Victor Lisitsyn was born on March 18, 1939. They graduated from Tomsk Polytechnic Institute (now Tomsk Polytechnic University) in 1962 and have been a Candidate of Physical and Mathematical Sciences since 1966 and an associate professor since 1972. They have been a Doctor of Physical and Mathematical Sciences since 1981 and professor since 1982. They have been an honored scientist of the Russian Federation since 1996. Currently, they are Professor-Consultant of Tomsk Polytechnic University and have repeatedly received grants of various levels, including international grants. They are the author of more than 400 articles, including those indexed in Scopus and Web of Science. Their H-index is 15.