Viacheslav I. Kharuk graduated from Krasnoyarsk State University (KSU) (in 2006, KSU being included in Siberian Federal University), Faculty of Physics, with a specialty in Biophysics, in the city of Krasnoyarsk, Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia (1971). Candidate (PhD, 1978) and Doctor (1993) of Biological Sciences in Biophysics, Professor in Biophysics (1997).  He is the head of the Laboratory of Forest Monitoring, Department of Forest Ecology and Monitoring (1998–present). He is the Chair of the Geoinformation Systems Department, Institute of Space and Information Technologies, Siberian Federal University (1993–present), in the city of Krasnoyarsk, Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia.  He is an expert in remote sensing and the environments of boreal forests. The directions of his studies are as follows: natural and anthropogenic dynamics of forests; mapping and monitoring of forests based on remote sensing and GIS technique; climate change impact on the tree vegetation and wildfires; bark photosynthesis and tree carbon balance.