Current employment and affiliation
2025-now: researcher, part-time, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium.
2024-now: AI trainer for analytical tasks, part-time. Highbrow Technology Inc., remote.
Previous professional experience
2023-2024: teaching assistant, part-time, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium.
2012--2022: researcher at the Center for Market Studies and Spatial Economics, Higher School of Economics, Saint Petersburg, Russia.
2012--2022: docent (assistant professor) at the Department of economics, Higher School of Economics, Saint Petersburg, Russia.
2007--2012: docent (assistant professor) at the Department of economics, Chuvash State University, Russia.
2006--2007: docent (assistant professor) at the Department of mathematics, Saint Petersburg State Engineering and Economic University, Russia.
2005--2006: docent (assistant professor) at the Department of information systems, Saint Petersburg State Engineering and Economic University, Russia.
2004--2005: senior lecturer at the Department of economics, Chuvash State University, Russia.
2002--2004: teaching assistant at the Department of economics, Chuvash State University, Russia.
1999--2003: post graduate student at the Department of mathematics, Chuvash State University, Russia.
Education
2003: Candidate of sciences in physics and mathematics -- PhD. Tula State University (Russia). Equivalent to doctorat en sciences (recognised by ULB in 2023).
2000-2003: English language, post-graduate professional training. Chuvash State Pedagogical University.
1994-1999: MSc in mathematics, diploma summa cum laude. Chuvash State University (Russia), department of mathematics.
Professional training
2010--2013: 3-year program "Spatial Economics: How Geography Matters For Economics". Open Society Institute, Soros Foundation Network and International Higher Educational Program, New Economic School. Venues: Suzdal, Velikiy Novgorod, Moscow, Nizhniy Novgorod, Pushkin
2007--2010: 3-year program "Institutional Economics". Open Society Institute, Soros Foundation Network and International Higher Educational Program, New Economic School. Venues: Kyev, Saratov, Severobaykalsk, Chernogolovka, Yerevan, Irkutsk
Professional courses / Workshops / Summer schools
2024: Spring Modular Pedagogical Course, Step 1. February-May, 2024. CERGE-EI, online.
2022: "Sentiment Analysis in Social Media Data" (in KNIME). November-December, 2022, Harvard Faculty of Arts and Sciences, online.
2022: "Web scrapping. Regular expressions". August, 2022, online.
2021: "GIS Data Acquisition and Map Design". May-July, 2021. University of Toronto, online.
2021: "Spatial Analysis and Satellite Imagery in a GIS". July-September, 2021. University of Toronto, online.
2020: "Microeconomics: The Power of Markets", March, 2020. University of Pennsilvania, online.
2018: "Soft skills for teaching and research" by William Thomson. May, 14-18, 2018. HSE St Peterburg.
2015: "Spatial Data Analysis with PySAL and GeoDaSpace" by Sergio Rey and Luc Anselin. November 11, 2015. NARSC 2015, Portland, Oregon.
2014: "International trade and inequality" by Prof F. Trionfetti. September 1-5, 2014. HSE St. Petersburg.
2013: "Economics of Networks" by Prof Y. Zenou. September 30-October 02, 2013. HSE St Petersburg.
2013: "ArcGIS Вesktop II: Tools and functionality", November, 20-22, 2013, St Petersburg.
2012: Course "Applied microeconometrics" by Prof. Olga Kuzmina, New Economic School (Moscow), October 2012 --December 2012
2012: Course "Advanced topics of International Trade Theory", Institute of International Economics, Kiel, Germany, October, 30 --November, 1 2012.
2012: Course "Spatial Regression Models with MATLAB" by Prof. James LeSage, Universidad Autonoma of Madrid, Spain, October 15-19, 2012
Language courses
French C1 (Français 8 Oral). CVO Semper, Brussels, 2024-2025.
French C1 (LANG-B9101 Français langue étrangère. Niveau perfectionnement). ULB. 2024, September-December.
Dutch A0. F9, Brussels. 2024, February.
Fremch B2.2 (Français 7 Oral). CVO Semper, Brussels, 2024, February-June.
Fremch B2.2 (LANG-B9092 Français langue étrangère. Niveau avancé). ULB. 2024, February-June.
French B1. Eurospeak. Brussels. 2023, September-October.
French A2. CIPROC, Brussels. 2023, February-June.