Igor K. Lednev is a SUNY Distinguished Professor of Chemistry at the University at Albany, State University of New York. His research focuses on developing novel laser spectroscopy for forensic purposes and medical diagnostics. He is a founder of a startup company SupreMEtric LLC (www.supremetric.com), commercializing a universal method for identifying body fluid traces for forensic purposes, and Early Alzheimer’s Diagnostics LLC, developing saliva and blood tests for the disease. Lednev is on the editorial boards of the Journal Raman Spectroscopy, Forensic Chemistry, and Spectroscopy magazine. In addition, he served as an advisory member on the White House Subcommittee for Forensic Science. Lednev is a Fellow of the Society for Applied Spectroscopy and the Royal Society of Chemistry. He received several prestigious awards, including the 2022 Charles Mann Award for Applied Raman Spectroscopy.