Natalia Chezhina is full professor at the Institute of Chemistry, Saint-Petersburg State University, Russia. She graduated from the university as a chemist in 1968 and became a candidate of chemical sciences in 1973 and a doctor of chemical sciences in 1996. Her current research is focused on the electronic structure of solids. She gives lectures on general and inorganic chemistry, magnetochemistry, and solid-state chemistry. Prof. Chezhina has authored more than 200 published scientific works. She is a member of the Russian Chemical Society and the American Chemical Society.
Dmitry Korolev is associate professor at St. Petersburg State University, Russia, since 2017. He graduated with a diploma in chemistry in 2010 and obtained a PhD in electronic structure of doped lanthanum gallate in 2012 from St. Petersburg State University. His current research focuses on crystal chemistry, thermal expansion, and magnetic and electrical phenomena in solids. In addition to the scientific work, Dr. Korolev also gives lectures on crystal chemistry, theory of symmetry in inorganic and coordination chemistry, and X-ray diffraction theory. He is a member of the International Society of Electrochemistry since 2014.