Dr. Sciences, Ph.D., Head of Laboratory
Department of Chemistry, Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia

Phone:(+7-095) 939-5966
Fax: (+7-095) 939-0997
E-mail: apsinitsyn@enzyme chem.msu.ru

CAREER:
1974: graduated from Chemical Department (Chair of Enzymology), Moscow State University (B.S. degree in Enzymology)
1974-1980: researcher at the Chair of Chemical Enzymology, Moscow State University
1980-1989: senior researcher at the Chair of Chemical Enzymology, Moscow State University
1989 up to date: the head of laboratory “Physical Chemistry of Enzymatic Transformation of Polymers” at the Chair of Chemical Enzymology, Moscow State University (20 employee, including Ph.D students)

Spent 1 year (1981-82) in RPI, Troy, N.Y., USA, working under research program on biomass bioconversion at the laboratory of professor H.R.Bungay.

DEGREES:
1978: Ph.D. Degree in Enzymology, Moscow State University,
1988: Dr. Sciences Degree in Enzymology and Biochemistry, Moscow State University,
1993: Professor Degree, Moscow State University.

1978: National Award for Young Scientists

SUPERVISING: more than 20 Ph.D. students and large number of undergraduate students.

MEMBERSHIP: Russian  National  Research   Program  on  Enzyme Engineering Council, member of ACS, AATCC, TAPPY, AACC.

MAIN SCIENTIFIC INTERESTS:

• enzymology, biochemistry, microbiology and genetics of carbohydrases (cellulases, xylanases, pectinases), proteases, lipases, esterases, and other enzymes;
• screening, mutation & selection of fungal and bacterial strains – producers of enzymes, fermentation process development, scaling up and commercialization;
• production of recombinant fungal strains and recombinant enzymes;
• application of enzymes in textile & detergents, pulp & paper, food & feed and in other areas.

PUBLICATIONS:
280 publications (in Russian and International Scientific Journals), 4 monographs (in  Russian), more than 20 Russian  & International Patents.