Dmitry graduated with a M.Ed. from Oryol State University in 1997 and PhD from Institute of Mathematics Russian Academy of Sciences (Ufa Regional Centre, Russia). Dmitry worked as a Research Associate (UNSW, 2005-2007), Postdoctoral Fellow (Academia Sinica Taiwan, 2007-2008), Teaching Associate (Monash, UniMelb, 2009-2010; La Trobe, 2010), and Senior Research Assistant (La Trobe, 2010). Dmitry joined CSU as a Lecturer in Mathematics and Statistics in 2011.