Dr. Alexey G. Kruglov is a senior researcher at the Institute of Theoretical and Experimental Biophysics of the Russian Academy of Sciences. He earned his diploma in biophysics at Voronezh State University, Russia, in 1997. He gained his Doctor of Philosophy at the Institute of Theoretical and Experimental Biophysics, Russian Academy of Sciences, Pushchino, Moscow, in 2002. In addition, he is a member of the Federation of European Bio-chemical Societies (Russian Branch). His achievements include research in the ROS-independent mechanism of opening of mitochondrial permeability transition pore by redox-cycling compounds and the discovery of new peptaibol from Acremonium exuviarum which inhibits the respiratory complex III.