Valery V. Tuchin is the head of the Department of Optics and Biophotonics and Science Medical Center of Saratov State University and cooperates with several other universities and academic institutions. His research interests include tissue optics, tissue optical clearing, laser medicine and nanobiophotonics. Prof. Tuchin is a corresponding member of the Russian Academy of Science and a Fellow of SPIE and OSA/OPTICA and has been awarded the title of Honored Scientist of Russia, the SPIE Educator Award, the J.W. Goodman Book Writing Award, the M.S. Feld Biophotonics Award, “Professor of the Year”, the Vyzov Foundation’s “Scientist of the Year” and many other awards. His publications have been cited over 43,000 times.