Prof. Andrey E. Shchekotikhin graduated from the Mendeleev University of Chemical Technology (Moscow, Russia) in 1993 and later worked as a postgraduate researcher at the Department of Organic Chemistry. In 1998, he defended his Ph.D. thesis. Since 1996, he has worked at the Department of Organic Chemistry at Mendeleev University of Chemical Technology as Head of Laboratory, Assistant (since 2001), Assistant Professor (since 2002), and Professor (since 2010). In 2013, he was promoted to the tenure of the Head of Organic Chemistry Department at Mendeleev University, a position he continues to hold. In 2001, Dr. Shchekotikhin was hired by the Gauze Institute of New Antibiotics (GINA) for the Senior Researcher position at the Laboratory of Chemical Transformation of Antibiotics (Head, Prof. M.N. Preobrazhenskaya). In 2009, he became a Doctor of Chemical Sciences in organic chemistry. Since 2010, he has worked as a Leading Researcher; from 2015 to 2017, he combined the positions of GINA Deputy Director and Head of Laboratory of Chemical Transformation of Antibiotics. In 2017, Professor RAS A. Shchekotikhin was appointed as Director of GINA. His research interests are the design and synthesis of biologically active heterocyclic compounds and semi-synthetic antibiotics, structure–activity studies, and the development and preclinical evaluation of chemotherapeutic drugs.