• B.S. Novosibirsk State University, Russia, 1995
• M.S. Novosibirsk State University, Russia, 1997
• Ph.D. Institute of Automation and Electrometry, Russia, 1999
• Research fellow, Institute of Automation and Electrometry, Russia, 1999–present (on leave)
• Postdoc, Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel, 1999–2001
• Member, Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton, USA, 2002–2003
• Postdoc, University of Arizona, Tucson, USA, 2004

Research Interests:

• Error-correcting codes
• Turbulence theory
• Diffusion-limited aggregation
• Data clusterization

Selected Recent Publications:

1. M.G. Stepanov, V. Chernyak, M. Chertkov, B. Vasic, Diagnosis of weaknesses in modern error correction codes: a physics approach, Phys. Rev. Lett. 95, 228701 (2005) [cond-mat/0506037].
2. A. Piryatinski, M. Stepanov, S. Tretiak, V. Chernyak, Semiclassical scattering on conical intersections, Phys. Rev. Lett. 95, 223001 (2005).
3. G. Falkovich, A. Fouxon, M.G. Stepanov, Acceleration of rain initiation by cloud turbulence, Nature 419, 151-154 (2002).
4. A.I. Chernykh, M.G. Stepanov, Large negative velocity gradients in Burgers turbulence, Phys. Rev. E 64 (2) 026306 (2001) [nlin.CD/0001023].
5. M.G. Stepanov, L.S. Levitov, Laplacian growth with separately controlled noise and anisotropy, Phys. Rev. E 63 (6) 061102 (2001) [cond-mat/0005456].