Sergey V. Krivovicher

Prof. Dr. Sergey V. Krivovichev, was born in 1972 in Leningrad and received his PhD and Doctor of Sciences degrees from St. Petersburg State University. He is currently a Head of the Federal Kola Science Centre of the Russian Academy of Sciences (Apatity, Russia) and Professor of Crystallography at St. Petersburg State University. During his career, he served as the President of the International Mineralogical Association, Chief Editor of the European Journal of Mineralogy, and Associate Editor of several other mineralogical journals, including Minerals. His research interests include Arctic geology and mineralogy, the structural and topological diversity of minerals and inorganic compounds (with special emphasis on uranium, copper, and lead oxocompounds), structural complexity, and mineral evolution. He is a Corresponding Member of the Russian Academy of Sciences and a Foreign Member of the Turin Academy of Sciences.