Born in Leningrad in 1950.
There, he graduated from the University and from 1972 worked in the Central Laboratory of the Ministry of Fisheries Glavrybvoda USSR.
In 1983 he moved to the village of Long Zelentsy, where he worked in the Murmansk Marine Biological Institute (MMBI) Kola Branch of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR .
In 1994 he moved to Israel. He lived on a kibbutz, he worked at the University of them. Ben-Gurion University in Beer-Sheva, since 1997 I live in Eilat, working in the company "of Red the Sea Fish Pharm" .
In the Russian period of his life engaged in biology and physiology of salmon in recent years - the problems associated with aquarium containing corals and reef fish.
For those who are interested, here are (but in English), resume and list of publications. -mail address an e: alexc@redseafish.co.il