Budnikov Dmitry Aleksandrovich is a Doctor of Technical Sciences, Chief Researcher, Head of the Laboratory of Electrical and Thermal Technologies and Energy Saving, and is a Professor of the Department of General Scientific and Specialized Disciplines, FSAC VIMEducation, including institutional information. He graduated from the Azov-Black Sea State Agroengineering Academy with a degree in electrical engineering in 2004; in 2008, he defended his dissertation for the degree of Candidate of Technical Sciences at the Azov-Black Sea State Agroengineering Academy; and in 2021, he defended his dissertation for the degree of Doctor of Technical Sciences at FSAC VIM. Budnikov Dmitry Aleksandrovich worked, from 1999 to 2011, as a programmer; since 2011, as a researcher; and since 2013, as head of the laboratory. His current positions are as follows: Chief Researcher; Head of the Laboratory of Electrical and Thermal Technologies and Energy Saving; and Professor of the Department of General Scientific and Specialized Disciplines, FSAC VIM. He is a member of dissertation councils for the academic degrees of candidate of sciences, doctor of sciences 24.1.247.01; 35.2.043.03. He is also a member of the Presidium of the Committee on Problems of Drying and Thermal and Humidity Treatment of Materials of the Russian Union of Scientific and Engineering Public Associations.