Research Interests Crystal growth, surface and materials sciences, atomic solid state physics. Honors and Awards Russian Federation Government Prize in Science and Technology (1998) A.V. Shubnikov Prize of the Institute of Crystallography (inauguration award of 1986; also in 1994) F.C. Frank Prize of the International Organization of Crystal Growth (inauguration award) (1989) Member, USSR/Russian Academy of Sciences, Division of Physics; elected in 1987 E.S. Fyodorov Prize of the USSR Academy of Sciences. (1983) Special Prize of the USSR Academy of Science Presidium for Diamond Synthesis (1966)