Employment

James H. Simons Instructor

since September 2004

State University of New York at Stony Brook

Education

PhD	June, 2004	University of Toronto Thesis "A Gauss-Bonnet theorem, Chern classes and an adjunction formula for reductive groups"
Diploma	April, 2001	Independent University of Moscow Diploma "The monodromy group of generalized hypergeometric equations"

Research interests

Reductive groups

Spherical varieties

Generalized hypergeometric functions

Selected presentations

2008	January	Workshop on moduli spaces and tropical geometry, Bonn-Dusseldorf-Essen
2007	December	International Conference on Transformation Groups, Moscow, Russia
	December	Algebra and Geometry Seminar in the University of Rome "La Sapienza"
	September	BIRS workshop on Group Embeddings and Representation Theory, Banff, Canada
2006	July	International conference on dynamical systems, differential equations and singularity theory in Suzdal', Russia
	April	Algebra, Geometry and Physics Seminar at Stony Brook University
	March	Algebra and Geometry Seminar at the University of Toronto
2005	March	Algebraic Geometry Seminar at Columbia University
2004	September	Algebra, Geometry and Physics Seminar at Stony Brook University
	February	Geometry, Symmetry and Physics Seminar at Yale University
2003	October	Geometry Seminar at the University of Toronto
2002	December	Winter meeting of the Canadian Mathematical Society, Ottawa
	November	Geometry and Topology Seminar at the University of Toronto
	November	Representation Theory Seminar at the University of Massachusetts Amherst
2001	April	Mini-course at the Independent University of Moscow
1999	April	Number Theory and Algebraic Geometry Seminar at the Independent University of Moscow

Mathematical Honors and Awards

2001-2004	Connaught Scholarship, University of Toronto
2001-2003	Research Assistantship, University of Toronto
fall 1999	student exchange between the Independent University of Moscow and the Ecole Normale Superiore, Paris
1998-1999	The Mayor of Moscow Fellowship for excellence in the study of mathematics
1996-2001	Scholarship of the Independent University of Moscow

Teaching

2006-2007	Lecturer at Stony Brook University
	courses: Intro to Lie groups and algebras (graduate topics course), Mathematical Thinking
2005-2006	Lecturer at Stony Brook University
	courses: Algebra (graduate core course), Applied Algebra
summer 2005	Instructor at the summer school "Contemporary Mathematics" for first year university students and last year high school students, Dubna
	course: "Constructions using compass and ruler, and Galois theory"
2004-2005	Lecturer at Stony Brook University
	courses: Linear Algebra, Applied Complex Analysis
2001-2002	Teaching Assistant at the University of Toronto
	courses: Differential Equations (for engineers), Advanced Differential Equations, Vector Calculus, Geometry
summer 2002	Instructor at the summer school "Contemporary Mathematics", Dubna
	course: "Lobachevsky geometry"
1997-2001	Teacher of mathematics at High School # 57, Moscow

Service

fall 2005, 2006	Preparation sessions for the Putnam competition
since 2005	Problem of the Month competition at Stony Brook University
2005-2006	WISE (Women in Science and Engineering) workshop
since 2003	Reviewer for Mathematical Reviews
2002	Jury member, Math Battles for high school students in Toronto
1996-2001	Assistant, Organization of the annual Moscow Mathematical Olympiad for high school students