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	MSc			2004		The Higher Chemical College of Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia (Prof. L. A. Leites, Dr. S. S. Bukalov)
	PhD			2007		Universität Münster, Germany (Prof. Dr. F. E. Hahn)
	postdoc			2009- 2012		State University of New York, Albany, USA (Prof. M. Petrukhina)
	postdoc			2012- present		University of Wisconsin, Madison, USA (Prof. R. West)
	Honors and awards
	2008				Certificate for the excellent PhD work (ausgezeichnete Dissertation, summa cum laude)
	2004−2007				Predoctoral grant of the International Graduate School of Chemistry, Münster
	2004				RFBR Grant for Young Scientist (03-03-06211)
	2004				DAAD scholarship for 3 months
	2002, 2003				Prizes at the Chemical Student Conferences in the Nesmeyanov Institute of Organoelement Compounds
	2001				Prize at the XII^th Mendeleev Conference for Students
	Research interests
	•		Organometallic chemistry of main group elements
	•		Trapping and stabilization of reactive key intermediates by different substrates
	•		Materials for energy storage
	•		Structure and redox properties of polyaromatic hydrocarbons and their π-complexes
	•		Reactivity and property of fullerenes and nanotubes
	•		Organometallic and coordination chemistry of carbenes and their analogues
	•		Physical methods of investigations
	Publications
	34	A. V. Zabula, S. N. Spisak, A. S. Filatov, M. A. Petrukhina. Penta-decker supramolecules with lithium-alkoxo nanobelt sandwiched between two highly charged buckybowl surfaces. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2012, 51, 12194−12198 (VIP article, Back Cover).
	33	S. N. Spisak, A. V. Zabula, M. V. Ferguson, A. S. Filatov, M. A. Petrukhina. “Naked” mono- and dianions of corannulene with lithium counterions. Organometallics, 2013, 32, DOI: 10.1021/om300998p.
	32	A. S. Filatov, N. J. Sumner, S. N. Spisak, A. V. Zabula, A. Y. Rogachev, M. A. Petrukhina. Jahn-Teller effect in circulenes: X-ray diffraction study of coronene and corannulene radical-anions. Chem. Eur. J. 2012, 18, 15753−15760 (VIP article).
	31	A. V. Zabula, S. N. Spisak, A. S. Filatov, M. A. Petrukhina. Self-assembly of charged supramolecular sandwiches formed by corannulene tetraanions and lithium cations. Organometallics, 2012, 31, 5541−5545.
	30	A. V. Zabula, N. J. Sumner, A. S. Filatov, S. N. Spisak, V. M. Grigoryants, M. A. Petrukhina. Reshaping rubrene by controlled reduction with alkali metals. Eur. J. Inorg. Chem. 2012, 4675–4683 (Back Cover)
	29	A. V. Zabula, S. N. Spisak, A. S. Filatov, V. M. Grigoryants, M. A. Petrukhina. How charging corannulene with one and two electrons affects its geometry and aggregation with sodium and potassium cations. Chem. Eur. J. 2012, 18, 6476−6484 (VIP article).
	28	C. Dubceac, A. V. Zabula, A. S. Filatov, F. Rossi, P. Zanello, M. A. Petrukhina. Bowl-shaped carbocations: easy to produce, hard to reduce. J. Phys. Org. Chem. 2012, 25, 553−558.
	27	A. Y. Rogachev, A. S. Filatov, A. V. Zabula, M. A. Petrukhina. Functionalized corannulene cations: A detailed theoretical survey. Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 2012, 14, 3554–3567.
	26	A. V. Zabula, C. Dubceac, A. S. Filatov, M. A. Petrukhina. Selective surface decoration of corannulene. J. Org. Chem. 2011, 76, 9572−9576 (Featured Article).
	25	A. V. Zabula, A. S. Filatov, S. N. Spisak, A. Y. Rogachev, M. A. Petrukhina. A main group metal sandwich: five lithium cations jammed between two corannulene tetraanion decks. Science 2011, 333, 1008−1011.
	24	S. N. Spisak, A. V. Zabula, A. S. Filatov, A. Y. Rogachev, M. A. Petrukhina. Selective endo and exo binding of alkali metals to corannulene. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2011, 50, 8090−8094; Angew. Chem. 2011, 123, 8240−8244.
	23	Z. Wei, J.-H. Yang, V. D. Vreshch, A. V. Zabula, A. S. Filatov, E. V. Dikarev. Homoleptic tetranuclear complexes of divalent tin and lead tetraolates. Inorg. Chem. 2011, 50, 7295–7300.
	22	A. V. Zabula, S. N. Spisak, A. S. Filatov, A. Y. Rogachev, M. A. Petrukhina. Strain releasing trap for highly reactive electrophiles: structural characterization of bowl-shaped arenium carbocations. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2011, 50, 2971–2974; Angew. Chem. 2011, 123, 3027–3030 (VIP article).
	21	A. V. Zabula, A. S. Filatov, M. A. Petrukhina. Coordinatively unsaturated polynuclear mixed-valent Sn^II–Sn^IV and Cu^II–Sn^IV oxo-centered carboxylates. J. Clust. Sci. 2010, 21, 361−370.
	20	R. R. Aysin, P. S. Koroteev, A. A. Korlyukov, A. V. Zabula, S. S. Bukalov, L. A. Leites, M. P. Egorov, O. M. Nefedov. Molecular and electronic structures of germylene and stannylene complexes (CO)5MECl2•nTHF (M = Cr, W; E = Ge, Sn; n = 1, 2) as studied by IR and Raman spectroscopy, X-ray analysis, and quantum chemistry. Russ. Chem. Bull. 2010, 59, 348−360.
	19	A. V. Zabula, T, Pape, F. Hupka, A. Hepp, F. E. Hahn. N,S- and N,O-Substituted stannylenes: preparation and X-ray diffraction studies. Organometallics 2009, 28, 4221–4224.
	18	F. E. Hahn, A. V. Zabula, T. Pape, F. Hupka. Molecular structure of bisgermylene with two lutidine bridging units. Z. Anorg. Allg. Chem. 2009, 635, 1341−1344.
	17	F. E. Hahn, A. V. Zabula, T. Pape, A. Hepp, R. Tonner, R. Hausshield, G. Frenking. π-Bonding in complexes of benzannulated biscarbenes, -germylenes and -stannylenes − an experimental and theoretical study. Chem. Eur. J. 2008, 14, 10716–10721.
	16	A. V. Zabula, F. E. Hahn. Mono- and bidentate benzannulated N-heterocyclic germylenes, stannylenes and plumbylenes (invited microreview). Eur. J. Inorg. Chem. 2008, 5165–5179 (Review, Front Cover).
	15	A. V. Zabula, F. E. Hahn. Preparation and Coordination Chemistry of Benzannulated N-heterocyclic Stannylenes Including Some Germanium and Lead Analogues. Tin Chemistry − Fundamentals, Frontiers and Applications (ed. A. Davies, M. Gielen, K. Pannell, E. Tiekink), Wiley, 2008, 160–176.
	14	A. V. Zabula, T. Pape, A. Hepp, F. M. Schappacher, U. C. Rodewald, R. Pöttgen, F. E. Hahn. Trapping of tin(II) and lead(II) homologues of carbon monoxide by a benzannulated lutidine-bridged bisstannylene. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2008, 130, 5648–5649.
	13	A. V. Zabula, F. E. Hahn, T. Pape, A. Hepp. Coordination chemistry of bisstannylenes with platinum(0). Dalton Trans. 2008, 5886–5890 (Front Cover).
	12	A. V. Zabula, F. E. Hahn, T. Pape, A. Hepp. Homoleptic complexes of bisstannylenes with nickel(0): X-ray diffraction studies and ^119Sn NMR investigation. Organometallics 2008, 27, 2756–2760.
	11	F. E. Hahn, A. V. Zabula, T. Pape, A. Hepp. Benzannulated bisgermylenes – aggregation behavior and coordination chemistry. Z. Anorg. Allg. Chem. 2008, 634, 2397–2401.
	10	A. V. Zabula, F. E. Hahn, T. Pape, A. Hepp. Preparation and coordination chemistry of bidentate benzimidazolin-2-germa-2-ylidenes. Organometallics 2007, 26, 1972−1980.
	9	F. E. Hahn, A. V. Zabula, T. Pape, A. Hepp. Preparation and molecular structures of stable bis(germylenes) with pincer topology. Eur. J. Inorg. Chem. 2007, 2405−2408.
	8	F. E. Hahn, L. Wittenbecher, D. Le Van, A. V. Zabula. Benzimidazolin-2-stannylenes with N,N´-alkyl (Me and Et) and Lewis-base functional groups. Inorg. Chem. 2007, 46, 7662−7667.
	7	R. West, D. F. Moser, I. A. Guzei, G.-H. Lee, A. Naka, W. Li, A. V. Zabula, S. Bukalov, L. Leites. The surprising reactions of 1,3-di-tert-butyl-2,2-dichloro-1,3-diaza-2-germa-4-cyclopentene. Organometallics 2006, 25, 2709−2711.
	6	L. A. Leites, A. V. Zabula, S. S. Bukalov, P. S. Koroteev, O. S. Maslennikova, M. P. Egorov, O. M. Nefedov. Inversion of ν(MHal) stretching frequencies in the spectra of dihalosilylenes, -germylenes, -stannylenes, and their complexes with Lewis-bases. Russ. Chem. Bull. 2005, 54, 1117−1120.
	5	L. A. Leites, A. V. Zabula, S. S. Bukalov, A. A. Korlyukov, P. S. Koroteev, O. S. Maslennikova, M. P. Egorov, O. M. Nefedov. Experimental and theoretical study of vibrational spectra and structure of dihalogermylene and dihalostannylene complexes with 1,4-dioxane and triphenylphosphine. J. Mol. Str. 2005, 750, 116−122.
	4	E. G. Kononova, L. A. Leites, S. S. Bukalov, A. V. Zabula, I. V. Pisareva, V. E. Konoplev, I. T. Chizhevsky. Experimental and theoretical study of the vibrational spectrum, structure and electron density distribution of the [2-CB10H11]^- anion. Chem. Phys. Lett. 2004, 390, 279−284.
	3	E. G. Kononova, L. A. Leites, S. S. Bukalov, A. V. Zabula, I. V. Pisareva, V. E. Konoplev, I. T. Chizhevsky. New concepts of the structures of 11-vertex carba-closo-boranes based on the data of vibrational spectroscopy and quantum-chemical calculations. Russ. Chem. Bull. 2004, 53, 944−945.
	2	L. A. Leites, S. S. Bukalov, A. V. Zabula, D. V. Lubetskiy, I. V. Krylova, M. P. Egorov. Rotational isomerism in alkylgermane molecules (Alk = nBu, nC6H13) according to Raman spectroscopy and quantum-chemistry results. Russ. Chem. Bull. 2004, 53, 33−44.
	1	L. A. Leites, S. S. Bukalov, A. V. Zabula, I. A. Garbuzova, D. F. Moser, R. West. The Raman spectrum and aromatic stabilization in a cyclic germylene. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2004, 126, 4114−4115.
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