • Associate Professor, 2020-

  • St. Petersburg, Russia

• Max-Planck-Institut für Mathematik

  • Visiting Scientist, 2014-2017

  • Bonn, Germany

• The University of Queensland

  • Postdoctoral Research Fellow, 2009-2012

  • Brisbane, Australia

• The Pennsylvania State University

  • VIGRE/S. Chowla Postdoc, Lecturer, 2005-2008

  • State College, Pennsylvania

• Max-Planck-Institut für Mathematik

  • Postdoctoral Position, 2003-2004

  • Bonn, Germany

Visiting Positions

• Max-Planck-Institut für Mathematik

  • Visiting Scientist, March/April 2006

  • Bonn, Germany

Research Interests

• Number Theory

Publications

Invited Seminar and Colloquium Talks

• 2024 May: Saint Petersburg State University, Algebraic and Other Combinatorics Seminar.

• 2024 May: Saint Petersburg State University, Analysis Seminar.

• 2024 January:  Saint Petersburg State University-Higher School of Economics: 

Winter Mathematical School  (series of four lectures).

• 2023 November: Saint Petersburg State University, Mathematical Evenings for First-Year Students.

• 2021 May: Saint Petersburg State University, Department Colloquium.

• 2021 April: Saint Petersburg State University, Mathematical Evenings for First-Year Students.

• 2017 April: University of Wisconsin at Madison, Number Theory Seminar.

• 2017 March: Max-Planck-Institut für Mathematik, Number Theory Lunch Seminar.

• 2017 March: Chalmers University of Technology, Seminar in Algebraic Geometry and Number Theory.

• 2014 April: Universität Wien, Arbeitsgemeinschaft für Diskrete Mathematik Seminar.

• 2014 January: Universität zu Köln, Number Theory Seminar.

• 2013 October: The University of Melbourne, Statistical Mechanics Seminar.

• 2012 May: The University of Queensland, Pure Maths Seminar.

• 2012 April: The University of Newcastle, CARMA Seminar.

• 2010 November: The University of Newcastle, Department Colloquium.

• 2008 April: University of Exeter.

• 2007 December: San Francisco State University, Number Theory Seminar.

• 2007 May: Stanford University, Number Theory Seminar.

• 2006 November: University of South Carolina, Number Theory Seminar.

• 2006 March: Max-Planck-Institut für Mathematik, Number Theory Lunch Seminar.

• 2005 April: State University of New York-Albany, Department Colloquium.

• 2003 December: Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg, Number Theory Seminar.

• 2003 September: Max-Planck-Institut für Mathematik, Number Theory Lunch Seminar.

• 2002 December: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Number Theory Seminar.

• 2002 November: Pennsylvania State University, Algebra and Number Theory Seminar.

• 2002 April: University of Pennsylvania, Combinatorics Seminar.

Contributory Talks

• 2024 August: IVth Conference of Mathematical Centers, Saint Petersburg, Russia.

• 2011 May: International Conference on Asymptotics and Special Functions, City University of Hong Kong, China.

• 2011 May: Magma Number Theory Day, Sydney, Australia.

• 2010 November: 28th Annual Victorian Algebra Conference, Melbourne, Australia.

• 2010 September: 54th Annual AustMS Meeting, Brisbane, Australia, September.

• 2010 July: 11th Meeting of the Canadian Number Theory Association, Wolfville, Nova Scotia, Canada.

• 2006 November: AMS Special Session on Analytic Number Theory and Modular Forms, Fall Southeastern Sectional Meeting,

Fayetteville, Arkansas.

• 2003 January: AMS Special Session on Elliptic curves and Modular forms, AMS-MAA Joint National Meeting,

Baltimore, Maryland.

• 2002 October: AMS Special Session on Arithmetic Algebraic Geometry, Fall Central Sectional Meeting,

Madison, Wisconsin.

• 2002 June: 7th Meeting of the Canadian Number Theory Association, Montreal, Canada.

• 2001 May: Illinois Number Theory Conference, Urbana, Illinois.

Teaching

• Saint  Petersburg State University

  • Introduction to modular forms

  • Elementary number theory

  • Presentation of Scientific Results in English

  • Mathematical Analysis 2nd year

  • Algebra 2nd year

  • Advanced Combinatoric

  • Partitions

  • Ramanujan's lost notebook, q-series, and mock theta functions: Fall 2020

• University of Queensland

  • Math 2301 Linear & Abstract Algebra & Number Theory (Weeks 7-12)

  • Math 4304 Number Theory (Weeks 1-6)

• Pennsylvania State University

  • Math 140 Calculus I

  • Math 141 Calculus II

  • Math 311 Concepts of Discrete Mathematics

  • Math 435 Basic Abstract Algebra

Grant Record

• Saint Petersburg State University (2020-2023)

  • Leader Grant (BASIS) RUB 1,860,000/year

Theoretical Physics and Mathematics Advancement Foundation

• University of Queensland (2011)

  • ResTeach Award, $10,000

• University of Queensland (2009-2010)

  • New Staff Research Startup Fund, $5,000

Other Professional Activites

• Max-Planck-Institut für Mathematik Number Theory Seminar,

  • January 2015 - December 2016: Co-organizer

  • October 2003 - November 2004: Organizer

• Referee work: ACTA Arithmetica, Advances in Applied Mathematics, Advances in Mathematics, Annals of Combinatorics, Arabian Journal of Mathematics, Australasian Journal of Combinatorics, International Journal of Number Theory, International Mathematics Research Notices, Involve, Journal of the Australian Mathematical Society, Journal für die Reine und Angewandte Mathematik, Journal of Algebra and Its Applications, Journal of Combinatorial Theory Series A, Journal of Integer Sequences, Journal of Mathematical Analysis and Applications, Journal of Number Theory, Methods and Applications of Analysis, Proceedings of the American Mathematical Society, Proceedings of the Edinburgh Mathematical Society.

Outreach Activities

• Wisconsin Mathematics, Engineering and Science Talent Search:

• Fall 2002 - Spring 2003: Problem Set Grader.

• Fall 2001 - Spring 2002: Problem Set Grader.

• Fall 2000 - Spring 2001: Problem Set Grader.

Professional Honors and Awards

• Distinguished as one of four leading researchers in mock theta functions in volume five of George Andrews and Bruce Berndt's series of texts on Ramanujan's lost notebook.

Graduate Honors and Awards at UW-Madison

• Graduate Student Research Award, Department of Mathematics, Spring 2003.

  • (awarded to the top PhD thesis in mathematics.)

• VIGRE Fellowship, Department of Mathematics, Spring 2003.

Graduate Honors and Awards at UT-Austin

• David Bruton, Jr. Fellowship, Graduate School, Fall 1998.

• Regents Endowed Graduate Fellowship, Department of Mathematics, Fall 1996.

• Edward Louis & Alice Laidman Dodd Fellowship, Department of Mathematics, Fall 1995-Spring 1997.

• University Preemptive Fellowship, Graduate School, Fall 1995-Summer 1996.

Undergraduate Honors and Awards at UW-Madison

• Phi Beta Kappa, University of Wisconsin at Madison, Spring 1993.

• Mark H. Ingraham Award, Department of Mathematics, University of Wisconsin at Madison, Spring 1993.

  • (awarded to the top undergraduate mathematics major.)

• L.R. Ingersoll Prize, Department of Physics, University of Wisconsin at Madison, Spring 1992.

  • (awarded to the top student in the General Physics 207-208 sequence.)

• William F. Vilas Merit Scholarship, University of Wisconsin at Madison, Fall 1990 - Spring 1994.

• Wisconsin Academic Excellence Scholarship, State of Wisconsin, Fall 1990 - Spring 1994.