Vadim Samarkin. Ph.D, Senior Researcher in Institute of Geosphere Dynamics Russian Academy of Sciences (IDG RAS). In 1982, he graduated from Moscow Engineering Physics Institute (MEPHI), department of theoretical and experimental physics, with a specialty in solid state physics. In 2002, he achieved a Ph.D from Moscow State Lomonosov University, Physics department. Current research interests: adaptive optics, atmospheric optics, high power laser systems, deformable mirrors, laser beam correction and shaping, and wavefront sensors. He is a member of SPIE.