Boris Vladimirovich Krylov, Ph.D., Dr.Sci., is a Professor in Physiology (born 1949). He is a fellow of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation and president of the St. Petersburg club of Alexander von Humboldt Foundation fellows. His academic appointments include the following: Deputy Director, 1997-2015 (Pavlov Institute of Physiology RAS ); Head of the laboratory of Physiology of Excitable Membranes of Pavlov Institute of Physiology RAS, from 1997 to the present. He is the author of more than 240 original publications in the field of physiology, including an article published in Nature and monographs published in Springer and in Bentham eBooks. He has seven patents, among which three are USA/PCT patents. His scientific interests are focused on molecular mechanisms of the functioning of living cells.