Associate Professor at TSU Faculty of Economics and Business and author of over 30 scientific works and co-author of a microeconomics textbook. Research scholarship was funded by the U.S. Department of State and Open Society Institute, has participated with US universities and –through international projects--with universities in France, Austria, England and other European countries.  Research was presented at several international symposia and conferences, including the International Science Conference at  International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis in Vienna.