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  • MBA@UNC Teaching All-Star Award (2023, 2024)
  • Barrett Award for Outstanding Instruction and Dedication to the School (2023)
  • FT MBA Teaching All-Star Award (2022)
  • Kenan Institute Distinguished Research Fellow (2022)
  • Honorable Mention Winner of the Page Prize for Sustainability Issues in Business Curricula (2015, 2016 and 2021)
  • Finalist of the 2021 Award for Responsible Research in Management
  • Emerging Scholar Award from Alliance for Research on Corporate Sustainability (2019)
  • Poets and Quants 40 under 40 (2019)
  • Emerging Scholar Award from Organization and Natural Environment division (2018 Academy of Management)
  • Nominated for Weatherspoon MBA and PhD Teaching Award (2017)
  • Winner – Outstanding Paper Award (2014, 2015, 2016 Alliance for Research on Corporate Sustainability)
  • Outstanding Strategic Management Journal Editorial Board Member (2014)
  • Finalist – Haynes Prize for the Most Promising Scholar under 40 (2014 Academy of International Business)
  • Olga with ARCS awardWinner – Best Paper Award (2012 Academy of Management)
  • Nominated for Best Paper Award (2010, 2013, 2016, 2019 Strategic Management Society)
  • Duke University PhD scholarship ($60,000 a year; 2007-2012)
  • Distinction for qualitative research paper and nomination for the best thesis of the year (2006, Oxford University)
  • Plekhanov Russian University of Economics Scholarship for MSc at the University of Oxford (£28,000, 2005)
  • Russian Federal Scholarship (2001-2005)
  • Distinction (“Red Diploma”) for the Bachelor and Master’s Degrees in Russia (2001-2007)
  • Distinction (“Golden Medal”) and Honorable Member of the First School Council (Gymnasium #2, 1999-2001)
  • Finalist of the Danone Business Game “Trust” in Russia. Awarded a trip to Paris (2004-2005)