Prof. Ganeev is a principal scientist at the Voronezh State University, Russian Federation. He has obtained his PhD in 1987 and DSc in 1999 at the Institute of Electronics, Uzbekistan. He has served as a visiting professor at Standards and Industrial Research Institute of Malaysia; Centre for Advanced Technology, India; Institute for Solid State Physics, Japan; International Centre for Theoretical Physics, Italy; Institut National de la Recherche Scientifique, Canada; Imperial College London, United Kingdom; Saitama Medical University, Japan, and Changchun Institute if Optics, Fine Mechanics and Physics, China. Prof. Ganeev is the author of eight monographs and 350 papers published in peer-reviewed journals. His awards include the ICO Galileo Galilei Medal and the Khwarizmi International Award. He has made important contributions in the fields of high-order harmonic generation in laser plasmas and nonlinear optical characterization of various media.