Dr. Bobylev has graduated with distinction from and defended a PhD at the St. Petersburg State Polytechnic University, St. Petersburg, Russia. Over the years of research career Dr. Bobylev has been working at the Hamburg University of Technology, United Nations University, University of Tokyo, Ruhr University Bochum, Technical University of Lisbon, University of East Anglia, and Technical University of Berlin.
Dr. Bobylev has received several prestigious research awards, major of them are fellowships of the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, and Marie Curie of the European Community. Dr. Bobylev has been contributing to numerous events under NATO Science program, World Bank Urban Research Symposium, and United Nations Economic Commission for Europe.
Dr. Bobylev is affiliated with the School of Geography and the Environment, St.Petersburg State University, and School of Innovation Science, Saint Petersburg State Polytechnical University as an Associate Professor; and with St. Petersburg Research Centre for Ecological Safety of the Russian Academy of Sciences as a Lead Scientist.