Engineer of the Department of Mineralogy and Petrography of KSU (1986), Assistant of the Department of Mineralogy and Petrography of KSU (1987), Candidate of Geological and Mineralogical Sciences, Associate Professor of the Department of Mineralogy and Petrography of KSU (1993), Doctor of Geological and Mineralogical Sciences, Professor of the Department of Mineralogy and Lithology of KFU (2010). Research interests: crystal chemistry of minerals, nanotechnology, geology of jewelry and ornamental stones.