Аlexander Smirnov, СSc. (Engineering), is a Senior Researcher Federal Scientific Agroengineering Center VIM  (2009–present). He finished the postgraduate school of the All-Russian Research Institute of Electrification of Agriculture in 2009. His research interests are agrophotonics, electrical technology, energy saving, lighting technology, optical radiation, photosynthesis, light culture, biometrics, and spectroscopy.