Konstantin Arbeev
I received an M.S. degree in Applied Mathematics from Moscow State University (branch in Ulyanovsk, Russia) in 1995 and a Ph.D. degree in Mathematics and Physics (specialization in Theoretical Foundations of Mathematical Modeling, Numerical Methods and Programming) from Ulyanovsk State University (Russia) in 1999. I was a post-doctoral fellow at Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research in Rostock (Germany) before moving to Duke University in 2004 to work as a Research Scientist and a Senior Research Scientist in the Department of Sociology and the Social Science Research Institute (SSRI). I am currently an Associate Research Professor in SSRI. My major research interests are related to three interconnected fields of biodemography, biostatistics and genetic epidemiology as pertains to research on aging. The focus of my research is on discovering genetic and non-genetic factors that can affect the process of aging and determine longevity and a healthy lifespan. I am interested in both methodological advances in this research area as well as their practical applications to analyses of large-scale longitudinal studies with phenotypic, genetic, and, recently, genomic information. I have authored and co-authored more than 150 peer-reviewed publications in these areas.
