Emil N. Sobol, PhD, Doctor of Sciences, Project scientist at the Beckman Laser Institute and Medical Clinic, UCI, Irvine CA, USA, Co-founder of Arcuo Medical Inc., Incline Village, NV, USA; previously Head of the Biophotonics laboratory at the Laser Technology Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, Troitsk, Russia; Professor of Medical Physics, Physics department, M.V. Lomonosov State University, Moscow, Russia, Principal scientist at the IPG Corporation, Marlborough, MA, USA. International expert in materials science and laser medicine. Pioneered the first successful laboratory and clinical demonstrations of laser-assisted cartilage reshaping and regeneration, developed and transferred to the clinic a family of new laser medical technologies including correction of nasal septal deformities, reconstruction of spine disc and knee cartilages, normalization of intraocular pressure in glaucomatous eyes. Theodore Maiman Award; Russian National Award “Vocation” for outstanding contribution of non-medical scientists to medicine. Author of seven books and more than 180 scientific papers