I was born on November 3, 1954. In 1971, I graduated from Rohatyn Secondary School No. 2, and in 1976, I completed my studies at the Faculty of Physics of the Ivan Franko National University of Lviv, qualifying as a physicist and physics teacher. Since 1978, I have been working at the G. V. Karpenko Physico-Mechanical Institute of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, holding the position of senior researcher since 1987.