Principal Researcher, Academician RAS, Doctor of Historical Sciences
Scientific advisor, Head of Department of Metal Ages Archaeology
Research interests: archaeology of Eurasia, settlement and burial complexes, methods of natural sciences in archaeology, ethnogenesis, paleogenetics, prehostorical art
PhD thesis: “The Neolithic and Bronze Ages of the Ob-Irtysh interfluve forest-steppe zone ” (1975), scientific adviser – academician A.P. Okladnikov.
Doctoral dissertation: “Baraba in antiquity” (1983).