Dr. Yurii Shepelytskyi is an Adjunct Professor in the Chemistry Department at Lakehead University in Thunder Bay, Canada. He obtained his bachelor’s degree in Applied Physics and master's degree in High Technology from Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, and his Ph.D. in Chemistry and Materials Science from Lakehead University. His skills and expertise include hyperpolarized xenon-129 magnetic resonance imaging, fluorine-19 magnetic resonance imaging, molecular and metabolic MR imaging, magnetic materials, and microwave electrodynamics. For his contribution to research, Dr. Shepelytskyi received numerous awards including the 2020 Summa Cum Laude Merit award from the International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine.