Artem Marikutsa received his PhD in chemistry in 2012 from the Chemistry department of Moscow State University. Researcher at the Laboratory of Semiconductor and Sensor Materials, Moscow State University (2011–2017), assistant professor (2017–2020), and associate professor at the Inorganic chemistry division, Chemistry department, Moscow State University (2020–present time). Research is focused on nanocrystalline gas-sensitive materials based on semiconductor metal oxides, study of gas-solid interactions, surface sites, and chemical modification.