[3] Goryanin graduated in 1985 with an MSc in applied mathematics from the Computer Science Department, Moscow Engineering Physical Institute, where he was developing numerical methods and algorithms for analysis of stiff differential equations.
Goryanin joined GlaxoSmithKline (formerly known as GlaxoWellcome) in 1997, where he worked on the application of modelling and informatics techniques to the pharmaceutical research and development and drugs manufacturing industry.
The whole cell modelling of organisms approach developed by Goryanin has been successfully used to improve drug R&D and manufacturing process in production plants.
[citation needed] In 2005 Goryanin moved to the University of Edinburgh to take the position of a Henrik Kacser Chair in Computational Systems Biology.
In 2006, Goryanin developed one of the first Masters courses in Computational Systems Biology in the UK, currently taught at the University of Edinburgh.