Roberts I. Eglitis is a doctor in physics, a full member of the Latvian Academy of Science, and also a leading researcher at the Institute of Solid State Physics, University of Latvia. He completed his Ph.D. studies in physics at the Latvijas Universitate in 1994. He was awarded the Baltic Assembly Award in Science in 2020. He has published 190 papers with 4845 citations and an h-index of 38 (Scopus, 23 October 2023). His research topics mainly include electronics, theoretical solid-state physics, perovskite crystals, graphene structures, batteries, radiation defects in complex oxide materials, and battery cathode materials.