Dr. Sergei Arzumanov graduated from the Novosibirsk State University, Department of Natural Sciences, in 2003. He received the Ph.D. degree from the Boreskov Institute of Catalysis, Novosibirsk, Russia in 2006. In 2008 he was awarded Zamaraev Foundation Prize for the work "13C and 1H MAS NMR Spectroscopy for Study the Conversion of Hydrocarbons over Solid Acid Catalysts". His interests include properties of molecular sieves, solid-state NMR spectroscopy, and catalysis by solid acids