Prof. Dr. Boris G. Ershov is the Deputy Scientific Director of the Frumkin Institute of Physical Chemistry and Electrochemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences (IPCE RAS). He graduated from the Faculty of Chemistry, Lomonosov State University of Moscow in 1962 and received his PhD in 1964 from IPCE RAS, receiving the title of professor in 1982. He was elected a member of the Russian Academy of Sciences in 2008. Among other fields of science, such as physical chemistry and radiation chemistry, Prof. Dr. Boris G. Ershov is a well-known specialist in nanoscience. His interests include the development of metal nanoparticle synthesis methods within specified parameters, the study of nanoparticle formation mechanisms, catalysis using metal nanoparticles, and the study of the physical chemistry of metal surfaces. He also actively works in a number of countries, particularly France, Germany, India, and Japan. He was involved in particularly fruitful work in Germany.