Born:

1974 – Novokuznetsk, Kemerovo Region, Russia

Education:

• 1991 – finished secondary school (1981-1986 – School 73, 1986-1991 – School №34, Novokuznetsk, Kemerovo Region, Russia)
• 1992 – finished Vocational School 13, Novokuznetsk, Kemerovo Region, Russia, qualification: Electric Locomotive Driver’s Assistant
• 1997 – finished Novokuznetsk State Pedagogical Institute, Foreign Landuades Dept., major: Philology, Qualification: Teacher of English and German
• 2003 – professional retraining at  Engineering Education Institute, Tomsk Polytechnic University, qualification: Testing Specialist
• 2007 – Candidate degree in education, Tomsk Polytechnic University

Occupation:

• 1996-1997 – teacher of English, Secondary School 72, г. Novokuznetsk, Kemerovo Region, Russia
• 1997-1998 – teacher of English, Alert language school, Novokuznetsk, Kemerovo Region, Russia
• 1998-2001 – senior lecturer, Linguistics and Intercultural Communication Dept., Tomsk State Pedagogical University, Tomsk, Russia
• 1999-2007 – senior lecturer, Dept. of Linguistics and Intercultural Communication, Tomsk Polytechnic University, Tomsk, Russia

2007 – present – senior lecturer, Ass. Prof (since 2009), Dept. of Foreign Languages, Institute of Physics and Technology, Tomsk Polytechnic University, Tomsk, Russia