Master of science in radio electronics
engineering from Mozhayskiy Space Engineering Military Academy, Saint
Petersburg, Russia, 1993;
Ph.D. in physics and mathematics (radio physics) from
Kharkov State University, 1996; worked since 1995 in the Institute of Magnetism
of National Academy of Sciences of Ukrania as a scientific researcher; was
assigned as backup for
STS-87; was since June 2003 member of the
Canadian Arrow team; currently emplyed by Maritime Launch, Canada; hobbies:
Computer, mathematics, reading, learning new languages, flying, soccer,
badminton, basketball, listening to classical and folk music,
singing.