Professor Alexander Balitskii, DSc, PhD, MSc, Eng, is currently a Full Professor of Fracture Mechanics and Structural Integrity of Hydrogen-Affected Materials and Modern Materials for Hydrogen, Fossil, and Nuclear Energy Technology at West Pomeranian University of Technology in Szczecin, Poland (since 2002). After graduating from the Physical Department of Lviv National University (1976), he permanently worked at the Karpenko Physico-Mechanical Institute, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine in Lviv, in the positions of Engineer, Senior Research Associate, Leading Scientist, Head of Laboratory, and Head of the Department of Hydrogen Resistant Materials. In 1998, the Institute of Metallurgy at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH Zurich) presented its Medal of Honour to Dr. Alexander I. Balitskii for his outstanding achievements in the science of fracture mechanics. In 2000, he received the Alessandro Volta Award (Fondazione Cariplo, Landau Network, Lombardia, Italy). He has published more than 460 scientific publications, including 2 monographs, 3 handbooks, and 20 patents. Currently, he also works (as B+R chief) on a project titled "Development of an intelligent and automatic system for stabilizing the operation of electricity distribution networks based on modular installations of a hydrogen energy buffer with the intention of utilizing hydrogen”, where he is responsible for the modeling and design of the control and diagnostic algorithm of the buffer.