Dr. Kirill Kovtunov graduated from Novosibirsk State University, Faculty of Natural Sciences in 2005. He has completed his Ph.D. research at the International Tomography Center and has received his Ph.D. degree in Physical Chemistry in 2008. Kirill Kovtunov was awarded the Zamaraev Foundation Prize in 2008 for the work "PARAHYDROGEN INDUCED POLARIZATION IN HETEROGENEOUS HYDROGENATIONS". His current research interests include parahydrogen, NMR signal enhancement, MRI, polarized fluids, and heterogeneous catalysis.