Zhavoronkov earned two bachelor"s degrees at Queen"s University in computer science and commerce. He has a masters in biotechnology from Johns Hopkins University, and a Doctor of Philosophy in physics and mathematics from Moscow State University.
He is the director of the Biogerontology Research Foundation, a United Kingdom-based think tank for aging research, and is the director of the International Aging Research Portfolio, open-access repository of biomedical grants". He is the adjunct professor at the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology and heads the laboratory of regenerative medicine at the Federal Clinical Research Center for Pediatric Hematology, Oncology and Immunology in Moscow.
