I went to graduate school also at RPI in 1994. I graduated from the Department of Mathematics at RPI in 1998. My thesis advisors were Professor Gregor Kovacic and Professor Victor Roytburd.
In September 1998 I came to Courant Institute and started working with Professor Andrew Majda. I spent four years at Courant and in the Fall of 2002 accepted a tenure-track position at the University of Houston.
One of my hobbies is playing guitar. I play so called author' songs in Russian. I began playing in high school and I still enjoy it very much. You can find a number of links to author' songs pages and my songbook on my Russian page.
My another hobby is mountain climbing. I've been in New Mexico, Colorado and Washington. I am also into rock and ice climbing. Here you can find my "climbing" page with some pictures and descriptions of most interesting hikes and climbs.