Valentine Ananikov (Ph.D., 1999; Habilitation, 2003) in 2005 became Laboratory Head of Zelinsky Institute of Organic Chemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences. In 2008 he was elected as a Member of Russian Academy of Sciences, in 2018 elected as a Member of European Academy (Academia Europaea).
His educational activities include research laboratory at St. Petersburg State University and professorship at Moscow State University. Membership in Advisory and Editorial boards: Angewandte Chemie International Edition, JACS Au, Chemistry – A European Journal, Organometallics, Advanced Synthesis & Catalysis, and other journals. His scientific interests are focused on catalysis, organic synthesis, molecular complexity and transformations. Web-site: http://AnanikovLab.ru