Curriculum Vitae

Education:

2012-2016  — Doctor of Science (Tech.), Aalto University, Department of Radio Science and Engineering. Research on the reconfigurable antenna arrays for high-capacity communications. Study of multipath propagation and channel modeling for indoor and outdoor scenarios.

2012-2014 — Licentiate of Science (Tech.), Aalto University, Department of Radio Science and Engineering. Design and development of the antennas for smart radio systems at micro- and mm-wave frequencies. Study of multipath propagation and channel modeling at 60 GHz.

2009-2011 — Masters Degree, Saint-Petersburg State University of Aerospace Instrumentation, Department of Radiotechnics, Electronics and Communications. Study of telecommunications.

2008-2010 — Technical Diploma, Saint-Petersburg State University of Aerospace Instrumentation, Department of Systems of Protection and Signaling. Studying security systems – their programming, placement, processing, and organization. 

2005-2009 — Bachelor's Degree (with honors), Saint-Petersburg State University of Aerospace Instrumentation, Department of Radiotechnics, Electronics and Communications. Study of communications with mobile objects (mobile, satellite, UWB communication).

2003-2007 — Saint-Petersburg State University, Department of Philology and Arts, Language Diploma: Advanced Level in English.

Current employment:

2019 (October) – Senior scientist. VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland Ltd.

Work experience:

2022 (October-December) Research visitor. Tokyo Denki University, contributions to the A2G equipment development.

2022 (April-May)  Research visitor. NYU Tandon School of Electrical Engineering and NCSU Dept. of Electrical and Computer Engineering, organizing radar measurements, preparations for the future urban A2G measurements, and working on drone detection.

2018-2019 Postdoctoral researcher. Université catholique de Louvain, EPL, ICTEAM - Electrical Engineering. Research in wireless channel characterization.

2019 (March-June) Research visitor. Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna, Department of Electrical, Electronic and Information Engineering "G. Marconi". Contributions to the A2G channel measurement campaign.

2017-2018 Postdoctoral researcher. Tampere University of Technology, Department of Electronics and Communications Engineering. Research in antennas and radio wave propagation modeling for millimeter-wave-based connected machines supported by Finnish Cultural Foundation.

2017-2018 Academic visitor. Aalto University, Department of Electronics and Nanoengineering. Research in the millimeter-wave antenna arrays and radio channel characterization.

2018 (January-April) Research visitor. New York University, NYU Tandon School of Engineering. Research in  radio wave propagation at millimeter-wave frequencies.

2016-2017  Postdoctoral researcher. Aalto University, Department of Radio Science and Engineering. Research in the millimeter-wave front-ends for 5G networks.

2012-2016  Doctoral student. Aalto University, Department of Radio Science and Engineering. Research in high-capacity millimeter wave communications.

2014 (January-April) Research visitor. “CREMANT” (Centre de REcherche Mutualisé sur les ANTennes) Laboratoire commun entre l'Université Nice Sophia Antipolis, le CNRS et Orange Labs La Turbie, un centre de R&D de France Télécom-Orange, France, Nice. Developing the design and evaluation the performance of several antenna arrays (with the beam switching) disposed on the curved surface.

2013 (October) Research visitor. Technische Universität Braunschweig, the Institute for Comm. Technology (IfN). Research in radiowave prop. modeling for realistic indoor scenarios at 60 GHz.

2012 (November-December)    Research visitor. “CREMANT” (Centre de REcherche Mutualisé sur les ANTennes) Laboratoire commun entre l'Université Nice Sophia Antipolis, le CNRS et Orange Labs La Turbie, un centre de R&D de France Télécom-Orange, France, Nice. Research contained design and on-wafer measurements of a conformal antenna array at 60 GHz for reconfigurable networks.

2009-2011    Engineer. “VNIIRA” (All-Russian Scientific Research Institute of Radio Equipment). Designing high-frequency components such as antennas and antenna arrays. Measuring antenna parameters: VSWR, radiation pattern, gain, and others.

2011 (March-May)    Research visitor. Aalto University, School of Electrical Engineering, Dep. of Radio Science and Engineering, Helsinki. Research contained designing and measuring a UWB Vivaldi-type antenna (0.7-18 GHz) for future use in a spherical multiple probe antenna measurement system.

2009 (August)    Trainee. Helsinki University of Technology, Department of Radio Science and Engineering. Contributions to an ongoing project where the time-of-arrival estimation using the UWB technique has been investigated.

2007-2009    Engineer. “Info-Svyaz-Proekt”. Writing projects for the reconstruction of base stations GSM and UMTS standards for mobile communications.

Achievements and awards:

2020-2023 — Postdoctoral researcher, Academy of Finland.

2018-2020 — Jorma Ollila grant, Nokia Foundation.

2017-2018 — Suomen Kulttuurirahasto (Finnish Cultural Foundation), grant for Postdoctoral          Research in the field of Technology.

2016 — Walter Ahlström Foundation Award.

2014-2015 — scholarship from Aalto ELEC Doctoral School.

2013 — grant from the Research Foundation of Helsinki University of Technology.

2012-2013 — scholarship from Graduate School in Electr. Telecom. and Automation (GETA).

2013, 2015 — Nokia Foundation Award.

2012 — Tekniikan edistämissäätiö scholarship.

Publications:

The list of publications is available on page "Publications".

Language skills:

English (Advanced/Proficient); Finnish (keskitaso).

Special skills:

Considerable skills in using computer programs: Visio, HFSS, CST Microwave Studio, Pix4D, Remcom WirelessInsite, LaTeX. Basic skills in: PTC Creo. UAV piloting skills (licenses for open and specific categories).

Activities and interests:

·         Patent for the utility model “Table with LED-worktop”, RU №107908U1, priority of the utility model 22.04.2011.

·         Aerial photography and 3D modeling.

References

Available on request