Southern Federal University, Rostov-on-Don, Russia.

I received the MDr in Mechanics from the Rostov State University (Rostov-on-Don, Russia) in 1978, the PhD in Physics and Mathematics from the Rostov State University in 1990 and the DrSc in Techniques from the South-Russian State Technical University (Novocherkassk, Russia) in 2008. I am Corresponding Member of the Russian Engineering Academy (2014). I head Research Grants and Programs from Soros Foundation, COBASE (USA), RFBR and Russian Ministry for Science and Education (1993-2018). I published above 300 scientific-technical publications among them 27 monographs and 14 Russian patents. I am reviewer of Zentralblatt MATH (Germany) and Mathematical Reviews (USA) from 1994, member of the American Mathematical Society from 1996, European Mathematical Society from 1998, The Indian Structural Integrity Society from 2016; expert of the INTAS (2004), FP-7 (2010), ERA-NET RUS (2011, 2015), Russian Academy of Science (, Russian Foundation for Basic Research (from 2018) and Russian Federal expert of scientific-technical area (2012-2021). I have honorary title “Honorary Member of the All-Russian Society of Inventors and Rationalizers” (2008).