Solov'yov received his PhD degree with Summa cum Laude for the description of biological systems involved in avian magnetoreception from Goethe University (Frankfurt am Main, Germany). In 2009, he received a Candidate of Science degree (equivalent to a PhD) in theoretical physics from the Physical-Technical Institute (St. Petersburg, Russia) for the development of novel computational methods for the simulation of complex nanostructured materials. After two postdoctoral appointments (Goethe University, Germany and University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, USA), Solov'yov then took up an assistant professorship at Syddansk Universitet in 2013, which led to promotion to a permanent professorship at Syddansk Universitet in 2014.

Solov'yov's current interests cover a wide range of questions on the theory of biomolecules and smart inorganic materials. Of particular interest are biological processes that trigger the conversion of energy into forms that can be used for chemical transformations and are quantum mechanical in nature. Solov'yov has a strong background in computational physics and biology. Since 2013, he has led the Quantum Biology and Computational Physics research group at Syddansk Universitet in Odense, Denmark, which moved to Carl von Ossietzky University in 2019. The group uses various methods from classical and quantum molecular dynamics, Monte Carlo simulations and multiscale techniques, extends them and uses them to model biophysical processes involving chemical reactions, light absorption, formation of excited states, transfer of excitation energy and the transfer of electrons and protons. Solov'yov's research group has extensive expertise with high-performance computers and simulations of large molecular systems with more than a million atoms.