**Degrees and honors:**

1969 - Ph.D. (speciality: organic chemistry. Title of thesis: "Synthesis of Hydroacrydines and Relative Compounds").

1988 - D.Sc. (specialty: bioorganic chemistry, chemistry of natural and physiologically active compounds. Title of thesis: "Biphyllic Physiologically Active Compounds from Echinoderms and Sponges. Structure and Properties").

1995 - The Russian Academy of Sciences M.M. Shemyakin Prize Winner.

1997 - Corresponding Member of the Russian Academy of Sciences.

2003 - Full Mermber of the Russian Academy of Sciences (Academician).

2010 - Dr. causa of Vietnamese Academy of Science and technology.

2010 - Golden Medal of Vietnamese Academy of Science and technology.

2013 - Badge of honor of the Academy of Sciences of Mexico (Invencion, Ingenieria e Investigacion, Academia de Ciencias).

**High-qualified expert in** natural products chemistry and biochemistry of bioactive compounds (secondary metabolites: alkaloids, unusual lipids, isoprenoids, polyhydroxysteroids, steroidal glycosides of polyhydroxysteroids, triterpenoidal and steroidal oligoglycosides, etc.), their biomedical properties. Citations: more than 8,600, Hirsch Index = 43 (Google Scholar).

**Author and co-authors** of more than 430 publications in Russian and international journals, 4 monographs, about 40 patents, and 1 university textbook.

**Member** of the Editorial Board of the Journals: Natural Product Communications, Bioorganic Chemistry, Russin Chemical Bulletin.
