Valentin N. Sapunov (born in 1938, Leningrad). Graduated with honors from the Moscow Institute of Chemical Technology. DI. Mendeleev in 1962 and Moscow State University M.V. Lomonosov in 1970, obtained a PhD in Chemistry (1965), became a doctor of sciences (1981) and a professor (1985). Honorarium professor at the Higher Technical School of K Schorlemmer (Merseburg, East Germany, 1985-1986), professor at the Vienna University of Technology (Austria, 1977-2006). Now professor at the Mendeleev Russian University of Chemical Technology. Author of over 200 scientific publications, as well as the classic monograph “Non-Formal Kinetics: In Search of Chemical Reaction Pathways”. Prepared 35 candidates of sciences and two PhDs.