Candidate of Biology, Head of the Interinstitutional Center of Molecular Paleogenetics, Institute of Cytology and Genetics SB RAS (Novosibirsk); researcher at the Institute of Archaeology and Ethnography SB RAS (Novosibirsk) and Novosibirsk State University. Research interests: studying the gene pool structure of the ancient population of Siberia and adjacent territories by paleogenetic methods; DNA analysis of ancient animals and microorganisms from archaeological sites. Author and coauthor of over 50 research papers