With honours graduated (1974) from S.P. Korolyov Kuibyshev Aviation Institute (KuAI, presently, Samara State Aerospace University – SSAU), majoring in Metal Processing and Metal Forming. He is holding a position of associate professor at SSAU’s Technology of Metals and Aircraft Material Science sub-department. He is a specialist in metal and powder technology. He is co-author of more than 60 scientific papers.
S. P. Murzin, V. B. Balyakin, A. A. Melnikov, N. N. Vasiliev, P. I. Lichtner, “Determining ways of improving the tribological properties of the silicon carbide ceramic using a pulse-periodic laser treatment”, Computer Optics, 39:1 (2015), 64–69