Prof. Dr. Stanislav Dolgikh is the leading researcher at the Geosphere Physics Laboratory and the head of a laboratory at the Nonlinear Hydrophysics and Natural Disaster Laboratory. He received his Bachelor's and Master's degrees in mechanics from Far-Eastern State Technical University, and a Ph.D. in physics and mathematics. His research interests mainly include geophysics, ocean physics, seismics, oceanology, world ocean wave processes, geosphere interaction, and laser demography.