Alexander Ivanovich POTEKAEV, Professor, Doctor of Physical and Mathematical Sciences. Graduate of Tomsk State University (physics, applied mathematics and cybernetics). Junior researcher, graduate student, senior researcher, Deputy Director, then Director of the Siberian Research Institute of Physics and Technology. Currently, Professor of the Department of General and Experimental Physics of the Tomsk State University. Specialist in the field of physics of low-stability and pre-transition states of physical systems. Interests: low-stability and pre-transition states, physics of the surface atmosphere, alloys, semiconductors, modeling. Honorary Worker in Higher Professional Education of the Russian Federation, Honorary Worker in Science and Technology of the Russian Federation. Laureate of the State Scientific Scholarship of the Russian Federation, Laureate of the A.F. Ioffe Prize.