Dr. Salavat S. Khalikov has been a leading researcher at the Laboratory of Physiologically Active Compounds of the Nesmeyanov Institute of Organoelement Compounds since 2012. He defended his doctoral dissertation on the mechanochemistry of biologically active compounds in 1996 at the Institute of Plant Chemistry of the Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Uzbekistan. In connection with the collapse of the USSR, he moved to Russia and worked first at the Technological Institute of Herbicides (Ufa) and then in Moscow. During his work in Moscow, he established contacts with test centers in Siberia and Moscow. As a result of cooperation with colleagues from these centers, two monographs and more than 100 scientific papers were published, and 16 patents were granted in the Russian Federation. His research areas are the following: –Mechanochemistry of biologically active substances, which are the basis of preparations for protecting the health of animals and plants from diseases and pests. –Development of preparative forms of plant protection products.