===Analytical Bionanoscopy===
Study of morphology and properties of biomacromolecules and biological systems using different methods of scanning probe microscopy with applications to
- molecular mechanism of protein crystal growth
- morphology and properties of bacterial cells
- conformational changes of DNA in the presence of surfactants
- structure and properties of viruses, molecular processes during viral infection

===Nanoscopy of Polymers===
Study of properties and structure of nanocomposite and functional polymers, which are of interest for modern material science, biology and medicine

===Instrumentation in Nanoscopy===
Development of scanning tunneling and atomic force microscopes, software

===Education in Nanotechnology and Nanoscopy===
Development of distant education technologies (open learning, probe microscopy practical studies via Internet, multimedia presentations), lectures in nanoscopy and nanotechnology, composition of SPM information recources.