Dr. Alexey Ermakov obtained a Master's degree in Physics from Saratov State University. Following this, he pursued doctoral studies at the A*STAR Institute of Materials Research and Engineering in Singapore from 2014 to 2017. Dr. Ermakov then served as a Postdoctoral Researcher at Queen Mary University of London from 2018 to 2019. In 2019, he joined Sechenov University as a Research Scientist, and since 2023, has led the Laboratory of Targeted Drug Delivery as its Head. Concurrently, he holds the position of Senior Research Scientist at the LIFT Center within the Skolkovo Innovation Center. Throughout his scientific career, Dr. Ermakov has specialized in the development of microencapsulation systems for targeted drug delivery and multifunctional biomaterials. He has successfully led numerous research grants and is the author of over 80 scientific publications, holding an H-index of 16.