Kirill A. Kirshanov currently serves as an Assistant Professor and Research fellow in the Department of Chemistry and Technology of Macromolecular Compounds, Institute of Fine Chemical Technologies named after M.V. Lomonosov, MIREA – Russian Technological University. He received his Bachelor's and Master's Degrees in Chemical Engineering at MIREA – Russian Technological University in 2019 and 2021. He has been a Postgraduate Researcher in the Department of Chemistry and Technology of Macromolecular Compounds at Russian Technological University since 2021. His research interests mainly include homogeneous polycondensation; transesterification and interchain exchange (ester exchange); synthesis and chemical recycling of polyesters; polyethylene terephthalate (PET) waste management; synthesis and properties of bis(2-hydroxyethyl) terephthalate, oligoethylene terephthalates, unsaturated polyester resins and other oligoesters; and tire recycling and devulcanization.