He was born on August 16, 1948, in Uman, Cherkasy region, Ukraine into the family of a military officer. In 1955 - 1966 studied at secondary school № 4 in Uman. From 1966 to 1972 studied at the Kyiv Polytechnic Institute, specializing in Powder Metallurgy. From 1972 to 1975 worked at the Gas Institute of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, and from 1975 to 1992 - at the Experimental production of IGIC in the positions of engineer, leading engineer, head of the production area, and head of the department. From 1992 worked at the State Research and Production Enterprise "Oxide" initially as the Deputy Director, and since 1993 as Director. Since 2018 has been working as a junior researcher at V. I. Vernadsky Institute of General and Inorganic Chemistry of National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine.