Artem Oganov is a Russian theoretical crystallographer, mineralogist, chemist, physicist, and materials scientist. Professor at Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology and NUST-MISIS. He is known mostly for his works on computational materials discovery and crystal structure prediction, studies of matter at extreme conditions (including matter of planetary interiors).

Oganov graduated from Moscow State University in 1997 with magna summa cum laude and diploma in Crystallography and Crystal Chemistry. In 2002 he obtained a PhD degree in Crystallography from University College London, and in 2007 got a Habilitation degree from ETH Zurich. In 2008 he became Associate Professor and in 2010 Full Professor at Stony Brook University, and since 2015 he is a Professor at Skoltech (Russia). Oganov has published over 260 peer-reviewed articles (many in top journals, e.g. Nature, Science) and book chapters. He is an author of 5 patents.

Prof. Oganov has received many awards, and is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry and of American Physical Society, and a member of Academia Europea, a pan-European elite academy of sciences. In 2017-2020 he was a member of Russian President's Council for Science and Education, and in 2019 he received the Friendship Award of Chinese Government.

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