Shortly after graduation I married to Lena Polevaya, we have two children - son Simon and daughter Valentina.
In summer 1991 we left Russia to Israel and for
more than 8 years we lived in Haifa. I held a postdoc position at the Technion in 1991-93, then worked
for
two years in a small start-up company Kernel Knowledge, where I
developed
a symbolic computer algebra software used with Mathematica. You may find my Mathematica
packages in MathSource. One
performs
replacement of variables in
ordinary
and partial differential equations, another is designed for numerical
solution
of linear boundary value problems
using
my modification of the chasing method. The new Mathematica 5
(appeared
in 2003) built-in abilities in this
field
is based on this package.
Part of my free time I spent playing well-known
Soviet
quiz game named "Chto?Gde?Kogda?". My team "Neznaika" was one of the
best in the Israel league and on the globe, but it ceased to exist in
2004.
In the beginning of 2000 we moved to Illinois, USA, where I've got 2 years postdoc position at the Northwestern University. My work was concentrated on the numerical stability analysis of two-phase hydrodynamic flows. I also discovered a new type of the crystallization processes dynamics.
When my term in Northwestern came to its end, I found a job in a new field and moved to a new place. I was with Department of Mathematics in UC Davis working on problems of living cell motion. During that time I solved an old number theory problem (posed by Euler in 1748) about a number of solutions of Diophantine equation. My son Simon decided to stay in Chicago, where he is plays solo guitar in the metal band called "Shred".
In September 2007 I moved to Kansas City to join Stowers Institute for Medical Research as Biomathematician.