Sergey Valerievich Alferov holds a PhD in biotechnology. He is the head of the Laboratory of Ecological and Medical Biotechnology. From 2021 to the present, he has been the head of the Laboratory of Ecological and Medical Biotechnology, Tula State University, Tula, Russia. From 2011 to 2021, he was an associate professor at the Department of Biotechnology, Tula State University, Tula, Russia. From 2007 to 2008, he was a project assistant at the Biochemistry Department, Lund University, Sweden. From 2006 to 2011, he was an assistant at the Chemistry Department, Tula State University, Tula, Russia. From 2004 to 2007, he was a laboratory assistant at the Laboratory of Biosensors, G.K. Skriabin Institute of Biochemistry and Physiology of Microorganisms, Russian Academy of Sciences, Pushchino, Moscow region. From 2006 to 2010, he earned a PhD from the Pushchino State University Department of Microbiology and Biotechnology. From 2004 to 2006, he completed two years of study in post-university courses (magistracy) at the Pushchino State University Department of Microbiology and Biotechnology, Pushchino, Moscow Region, Russia. He holds a master's degree in biology. From 1999 to 2004, he completed five years of study at the Tula State University Chemistry Department, Tula, Russia. He is a specialist in chemistry. Email: s.v.alferov@gmail.com and s.v.alferov@tsu.tula.ru. ORCID: 0000-0002-5217-7815. Scopus author ID: 56585795000. Researcher ID: E-7049-2014.