Date of birth: March 21, 1959. Nationality: Ukrainian. Education: higher, Kiev Polytechnic Institute (1976-1982, Speciality - Radio engineering); Taras Shevchenko Kiev National University (2000-2001, Speciality - Core, Elementary Particle and High Energy Physics); National Science Center “Kharkov Institute of Physics and Technology” (2003-2004, PhD, physics and mathematical sciences, Speciality - Radiation Physics and Nuclear Safety). Professional experience: worked at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant (1987-1998, Head of the Laboratory of Reactor Facility Reliability Control of the Nuclear Safety Department); Chernobyl Center for Nuclear Safety, Radioactive Waste and Radioecology (1999-2005, Head of the Nuclear Physics Calculations Department, Director of the Laboratory of Engineering and Technology); State Department – The Administration of the Exclusion Zone of the Ministry of Ukraine of emergencies (2005-2007, Head of Chernobyl NPP Department); National Security and Defensive Council of Ukraine (2007-2010, Head of Energy and Nuclear Security Department); State agency of Ukraine on exclusion zone management (2011-2013, First Deputy Head); National Institute for Strategic Studies (Kiev, Ukraine), Department of Critical Infrastructure, Energy Security and Ecology Safety, Leading researcher (2014- till now). Scientific interests: energy security, nuclear security, civil protection, physical protection, counterterrorism, critical infrastructure protection.