Dmitry Gorin was born in Saratov, Russia, in 1975. He is a Professor at the Center of Photonic Science and Engineering at Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology. Dmitry Gorin received his Diploma of Engineer-Physicist in 1997 and CSc and DSc degrees in Physical Chemistry in 2001 and 2011, respectively, from Saratov State University. From 2005 to 2009, he visited the Max-Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces (the group of Dr. G.B. Sukhorukov), before becoming a postdoc there from 2009 to 2010 in the group of Prof. Dr.H. Moehwald. He was then appointed professor at the Department of Nano- and Biomedical Technologies at Saratov State University from 2011 till 2017, after which he joined Skoltech as a Full Professor. He was the supervisor and co-supervisor of 20 CSc (PhD) theses and consultant of 2 DSc theses. His research interests are biophysics, biophotonics, and physics of colloids and interfaces. As a visiting scientist, he collaborated with the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (Little Rock), Charité University Hospital (Berlin), Queen Mary University of London, Ankara and Ghent Universities, Tomsk Polytechnic University, Bilkent University. He is a co-founder of two startups: Tetraquant LLC and HyperspectRus LLC.