Victor F. Kopiev graduated from the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology, MIPT (1979), with a PhD degree (1987) and DSc degree (Mechanics of Fluids) in 1998. He is a professor of Mechanics of Fluids (2006) confirmed by Highest Certifying Commission of RF. He is the head of the TsAGI Acoustic Department (2009 until now). He received the Zhykovsky Award and Gold Medal for the best work in the theory of aviation in 1998, the Sedov’s Award and Gold medal for the outstanding results in fluid mechanic foundation in 2006, and Petrov’s Award and Gold medal for the outstanding results in theory of hydrodynamic instability and turbulence in 2018. He is a member of the following Editorial Boards: International Journal of Aeroacoustics (IJA), Acoustical Physics, and TsAGI Science Journal. He is a member of the CAEP ICAO Noise Technical Group (WG1), the Russian Acoustic Society (RAS), and CEAS ASC.