In 1991 graduated with honors from the Tomsk Polytechnic University with a degree in Powder Metallurgy and Sputter Coatings. PhD degree in specialty 05.17.11 - Technology of ceramic, silicate and refractory non-metallic materials on the topic "Obtaining, phase composition and mechanical properties of porous ceramics based on plasma-chemical zirconium dioxide" in 2000. In 2008 - the degree of Doctor of Science in the specialty 01.04.07. - Physics of the condensed state on the topic "Properties, structure, phase composition and patterns of formation of porous nanosystems based on ZrO2".