Institute of High-Temperature Electrochemistry, Ural Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences, Yekaterinburg, Russia.

Scientific interests are joined with the investigation of the nature and regularities of the processes occurring on the electrodes during the electrolysis of melts, the effect of the electrolyte composition, the electrode material, and the conditions of electrolysis on the polarization. He is co-author of 360 scientific papers (including 24 Inventions and Patents of the Russian Federation and 5 Teaching Aids). Doctor in Chemistry, Professor, the scientific director of the IHTE UB RAS, the head of the Research Department of Electrolysis of the IHTE UB RAS, the head of the Department of Electrochemical Production Technology of the Chemical Technology Institute of the Ural Federal University named after B.N. Yeltsin, Honored Scientist of the Russian Federation.