Professional Goals

To develop a new scientific platform for the sustainable development of cement and concrete industries based on advances in nanotechnology. This platform will reduce cement use concrete by at least 50% and radically extend the service life of developed concrete by a factor of 5 and higher.

Education

• Ph.D. (1993) Research Institute of Concrete and Reinforced Concrete, (NIIZhB), Russia
• BS/MS summa cum laude (1988) Moscow State Civil Engineering University, Russia

Professional Achievements

• Member, Mexican Academy of Sciences (Academia Mexicana de Ciencias), 2007-present
• Honorary Doctor of Science (honoris causa), Belgorod State Technological University, Russia, 2013
• Fellow, American Concrete Institute (ACI), 2015
• Fellow, Technical University – Dresden, Germany, 2015

Academic and Professional Positions Held 

2016 – Present	Professor / Chairman	University of Wisconsin – Milwaukee, USA
2011 – Present	Director	Advanced and Nano-Cement Lab (ANCL), University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, USA
2007 – 2016	Associate Professor	University of Wisconsin – Milwaukee, USA
2014 – 2015	Visiting Professor	Technical University: Dresden, Germany
2014 – 2014	Visiting Scientist	Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA
2003 – 2007	Professor	Universidad Autonoma de Nuevo Leon, Mexico
1999 – 2003	Assistant Professor	European University of Lefke (LAU), North Cyprus
1998 – 1999	Lecturer (part-time)	Gazi University, Turkey
1998 – 1999	R&D Manager	NIGBAS- Precast, ISIKLAR Holding, Turkey
1997 – 1998	R&D Advisor	CIMSA-Cement Company, Turkey
1996 – 1997	Post-Doctorate Fellow	Middle East Technical University (METU), Turkey
1995 – 1996	Research Advisor	MNTS-Service, Ministry of Science, Russia
1994 – 1995	Head of Department	Institute of Materials Research (IMET), Russia
1993 – 1994	Scientific Associate	Chemical Admixtures Lab, NIIZhB, Russia
1990 – 1993	Research Engineer	Chemical Admixtures Lab, NIIZhB, Russia
1988 – 1990	Process Engineer	MZZhBT-3 – Precast Concrete, Russia

Contact

Phone: (414) 229-3198
Fax: (414) 229-6958
EMS Building, Room 939
3200 N. Cramer Street
Milwaukee, WI 53211 USA
Email: sobolev@uwm.edu