Vladimir D. Kuptsov was born in St. Petersburg, Russia, in 1960. He received the Ph.D. degree in radiophysics and Doctor of Technical Sciences in radio engineering in 2001 and 2018, respectively. He is currently a Professor with the Institute of Physics, Nanotechnology and Telecommunication, Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University, Russia. His research interests include time-frequency analysis, hardware design, radar technologies, remote sensing and optoelectronics systems.