Doctor of Technical Sciences, 1981
Andreyev Acoustics Institute
Database publications:
Areas of research activity:
- Thermal ablation of tissues with focused ultrasound (HIFU)
- Ultrasonic methods in diagnostics and therapy of the brain
- Mechanical tissue disintegration with focused ultrasound (histotripsy)
- Design of high-power ultrasonic phased arrays
- Nonlinear wave physics
Education:
- 1981 – Dr.Sc. in Technical Sciences in Acoustics, Andreyev Acoustical Institute, Moscow Dissertation: “Investigations of the effects of focused ultrasound on biological structures for application in medicine and physiology”
- 1967 – Ph.D. in Technical Sciences, Central Institute of Turbo-Machines, Leningrad, Russia. Dissertation: “Experimental methods of investigation of cavitational properties of liquids”
- 1961 – 1967 – Combined BS and MS Program in Electronic Engineering, Electroengineering Institute, Leningrad (now St. Petersburg)
Professional positions:
- 2006 – 2025 – Head Research Scientist, Andreev Acoustics Institute, Moscow
- 1999 – 2006 – Leading Research Scientist, Andreev Acoustics Institute, Moscow
- 1995 – 1998 – Senior Research Officer, Radiological Sciences Unit, Imaging Directorate, Hammersmith Hospital, London
- 1993 – 1994 – Honorary Senior Research Fellow, The Queen’s University of Belfast, UK
- 1980 – 1999 – Head of the Laboratory of Medical Ultrasound, Andreyev Acoustical Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow
- 1974 – 1980 – Senior Research Scientist, Ultrasound Department, Andreyev Acoustical Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow
- 1967 – 1974 – Research Scientist, Ultrasound Department, Andreyev Acoustical Institute, Moscow
- 1961 – 1967 – Research Scientist, Central Institute of Turbo-Machines, St. Petersburg
Committee memberships:
- 1992 – 2025 – Co-Chairman of the Section “Medical Acoustics” of the Russian Acoustical Society, Moscow, Russia
- 1975 – 1995 – Chairman of the Section “Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology” of the Scientific Council on Acoustics, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
Awards:
- 2019 – Pioneer award from the International Society for Therapeutic Ultrasound (ISTU) and the European Charitable Society for Focused Ultrasound (EUFUS) for research in the field of therapeutic ultrasound
- 1988 – The Certificate “History of Medical Ultrasound. Pioneer Award (in recognition of contributions to the development of ultrasound)”, World Federation of Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology, American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine
- 1989 – Honorary medal and a diploma of the Purkinie University, Brno, Czechoslovakia