Alexei Konoplev graduated from Moscow State University in 1977. He has a Ph.D. degree in chemistry and a Doctor of Science degree in radiation biology. Dr. Konoplev has worked in the field of environmental chemistry for 45 years and has 36 years of experience in chemical and radiological emergency response. Starting from May 1986, he was involved in laboratory and field research on Chernobyl origin radionuclides behavior in the environment and the prediction of radionuclide dispersal in the environment after the accident. Dr. Konoplev served as an expert for the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), World Meteorological Organization (WMO), and United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP). Since 2013, Dr. Konoplev has been working with the Institute of Environmental Radioactivity at Fukushima University as a project professor, full professor, and vice director of the Institute. Besides radionuclides, he led a number of projects on the behavior of persistent toxic substances in the environment and in the Russian Arctic in particular. Dr. Konoplev has more than 200 scientific publications.