In my projects I am advancing the knowledge on key physiological and genetic regulation of flower bud induction, biennial bearing and winter dormancy in apple. In order to study those biological mechanisms I use the following approaches: experimental set-ups with fruit trees under controlled climatic conditions, histological bud sectioning and microscopy, proteomic and metabolic profiling (ESI-MS), phytohormone analysis (MRM), analysis of carbohydrates (LC-MS), RNA sequencing (transcriptomics) and smallRNA sequencing.

Interests

• Horticulture
• Dormancy in temperate fruit trees
• Climate change effects on fruit trees
• Flower induction in apple
• Biennial bearing in apple

Education

• Research Associate, 2022-now
  University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany

• Research Associate, 2015-2022
  University of Hohenheim, Stuttgart, Germany

• Ph.D. in Agriculture (with focus on horticulture), 2012-2015
  Michurinsk State Agrarian University, Michurinsk, Russia

• M.Sc. (Dipl.-Ing. agr.), Agronomy and Breeding of Horticultural Crops, 2007-2012
  Michurinsk State Agrarian University, Michurinsk, Russia