Yulia G. Gorbunova is a full member of the Russian Academy of Sciences (2022) and a main researcher at the Russian Academy of Sciences (the Kurnakov Institute of General and Inorganic Chemistry RAS (IGIC RAS) and the Frumkin Institute of Physical Chemistry and Electrochemistry RAS). She graduated in Chemistry from Lomonosov Moscow State University and received her PhD (1995) and habilitation (2006) from IGIC RAS. Her current research interests are related to the chemistry of tetrapyrrolic compounds as the basis of functional materials, including molecular switchers, non-linear optics, electrochromic materials, SMM, sensors, and hybrid organic–inorganic nanomaterials. She was a recipient of the Award of the European Academy of Science for Young Researchers (2001), the Russian Government Prize in the field of science and techniques (2002), and the Chugaev Award in coordination chemistry (2010). In 2016, Prof. Gorbunova was awarded the order “Сhevalier dans l’Ordre national des Palmes Academiques” by the Government of France.