Vladimir A. Mitkevich is a Chief Researcher in the Engelhardt Institute of Molecular Biology (EIMB) of the Russian Academy of Sciences. He was educated in Moscow with a 1999 M.S. in Chemistry, Ph.D. in Chemistry in 2005, first degree from Lomonosov Moscow State University and second from EIMB. In 1999, he joined EIMB, where he stayed throughout his career, first as postgraduate and later as a researcher and senior researcher. In 2001-2012 Vladimir Mitkevich was a visiting scientist at NIH, Bethesda, USA; Universite de la Mediterranee, Marseille, France; Uppsala University, Sweden; University of Tartu, Estonia. In 2019, Vladimir Mitkevich was awarded a D.Sc. in Biology. His research interests span molecular neuropathology, Alzheimer's disease, amyloidosis, beta-amyloid, intermolecular interactions, neurotoxicity, mechanisms of cell death, physical chemistry of proteins, diagnostics and the treatment of diseases of complex etiology.