Dmitry Kiesewetter was born in Saint Petersburg (former Leningrad), Russia, in 1960, and graduated from Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University (former Leningrad Polytechnic Institute) in 1983. He received a Ph.D. degree from Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University in 1989. He has been a Professor with the electromechanical faculty since 2013 and an IEEE member since 2016. His fields of interest are electric and fiber-optic cables, numerical simulation of physical phenomena, optical measurements, electrical materials (dielectrics, polymers and conductors), and the development of radio-electronic equipment and software. He has published more than 200 scientific articles and four textbooks for students, participated in more than 75 scientific conferences, and participated in research, design and technological projects. In particular, he participated in the development of computer programs for image processing, the development and manufacture of measuring equipment for use in high-voltage technology, the creation of the new State Standard for power electrical cables with impregnated paper insulation, the creation of the set of programs for studying the operation of the SNR radio receivers, and the research of modern dielectric materials.