Research
I work in Algebraic Geometry, in particular I am interested in derived categories and the Grothendieck ring of varieties, with applications in Birational Geometry, singularities and Algebraic K-theory.
In 2020-2023 my work on derived categories of singularities is supported by an EPSRC grant Derived categories and algebraic K-theory of singularities.
Previous positions
I obtained my MSc degree in Saint-Petersburg in 2005 and defended my PhD in June 2011 under the supervision of Andrei Suslin at Northwestern University.
During the academic years 2011-13 I was a postdoc at the Max Planck Institute for Mathematics, University of Bonn, the Hausdorff Research Institute for Mathematics and the University of Mainz.
In 2013-14 I was a Whittaker postdoc at the University of Edinburgh. In 2022-23 I was on leave at the University of Bonn.
Note to the editors on refereeing papers
In 2024 I have refereed 8 papers. The average time between my agreement to referee and the first report was on average 135 days (median: 144 days, maximum 242 days). I try to write rejection reports quickly and I write positive reports on most papers that I agree to referee after reading the paper in full detail.
As serious refereeing takes a lot of time and effort, I am selective about what I referee and unfortunately usually I can not referee papers in 90 days as some journals request: only 25% of the papers I refereed were done in less than 90 days.
I aim to give quick opinions within two weeks.
Keywords: derived categories, especially of singular varieties or Fano varieties, various obstructions in rationality problems, Grothendieck ring of varieties, sometimes algebraic K-theory and Chow groups or motives, especially when there are applications in birational geometry.