Vladimir Poroikov is currently the Principal Researcher and Head of the Department for Bioinformatics and Laboratory for Structure–Function-Based Drug Design at the Institute of Biomedical Chemistry, Moscow, Russia. From 1996 to 2015, he was the Professor of the Medical-Biological Faculty at N.I. Pirogov Russian National Research Medical University. He graduated as M.Sc. Physicist (1974), earned his Ph.D. degree in Biophysics at the M.V. Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow (1981), and earned his Dr. Sci. degree in Pharmacology at the National Research Center for Biologically Active Compounds, Staraya Kupavna, Moscow Region (1995). He was awarded Professor in Biochemistry (2000) and Professor in Mathematical Biology and Bioinformatics (2013) by the High Attestation Commission of the Russian Federation. He is the coauthor of about 300 publications in peer-reviewed journals and book chapters. Editorial Board Member: Biology Direct, SAR, and QSAR in Environmental Research, International Journal of Quantitative Structure–Property Relationships, Biomedical Chemistry, and Pharmaceutical Chemistry Journal. Scientific Advisory Board Member and/or keynote/invited/speaker at more than 12 international conferences and symposia in the past three years. Research interests: bioinformatics, chemoinformatics, (Q)SAR, molecular modeling, and computer-aided drug design and discovery.