Scientist, Cellular immunotherapy @ From 2013 to Present (2 years) Adj. Assistant Professor @ From 2012 to 2013 (1 year) Greater Boston AreaAdj. Faculty @ From 2012 to 2013 (1 year) Greater Boston AreaAdj. Assistant Professor of Biology @ From 2012 to 2012 (less than a year) Research Scientist, Oncology @ Pre-clinical evaluation of targeted T cell immunotherapy approaches for treatment of ovarian cancer patients resulting in a phase I clinical trial. • Designed specific chimeric antigen receptors for adoptive T cell immunotherapy strategies. Generated pre-clinical data for the future clinical trials • Established specific (xenotransplant and syngeneic) in vivo tumour models to test efficacy of antigen-specific targeted T cells • Employed In vivo, Ex vivo and In situ Immunofluorescent and bioluminescent technologies: ELISA, Flow Cytometry, Luminex, Immunofluorescent microscopy and IVIS. • Presented findings internally and externally • Reviewed and critiqued research publications for peer reviewed journals • Participating in writing non-federal agencies grants and NIH grants • Collaborating on several multi-disciplinary projects • Supervising clinical and postdoctoral fellows and graduate students From 2008 to 2012 (4 years) Postdoctoral Research Fellow @ Combinatorial gene therapy for HIV-1 treatment using SV40-derived vectors • Designed combinatorial gene therapy strategies for HIV-1 treatment • Established in vivo models for hematopoietic gene therapy strategies • Presented findings internally and externally • Reviewed and critiqued research publications for peer reviewed journals • Participated in writing NIH grants From 2004 to 2008 (4 years) Lecturer @ • Delivered lectures, seminars and laboratory courses to the undergraduate students on biomedical disciplines including “Biochemistry” and “Molecular Immunology” • Developed and implemented new methods of teaching to reflect changes in research that included collaborative links with other educational and research institutions • Supervised undergraduate research activities From 2001 to 2008 (7 years)

PhD, Cell and Developmental Biology @ Koltzov Institute of Developmental Biology, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow From 1998 to 2002 BS/MS, Biochemistry and Biothechnology @ Petrozavodsk State University (PetrSU) From 1993 to 1998