IGOR SMIRNOV, Doctor of Technical Sciences, specialty 05.20.01, «Technologies and means of mechanization of agriculture», year of defense, 2019, Federal State Budgetary Scientific Institution, «Federal Scientific Agroengineering Center VIM» (FSAC VIM). Qualification by diploma of a specialist, Engineer, specialty, «Mechanization of agriculture», year of graduation, 1999. Author of 277 scientific papers, including 24 articles indexed in the scientific metric databases Scopus and Web of Science, 67 patents, scientific articles in professional publications in Russia and articles in foreign publications (Czech Republic, India, Ukraine). Scientific direction: the automation and robotization of technological processes in industrial horticulture. State budget issues/head topic of scientific research work: «Development of innovative technologies and technical means for automation and robotization of processes in horticulture and nursery».