PROFESSOR NICOLAY A. PLATE

Vice President, Russian Academy of Sciences and Director of the Topchiev Institute of Petro-Chemical Synthesis.

Professor at the M.V. Lomonosov Moscow State University and at the D.I. Mendelejev Russian University of Chemical Technology. Professional interests include Polymeric Liquid Crystals and Mesophazes, Polymeric Membranes, Polymers for Biomedical Application, Modification of Polymers, Theory of Macromolecular Reactions, Petrochemistry, and Chemical Weaponry Disarmament. Previous positions include: Secretary General for Science of the Russian Academy of Sciences; Presidential Council for Science and High Technology, Russia; Chairman of Scientific Council on Oil, Gas and Coal Industry of Russian Academy of Sciences. Numerous prizes including USSR National Prize in Science and Technology; SV Lebedev Prize of the Presidium of the Russian Academy of Sciences; Award of the Japanese Society of Polymer Science for outstanding contribution to Polymer Chemistry; Over 500 publications, 125 patents and 7 books. Golden Wolf International Award for outstanding achievements in Chemical Disarmament.