Andrei Kozlov, Ph.D., Dr. Sci., Chief of the Lab of Gene Neofunctionalization, the Vavilov Institute of General Genetics RAS, Director of The Biomedical Center, Chief of the Lab of Theoretical Biology, and Professor, Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University. In 1972, he graduated with honors from St. Petersburg State University (Department of Biochemistry). In 1975, he completed postgraduate studies at the N.N. Petrov Research Institute of Oncology and successfully defended his Ph.D. thesis. Research interests include molecular biology, molecular virology, molecular epidemiology, and molecular and evolutionary oncology. 2003–Date: Member, American Association for the Advancement of Science 2010–Date: Member, American Association for Cancer Research Awards 2002 International Paul Harris Award for fighting HIV/AIDS 1999 Russian National Chumakov Award for research in immunology and biotechnology 2005 Vernadsky Award from the International Academical Union 2005 Mechnikov Medal for research in the field of HIV vaccines 2020 Vavilov Prize for the theory of the evolutionary role of tumors