**Meet the editor**

Alexander M. Gabovich graduated cum laude from the Physical Department of Kiev State University in 1969. He majored theoretical physics, with emphasis on the nuclear physics. Dr. Gabovich obtained his PhD in Physics and Mathematics from the Institute of Physics of the Ukrainian National Academy of Sciences (Kiev) in 1976, and Doctor's degree in Physics and Mathematics from

the Institute of Low Temperature Physics and Engineering of the Ukrainian National Academy of Sciences in 1990 (Kharkov). Dr. Gabovich is leading Research Associate of Crystal Physics Department, Institute of Physics of the Ukrainian National Academy of Sciences (Kiev). His research interests are: superconductivity, phase transitions, electronic properties of surfaces, biophysics. Dr. Gabovich authored and co-authored more than 300 scientific and tutorial publications.
