Biography

Born in Moscow, Mikhail Gordin came from a family of scientists. His parents, both graduates of Moscow State University and Saratov State University, hold PhDs in geophysics and geology.

In 1993, Mikhail Valerievich graduated from Bauman University with a degree in Automated Information Processing and Control Systems. In 1996, he completed a joint MBA program with California State University and the Institute of Business and Economics of the Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration.

Since 1990, Mikhail Gordin has been a research fellow at the Institute for Systems Analysis of the Russian Academy of Sciences. From 1993 to 1995, he worked as an analyst at Global Edge. From 1997 to 2005, he held various positions at Conoco Philips (first in Moscow, then at the company's headquarters in London), from commercial analyst to senior negotiator. In 2005, he was appointed Director of the Associated Gas Processing Projects Department at TNK-BP Management.

In 2008, he was invited to join SIBUR LLC as Deputy Head of Development of the Synthetic Rubbers Directorate. Since December 2011, he has been Managing Director and a member of the Management Board of SIBUR LLC.

In 2015, he was appointed Deputy General Director of the Federal State Budgetary Institution Research Center "N.E. Zhukovsky Institute."

Since December 2016, he has been General Director of the P.I. Baranov Central Institute of Aviation Motors. Under Mikhail Valerievich's direct supervision and active participation, intensive research and development work was initiated in the field of hybrid and electric propulsion systems, developing modern aircraft piston engines based on automotive counterparts, and work was intensified in the field of helicopter transmission units and diagnostic systems.

Mikhail Gordin defended his dissertation for the degree of Candidate of Technical Sciences on the topic "Research and Development of an Aviation Hybrid Auxiliary Power Unit Using Fuel Cells."

He was appointed Acting Rector of Bauman Moscow State Technical University on October 7, 2021. He was confirmed as Rector on June 19, 2023.

Public Activities

• Member of the Presidential Council of the Russian Federation for Science and Education;
• Member of the Scientific and Technical Council of the Military-Industrial Commission of the Russian Federation;
• Member of the Presidium of the State Commission for Arctic Development. Chairman of the Presidium of the Scientific Expert Council of the State Commission for Arctic Development;
• Co-Chair of the Coordinating Council of the Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Russian Federation in the field of education "Engineering, Technology, and Technical Sciences";
• Member of the Bureau of the Central Council of the "Union of Machine Building of Russia";
• Member of the Public Council of the State Corporation "Roscosmos".

Mikhail Valerievich is an active sportsman, a mountaineering instructor, and has over 25 years of experience in technical and high-altitude ascents in various regions of the USSR and Russia. He is a PADI Divemaster and has completed over 100 dives in various regions of the world. He holds a Robinson 44 helicopter private pilot license (PPL).