Nikita Ageykin received a master's degree (electronics and nanoelectronics) from Saratov State University named after N.G. Chernyshevsky in 2020. In 2021, he became a PhD student at the Kotelnikov Institute of Radio Engineering and Electronics of the Russian Academy of Sciences (condensed matter physics). From 2023 to now, he is a junior researcher at the Kotelnikov IRE RAS. He has 12 publications in Russia and abroad. His total work experience at the Institute is 3 years. His research topics mainly include acousto-electronics, electrophysical properties of liquids, taste sensors, and waves in thin plates.

Vladimir Anisimkin was born in Uzbekistan, USSR in 1948. In 1972, he received his degree in physics at the Moscow State University and joined the Institute of Radioengineering and Electronics, Russian Academy of Sciences, where he is now a principal researcher. He received his Ph.D. and Doctor of Sciences degrees in physics and mathematics from the same institute in 1977 and 1990, respectively. His research interests are concentrated on surface acoustic waves, thin solid films, and acoustic wave sensors for environmental control, chemistry, biology, and medicine. From 1987 to 2007, he engaged in fruitful scientific cooperation with the Institute of Acoustics O. M. Corbino, CNR, Italy, research center CNRSM, Italy, and the Industrial Technology Research Institute, Hsinchu, Taiwan. He has authored or coauthored about 130 papers and 10 patents of the Russian Federation.

Andrey Smirnov was born in Saratov, Russia in 1989. In 2011, he graduated from Saratov State University (Materials Science and Technology of New Materials) and received a Master's degree. In 2018, he received his PhD in Physics and Mathematics from Saratov State University. Since 2019, he has been working at the V. A. Kotelnikov Institute of Radio Engineering and Electronics of the Russian Academy of Sciences as a senior researcher. Andrey V. Smirnov is currently engaged in the study of bulk, surface, and plate acoustic waves propagating in piezoelectric materials and the development of various devices and sensors on this basis. He has extensive experience in the development of semiconductor and acoustoelectronic sensor devices. Andrey V. Smirnov's areas of ​​interest also include metal-polymer composite materials, polymer biocompatible membranes, semiconductor coatings with a developed surface, nature-like technologies, and alternative energy. He has about 120 publications in Russia and abroad. Andrey V. Smirnov is the winner of the Acoustical Society of America (ASA) scholarship competition for 2019, the winner of the Russian Presidential Scholarship competition for 2017-2019, and a laureate of the Moscow Government Prize in Physics and Astronomy research. He is the head and executor of more than 15 scientific projects of various scientific foundations from 2011 to 2024. He is an active member of the Russian Acoustical Society.

Alexander Fionov received his master’s degree from the Physics Department of Moscow State University (Molecular Physics and Physical Measurements) in 1992. He has been working at the Kotelnikov Institute of Radio Engineering and Electronics (IRE) of the Russian Academy of Sciences (RAS) since 1992, first as an engineer, a junior researcher, and then a researcher, and since 2013, a senior researcher. In 2010, he became a PhD student at the Baikov Institute of Metallurgy and Materials Science RAS. In 2012, he received a PhD degree from this Institute. He has 74 scientific publications in Russia and abroad. He is engaged in research in the field of composite materials, nanomaterials, radio metamaterials, electromagnetic compatibility, electrical and radio materials science, and measurements of material properties.

Peng Li, 1986, PhD (2014 from Xi’an Jiaotong University of China), Professor of Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics. He has performed research on the elastic wave propagation in smart materials and structures for nearly ten years and focuses on the research about weak bonding, phononics and metamaterials, functional graded materials (FGMs), geometric inhomogeneity, semiconduction, thermal influence, and surface effect, which are usually encountered in the design and application of acoustic devices. He has published more than 60 journal papers in the area of solid mechanics and wave propagation. As the PI, he has taken charge of ten research projects independently, including the National Natural Science Foundation of China, National Natural Science Foundation of Shaanxi Province, China Postdoctoral Science Foundation, and so forth. In 2015, he was awarded the Hong Kong Scholar by the Society of Hong Kong Scholars and the Postdoctoral Management Committee of China. In 2018, he was successfully recruited by the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, working at Kyoto University as a JSPS research fellow. From July 2020, he worked as a full professor at Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics.

Zhenghua Qian received his doctoral degree in Mechanics from Xi'an Jiaotong University in 2007. He worked as a JSPS Researcher and a G-COE Researcher at the Tokyo Institute of Technology from 2007 to 2012. In 2012, he moved to Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics and was promoted to Professor. His research topics mainly include wave motion, piezoelectric resonator, nondestructive evaluation, and structural health monitoring. He has been a co-author in more than 200 publications, including more than 100 journal papers, 3 monographs, and 4 patents. His work experience includes managing two NSFC projects conducted jointly with the Russian team (ends in 2019 and 2023) conducted by Professor Iren and managing two State Key Lab projects respectively conducted jointly with the same Russian team (ended in 2018) and a USA team (ended in 2015). So far, he has been conducting wonderful international cooperation with research teams from the USA, Japan, the UK, and Russia.

Tingfeng Ma received B.S. and M.S. degrees from the Department of Mechanical Engineering, Hebei University of Technology, Tianjin, China, in 2000 and 2003, respectively, and a PhD degree in 2011. From 2003 to 2007, he was an Engineer with Huikang Corporation, Shenzhen, China. From 2007 to 2011, he was a Doctoral Student with the Department of Precision Instruments and Mechanology, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China. Since 2011, he has been with the Piezoelectric Device Laboratory, Ningbo University, Ningbo, China. He is currently working as an Associate Professor. He has co-authored more than 80 scientific publications. His current research interests are piezoelectric bulk and plate acoustic wave sensors.

Kamlendra Awasthi received his PhD degree in Physics from the University of Rajasthan, Jaipur, India in 2007. For his post-doctoral work, he has worked at the Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, India and the Leibniz Institute of Polymer Research Dresden, Germany, from October 2008 to March 2012. Dr. Awasthi joined the Department of Physics at Malaviya National Institute of Technology Jaipur, India, in April 2012 as an INSPIRE Faculty and in December 2023, he joined as an Associate Professor. He has co-authored more than 160 scientific publications. At present, Dr Awasthi also holds the position of Head of the Department. His research areas are Nanostructured thin films, membrane-based gas separation, polymer nanofilters, gas separation and sensing, soft materials, functional nanomaterials, and hydrogen energy: generation, separation, sensing, and storage. Dr. Awasthi is the recipient of the following reputed fellowships: the Young Scientist Award (2008), Department of Science and Technology, Government of India; Alexander von Humboldt Fellowship (2009) by the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, Germany; INSPIRE Faculty Award (2012) from the Department of Science and Technology, Government of India; and the Early Career Research Award (2017) from SERB-New Delhi, India, Brain Pool Fellowship, National Research Foundation of Korea (2023).

Iren Kuznetsova was born in Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia, in 1966. She graduated from Saratov State University in 1988 (physics of plasma) and received a Master's degree. In 1996, she received a Degree of Candidate of Sciences (Physics—Mathematics) (Ph.D.) from Saratov State University. In 2004, she has received a Doctor of Science diploma. Since 1988 and until the present time, she has been working at the Kotelnikov Institute of Radio Engineering and Electronics of the Russian Academy of Sciences. She is a Deputy Director of the Kotelnikov IRE of RAS. Currently, Iren E. Kuznetsova deals with the investigation of bulk, surface, and plate acoustic waves propagating in piezoelectric materials and the development of various devices and sensors based on this basis. She is engaged in the theoretical investigation of the propagation of acoustic waves in conducting and viscous liquids. She has significant experience in numerical calculations of acoustic wave characteristics in various materials and structures. Prof. Kuznetsova has about 300 publications in Russia and abroad. She is a Professor at the Russian Academy of Sciences.