I began my academic career in 1971 at the Far-Eastern Polythechic Institute (Vladivostok, USSR), where I eventually became the Head of the Department of Applied Mathematics.

In 1978, I received my PhD in fluid mechanics. In 1988, I began working at Institute of Cybernetics of the Estonian Academy of Sciences. I currently focus on wave and discontinuity propagation in solids rather than fluid mechanics because solid thermomechanics is now my primary scientific interest. .

I have published approximately 150 papers in peer-reviewed journals. I've visited many European universities (TU Berlin, Paris 6, University of Cambridge, University of Turin, University of Oslo, and TU Budapest). I was a member of the Nordic Association for Computational Mechanics' executive committee. I also belong to EUROMECH and ISIMM. In 2004, I was awarded the Estonian National Science Prize.

PhD,	Department of Hydroaerodynamics Peter the Great St.Petersburg Polytechnic University, USSR.	1978
MSc,	Department of Mechanics and Mathematics Novosibirsk State University, USSR.	1971

Senior Research Fellow Department of Cybernetics, School of Sciences at TUT, Estonia.	1988 - present
Senior Research Fellow Fedorov Institute of Applied Geophysics, Baltic branch, Tallinn, Estonia.	1981-1988
PhD student Department of Thermodynamics and Heat Transfer, Peter the Great St.Petersburg Polytechnic University, USSR.	1975-1978
Assistent Professor, Senior Lecturer, Chair of the Department Department of Mathematics, Far Eastern State Technical University, Vladivostok, USSR.	1971-1981