Yuri Kartavtsev was born on May 11, 1948; Vladivostok, Primorye District, Russia. He graduated from the Far Eastern Federal University Vladivostok, 1971. His current position is Leading Science Researcher and Lab supervisor at A.V. Zhirmunsky National Scientific Center of Marine Biology, Far Eastern Branch of Russian Academy of Science (FEB RAS; Vladivostok, Russia). His major research interests are in population, evolutionary and ecological genetics, evolutionary genomics, phylogenetics, comparative genomics, genetics of speciation, conservation genetics, molecular systematics (DNA barcoding) and genetics of quantitative traits. His main honors in recent years listed are as follows: *2011–present N.I. Vavilov Russian Genetic Society, elected member of Central Council. *2012 Certificate of Professor issued by Russia’s Highest Certification Board. *2018 Special award of Thessaly University (Greece) as Invited Plenary Lecturer at the International Ichtiological Congress, HydroMediT2018. *2019 Far East Division of Russian Academy of Sciences (FEB RAS) Honor Diploma awarded by Great Names of FEB RAS, academician, Oleg G. Kussakin. *2019 Certificate by Alagappa University as honored guest and plenary speaker at the International Conference on Biodiversity (India).