Vadim A. Davankov, Professor, Head of Department for Stereochemistry of Adsorption Processes at the Nesmeyanov-Institute of Organoelement Compounds, Russian Academy of Sciences in Moscow. Studied at the Mendeleev Institute for Chemical Technology in Moscow and graduated from the Technical University of Dresden (GDR) in 1962. Received his PhD (1966) and DrSc (1975) degrees from the above INEOS RAN. Fields of interest: stereochemistry, chromatography, polymer chemistry, adsorbing materials, asymmetric synthesis. Was first to introduce chiral ligand-exchange chromatography, hypercrosslinked polystyrene networks, and hemosorbents. Published more than 700 scientific papers and patents. Awards: State Award of Russian Federation for Science and Technology (1996), Chirality Gold Medal 1999, Martin Gold Medal 2005, Distinguished Scientist of Russian Federation (2005), Molecular Chirality International Award 2010, M.Tswett & W.Nernst Separation Science EU Award 2010, Academician Kargin-Award in Polymer Chemistry (2017).