Mark D. Goldfein, PhD, DSc, is currently head of the Chair of Environmental Protection and Life Safety, Biological Faculty, Saratov State University (SSU) in Saratov, Russia. He has authored more than 300 educational and research papers and several textbooks and monographs in the field of chemical physics, the physic-chemistry of polymers, ecology, environmental protection, and life safety. He also holds 20 patents. He studied at Saratov State University (SSU) named after N.G. Chernyshevsky. Alexey V. Ivanov, PhD, is currently a professor and dean of the Faculty of Ecology and Service at Saratov State Technical University in Saratov, Russia. He has authored over 300 scientific papers, 20 monographs, and 15 textbooks in the field of geology, ecology, paleontology, and global processes in nature and society. He graduated from Saratov State University named after N.G. Chernyshevsky with a PhD in geology and mineralogy.