Brief C.V.
EDUCATION
1987
Ph.D. in Physics and Mathematics (specialization in Biomathematics), Moscow State University, USSR
1982
B.S. in Physics (specialization in Biophysics), Moscow State University, USSR
POSITIONS
2020-present
External Faculty,
Complexity Science Hub Vienna, Josefstadter Str. 39, A1080 Vienna, Austria
2018-present
Director,
Center for the Dynamics of Social Complexity, Univ. of Tennessee, Knoxville
2015-present
Research Associate,
School of Anthropology, University of Oxford,
51-53 Banbury Rd, Oxford OX2 6PE UK
2008-2021
Associate
Director for Scientific Activities, National Institute for Mathematical and Biological Synthesis,
University of Tennessee, Knoxville
2007-present:
Distinguished Professor,
Departments of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology and Mathematics,
University of Tennessee, Knoxville
2003-2007:
Professor,
Departments of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology and Mathematics,
University of Tennessee, Knoxville
1999-2003: Associate Professor, Departments of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology and Mathematics, University of Tennessee, Knoxville
1995-1999: Assistant Professor, Departments of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology and Mathematics, University of Tennessee, Knoxville
1992-1995: post-doctoral researcher, Division of Environmental Studies, University of California, Davis
1991-1992: post-doctoral fellow, Laboratoire de Genetique Cellulaire, INRA Toulouse, FRANCE
1987-1991: researcher, N.I.Vavilov Institute of General Genetics, Moscow, USSR
1982-1987: engineer, All-Union Research Institute of Applied Molecular Biology and Genetics, Moscow, USSR
VISITING PROFESSORSHIPS
2012:
University of Toulouse, FRANCE
2009:
University of Paris, Orsay, FRANCE
2008-2009:
University of Lausanne, Switzerland
2008:
University of Perpignan, FRANCE
2006:
University of Konstanz, GERMANY
2004:
Universite Paris-Sud, Orsay, FRANCE
2004:
Universite de Montpellier II, FRANCE
2001:
Center for the Study of Evolution, University of Sussex, Brighton, UK
1999:
Department of Plant Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Utrecht, The NETHERLANDS
1999:
Istituto di Genetica Biochimica ed Evoluzionistica, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Pavia, ITALY
1997:
Laboratoire d'Ecologie, Universite P. et M. Curie, Paris, FRANCE
1997:
Ecole Normale Superieur, Paris, FRANCE
1991:
Department of Evolutionary Biology, University of Utrecht, The NETHERLANDS
AWARDS and RECOGNITION
President's award, American Society of Naturalists (1999)
Research and Creative Achievement Award (UTK, 2001)
Research and Creative Achievement Award (College of Arts and Sciences, UTK, 2005)
Guggenheim fellowship (2008)
Arts and Sciences Excellence Professorship (College of Arts and Sciences, UTK, 2011-2015)
AGA Key Distinguished Lecture, American Genetic Association (2013)
Fellow, American Academy of Arts and Sciences, 2017
OTHER PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
Manuscripts Reviewed for:
Nature, Science, PLoS Biology, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA, Advances in Complex Systems, American Naturalist, Annals of Botany, Axios, Behavioral Ecology, BioEssays, Biological Journal of the Linnean Society Biological Reviews, Biology Letters, BioSystems, BMC Evolutionary Biology, Bulletin of Mathematical Biology, Complexity, Conservation Genetics, Current Anthropology, Ecography, Ecology, Ecology Letters, eLife, Environmental Conservation, Europhysics Letters, European Physical Journal B, Evolution, Evolution and Human Behavior, Evolutionary Ecology, Evolutionary Theory, G3, Genetica, Genetika (Russian), Genetical Research, Genetics, Genetics, Selection and Evolution, Hereditas, Interface, International Journal of Bioinformatics, International Journal of Biomathematics, Journal of Evolutionary Biology, Journal of Heredity, Journal of Homosexuality, Journal of Mathematical Biology, Journal of Molecular Evolution, Journal of the Royal Society Interface, Journal of Statistical Mechanics: Theory and Experiment, Journal of Statistical Physics, Journal of Theoretical Biology, Knowledge-Based Systems, Leadership Quarterly, Mathematical Biosciences, Molecular Biology and Evolution, Molecular Ecology, Nature Communications, Nonlinear Analysis, Physical Review E, Proceedings of the Royal Society B, PLoS Computational Biology, PLOS Genetics, PLoS ONE, Royal Society Open Science, Systematics Biology, Theoretical Ecology, Theoretical Population Biology, Transactions on Evolutionary Computation, Trends in Ecology and Evolution.
Grants Reviewed for:
National Science Foundation (USA)
US Army Research Office
European Research Council
Natural Environment Research Council (UK)
Swiss National Science Foundation
Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research (NWO)
Royal Society of New Zealand (Marsden Fund)
Israel Science Foundation
Australian Research Council
Austrian Science Fund (FWF)
Hungarian Scientific Research Fund (OTKA)
German Research Foundation (DFG)
National Science Center (Poland)
Chilean National Science and Technology Commission
Wellcome Trust/DBT India Alliance
Organizer:
- Workshop: "Evolutionary Quantitative Genetics" at the 3rd Congress of the European Society for Evolutionary Biology. Hungary, 1991;
- Workshop: "Complexity in Evolutionary Biology: Genetic Algorithms, Cellular Automata and Adaptive Landscapes." Knoxville, 2000;
- Mini-symposium: "Evolutionary theory" at the Society of Mathematical Biology meeting in Knoxville, 2002;
- Mini-symposium: "Genetic diversification by frequency-dependent selection: theoretical approaches and empirical facts" at the ESEB Congress in Krakow, Poland, 2005;
- Workshop: "Spatial heterogeneity in biotic and abiotic environment: effects on species ranges, co-evolution, and speciation" at the Mathematical Biosciences Institute, Ohio State University, Columbus, February, 2006
- Working group "Coalitions and alliances" at the National Institute for Mathematical and Biological Synthesis, Knoxville, 2009-2010
- Mini-symposium "Division of labor", ESEB Congress in Krakow, Tuebingen, Germany, 2011;
- Investigative workshop "Evolution of human social complexity" at the National Institute for Mathematical and Biological Synthesis, Knoxville, 2012
- Working group "Hierarchies and leadership" at the National Institute for Mathematical and Biological Synthesis, Knoxville, 2013-2015
- Investigative workshop "Evolution and decentralized warfare" at the National Institute for Mathematical and Biological Synthesis, Knoxville, 2015 [link]
- Investigative workshop "Exteding the Theory of Sustainability" at SoC/NIMBioS, Knoxville, 2018 [link]
- Working group "Human Origins 2021" at DySoC/NIMBioS, Knoxville, 2019 [link]
- Investigative workshop "Social Norms" at DySoC/NIMBioS, Knoxville, 2019 [link]
- Webinar "Cultural Evolution" at DySoC/NIMBioS, Knoxville, 2020 [link]
Organizing Committe:
Society for the Study of Evolution meeting in Knoxville, 2001
Society of Mathematical Biology meeting in Knoxville, 2002.
Society of Mathematical Biology meeting in Knoxville, 2012.
Editor:
2015: Phil. Trans. R. Soc. B theme issue "Solving the puzzle of collective action
through inter-individual differences" 2015, v.370 (with C. von Rueden and L. Glowacki
2014: Cold Spring Harbor Perspectives in Biology "The Genetics and Biology of Sexual Conflict"
ISBN 978-1-621820-59-8 (with W. R. Rice)
2020: Evolutionary Human Sciences; special collection on ``Human Origins'' (with P. J. Richerson and F. de Waal)}
Associate Editor:
American Naturalist, 2002-2006.
Evolution, 2003-2006.
BMC Evolutionary Biology, 2005-2015.
Cliodynamics: The Journal of Theoretical and Mathematical History, 2010-present
Human behavior and Evolution, 2020-present.
PNAS Nexus, 2022-present.
Board Member:
International Scientific Board of the Laboratory of Excellence TULIP, Toulouse, France 2013-2021
Scientific Council of the Institute for Advanced Study in Toulouse (IAST), France, 2015-