Sergey Popov is a Russian astrophysicist and popularizer of science, Doctor of Physical and Mathematical Sciences, a leading researcher at the Sternberg Astronomical Institute, Professor of the Russian Academy of Sciences. Sergey is engaged in the study of neutron stars and black holes and has published over a hundred scientific papers during his scientific career.

Sergey was born in 1971 in Moscow. Graduated from the Physics Faculty of Moscow State University (1995) and graduate school (1998). He wrote his Ph.D. thesis (physics and mathematics) on the topic: "Population synthesis of binary systems after a burst of star formation and the evolution of single neutron stars" (1998). He defended his doctoral dissertation in 2011 (physical and mathematical sciences) on the topic: "Magnetic-rotational evolution and population synthesis of single neutron stars." While studying at Moscow State University, he worked as a physics teacher in high school in Moscow school number 548.

Sergey devotes a lot of his time to popularizing science. He gives public lectures at popular science festivals.