Rashid G. Bikbaev earned his B.E. and M.E. degrees from Siberian Federal University in 2011 and 2013, respectively. He received his Ph.D. degree from the Kirensky Institute of Physics, Federal Research Center KSC, Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences in 2018. His current research focuses on optical Tamm states, photonic crystal structures, and nanophotonics.