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
Study of properties and structure of nanocomposite and functional polymers, which are of interest for modern material science, biology and medicine
Development of scanning tunneling and atomic force microscopes, software
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.