Education:
Habilitation: 2009 Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Germany
Mentor: Fabien Morel
Title: Motives and algebraic cycles on projective homogeneous varieties
PhD: 2000 St.Petersburg State University / Steklov Institute, Russia
Supervisor: Ivan Panin
Title: On Grothendieck’s conjecture about principal homogeneous spaces for some classical algebraic groups
Research Interests: Algebraic Geometry: algebraic groups, torsors, homogeneous spaces, cohomology theories, algebraic cycles, motives
Publications:
- Peer-reviewed journals: 48
General: Inventiones Math., Advances Math., J. Reine und Angew. Math., Ann. Sci Ecole Norm. Sup., Compositio Math., Math. Annalen, Selecta Math., J. Inst. Math. Jussieu, Math. Res. Letters., Internat. Math. Res. Notices., Documenta Math., Canadian J. Math., Math. Zeitschrift, Manuscripta Math., London Math. Bull., Canadian Math. Bull., St.Petersburg J. Math., J. Ramanujan Math. Soc., Arkiv för Matematik, J. Math. Sciences, New-York J. Math.
Specialized: Algebra & Number Theory, Transf. Groups, J. Algebra, K-theory J., J Pure Appl. Algebra, Algebras and Repr. Theory. - Refereed conference proceedings/book chapters: 4
- Abstracts and technical reports: 15
Professional Experience:
- Since 2015 Full professor, University of Ottawa.
- 2009-2015 Associate professor, University of Ottawa.
- 2006-2009 Assistant professor, University of München, Lehrstuhl Fabien Morel
- 2006 Visiting Scholar, SFB 701, University of Bielefeld
- 2004-2005 Alexander von Humboldt Fellow, University of Bielefeld
- 2001-2003 European Post-Doctoral Fellow (IHES France, EPFL Switzerland, Max-Planck-Institute Bonn Germany, University of Bielefeld Germany)
- 2000-2006 Steklov Mathematical Institute at St.Petersburg, Russian Academy of Sciences
Grants, Awards:
- 2025 Fields Institute Fellow
- 2010-2014, 2015-2021, 2022-2026 NSERC Discovery Grant
- 2015 Faculty of Science Excellence in Research Award ( UOttawa )
- 2011-2016 Early Researcher Award (announcements: UOttawa, Ontario gov.)
- 2010-2012 NSERC Discovery Accelerator Supplement (announcements: UOttawa, NSERC)
- 2007-2009 DFG individual research grant (co-PI)
- 2004-2005 Alexander von Humboldt fellowship, AvH Stiftung, Germany
- 2001-2003 European postdoctoral fellowship, IHES, France
Supervision: 15 Postdocs (incl. 8 Fields Postdoctoral Fellows), 16 Graduate students
Conferences/workshops organized: 30 (incl. 16 Fields workshops and 1 Fields thematic program)
Committees:
- July 2015-June 2018 NSERC Discovery Grants Mathematics and Statistics Evaluation Committee
Short term research visits:
- Center of Advance Studies of the LMU Munich (05-06/2026)
- University of Rome Tor Vergata, Italy (12/2019, 09/2023, 02-03/2024)
- University of Koln, Germany (07/2018)
- University of Munich (LMU), Germany (07/2017)
- St.Petersburg University, Russia (07/2016)
- Universite Paris 13, France (05/2016)
- I.H.E.S. France (02-04/2016),
- University of Mainz, Germany (12/2014),
- Fields Institute, Toronto (04-06/2013),
- I.H.E.S. France (08/2011),
- Universite Paris 13, France (06/2010),
- University of Bielefeld, Germany (08/2007, 03/2008, 08/2008),
- University of Münster, Germany (09-12/2004),
- University of Bielefeld, Germany (2000-2001),
- University of Besancon, France (05-08/1998),