Victor M. Kogan,professor of Zelinsky Institute of Organic Chemistry, Russia.Victor M. Kogan. He graduated from Oil and Gas University as a chemical engineer, specialty – radiation chemistry. Since 1979 he has been a researcher at the Zelinsky Institute of Organic Chemistry of the Russian Academy of sciences. Herehe accomplishedhis PhD Thesis in Chemistry (Catalysis) and D. Sc. Thesis (Habilitation). From 2009 he heads the InstituteLaboratory of Catalysis by Transition Metals and their Compounds. Over a long period of time he has been working in the area of heterogeneous catalysis and the mechanisms of catalytic reactions. The catalysts for oil refinery and synthesis gas conversion over transition metal sulfides for alcohol production are in the focus of his studies. Some fundamentals in the field of catalysis by transition metal sulfides has been obtained and commercially used. His research interests includestudies of mechanisms of catalytic reactions, pathways and rates of molecule and molecule fragment transformations by using radioisotopes.He has published a number of academic articles on the mechanisms of olefin and ring olefin metathesis; thiophene hydrodesulfurization, Fischer-Tropsch and alcohol synthesis over p- and d-metals and theirsulfides; synthesis of alcohol and oxygenates over transition metal compounds; development of new types of catalysts for hydrotreating, hydrogenation and isomerizationin international journals. He served as a visiting Professor in some institutions and universities in France, South Korea and PR of China.