Graduated from geological faculty MSU in 1971. From same year and still works at Paleontologic institute of RAS, holds positions of the associate director on scientific work and the head of the laboratory of the highest invertebrates.
Member of Paleontologic association of Great Britain. Award X. Rausing (1998). Area of scientific interests — sea lilies of the Paleozoic, other groups of erinaceouses of the early Paleozoic. 1979 — the thesis of Candidate of Biology (see monogr. 1981). 1998 — the thesis of the Dr.Sci.Biol. "A morphogenesis and evolution of sea lilies and other pelmatozoyny erinaceouses in the early Paleozoic".
Has more than 60 publications, including 1 monograph: "Sea lilies of a nadsemeystvo of Pisocrinacea" (1981, Tr. PIN, T.192).
The corresponding member of RAS (since 2011).