Ilya Turchin (Ph.D.) is the Head of the Department for radiophysics methods in medicine at the Institute of Applied Physics, RAS, and is an expert in optical imaging systems design (optical diffuse imaging, fluorescence imaging, photoacoustics) and biomedical applications. He has over 10 years of experience as a primary investigator in optical imaging, photodynamic therapy, and translation of optical techniques into clinics. He has published more than 50 peer-reviewed articles.