Yuri Vladimirovich Mironov, born in 1959, graduated from the chemical department of the Faculty of Natural Sciences of Novosibirsk State University in 1981 and joined the Institute of Inorganic Chemistry of the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, where he currently works. Here, he worked his way up from an intern researcher to a chief researcher. The professional scientific growth of Y. V. Mironov reflects the academic degrees awarded to him over the years: the academic degree of Candidate of Chemical Sciences (1990) and the academic degree of Doctor of Chemical Sciences (2000). He is a fellow of the Alexander Humboldt Foundation (Ruhr-University, Germany), the National Science Foundation (Northwestern University, USA), and the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (Sapporo, Japan). Y. V. Mironov is a specialist in coordination and cluster chemistry, in the field of synthesis, study of the reactivity and structure of cluster halogen- and chalcogen-containing complexes of transition metals (Nb, Mo, W, Re). The range of synthetic methods used by Y. V. Mironov in his work extends from high-temperature ampoule synthesis to fine solution chemistry in non-aqueous media, including work with compounds that are unstable or sensitive to oxygen and moisture. Y. V. Mironov is the author of about 300 scientific articles. H-index = 38.