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Professional carrier: 1974-1991 – researcher, senior researcher, research director in the St. Petersburg State University 1991-2007 - head of Entomology laboratory of St. Petersburg State University Since 2007 until now – head of Insect Biopharmacology and Immunology Laboratory of St. Petersburg State University Since 2004 until now – president and founder of Allopharm ltd (St.Petersburg, Russia) Main field of current research activity: Drug discovery and development based on the study of insect immune system Main achievements in the field of drug discovery and development: -discovery of over 30 novel peptides with antimicrobial, immunomodulatory and anti-tumor activities -discovery of mammalian NK cell analogs in insects and their use as a source of pharmacologically active peptides -discovery, structural characterization and preclinical study of antimicrobial complex preventing antibiotic resistance development in bacteria -discovery, development, registration and implementation to Medicine of alloferon, novel immunomodulatory antiviral drug -discovery of allostatins, hybrid molecules combining structural characteristics of insect and human immunologically relevant peptides; demonstration of allostatins’ prospects as potential anti-tumor and antiviral drugs -establishment of Allopharm ltd, a company contributing knowledge of insect immunity to drug discovery Number of publications: > 100