He is an American Academy of Microbiology Fellow, a Senior Fulbright Scholar, member of the Science and Technology Council of the Russian Nanotechnology corporation (RUSNANO) and a consultant for 7 biotech companies and several Russian government agencies; Scientific interests include the mechanisms of gene expression in bacteria and development of new antibiotics. Dr. Severinov has published over 200 papers in top scientific journals and holds 6 international patents. Konstantin works on genetic, biochemical, and structural analyses of transcription mechanism and regulation in bacteria. He also studies the regulation of macromolecular synthesis during the process of bacteriophage infection and various molecular interactions between bacteriophages and their host bacteria. Another main direction of his research involves analysis of antibacterial peptides called microcins: their structures, mechanisms of function, evolution, and the use as new antibiotics.