Vladimir E. Lyubchenko bnecame head of the Laboratory of Millimetre Wave Solid-State Electronics at IRE RAS and then from 1988 until the present day has been the deputy director of IRE RAS. He coordinates the research activity in microwave electronics, physics and technology of materials for solid-state electronics. Professor Lyubchenko has produced over 100 papers in this field and has received 12 Russian patents.