Sergey N. Grigoriev, Doctor of Engineering Science, Professor, Head of the Department of High-Efficiency Processing Technologies of the Moscow State University of Technology STANKIN, completed his higher education in 1982. The scientific team of the Department has received awards from the most prestigious international scientific competitions and exhibitions under the supervision of Dr. Eng. Sci., Prof. S. N. Grigoriev. His brightest achievements are his contributions to advances in surface engineering, coating, and surface hardening technologies. The researchers and academic staff of the Department are multiple winners of grants from the President of the Russian Federation for leading scientific schools in the field of Engineering and Technical Sciences. The Department's research and academic staff develop projects that improve the efficiency of cutting tools, the efficiency of the most advanced and new technologies, adaptive, multi-component, and nanocomposite structures, and the diagnostics of the technology processes. Prof. S.N. Grigoriev has initiated and participated in various invited lectures at conferences. He serves as an editor of the most authoritative international scientific journals all over the world, is the author of over 180 patents, and has published more than 500 international scientific articles in journals indexed in the Web of Science and Scopus with H-indexes of 58 and 59, correspondingly.

Marina A. Volosova is a Dr. of Engineering Science (Dr.Sci.), a docent, and a leading researcher in the Department of High-Efficiency Processing Technologies of the Moscow State University of Technology STANKIN who completed her higher education in 2000 at the Moscow State University of Technology STANKIN as a chartered engineer of mechanical engineering. On 05.02.07, she was awarded a Ph.D. in engineering science in technology and equipment for mechanical and physical–technical processing in 2003. She earned a docent degree from the department in 2010, and a Doctorate in Engineering Science in 2022. She is a laureate of the Government of the Russian Federation in Science and Engineering for Young Scientists and has been the winner of many international and national competitions and salons for works that are mostly related to the laser, plasma, and sintering processes in the context of ceramic cutting tool coating improvements. She is the author of approximately 50 patents and more than 200 international scientific articles in journals indexed in the Web of Science and Scopus (with H-indexes of 26 and 27, correspondingly).

Anna A. Okunkova, Cand. of Engineering Science (Ph.D.), a senior researcher in the department of High-Efficiency Processing Technologies of the Moscow State University of Technology STANKIN, completed her higher education in 2005 at the Nizhniy Novgorod State Technical University as a Chartered Engineer in the Design of Technical and Technological Complexes. In 2009, she was awarded a Ph.D. in Engineering Science, specializing in Automation and Control of Technological Processes and Productions. In 2015, she was honored as a Laureate of the Government of the Russian Federation in Science and Engineering for Young Scientists (N10904) for her work on mobile laser complexes for the reparation of specialized machines. She has developed 25 patents and published more than 70 international scientific articles in journals indexed in the Web of Science and Scopus (with H-indexes of 21 and 22).