Prof. Dr. Igor I. Vlasov is the head of the Carbon Nanophotonics Laboratory at the Prokhorov General Physics Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences (Moscow, Russia). He is a recognized expert in the field of nanotechnology based on carbon materials. Dr. Vlasov is an active initiator of works on the bottom-up synthesis of doped nanodiamonds with controlled fluorescence properties, and their applications as quantum sensors and single-photon emitters. Under his leadership, a nanodiamond heater-thermometer was developed to solve the problem of ultralocal thermodynamic control of biological processes in living cells and tissues. Dr. Vlasov has participated in many Russian and international research projects, most of which he led. He has published over 200 scientific papers and contributed to several books.