Vyacheslav grew up in Russian far east, Vilyuchinsk. He studied organic chemistry at Novosibirsk state university as an undergraduate (2013) and a post-graduate student (2016). During this time, he worked under prof. G.I. Borodkin at Vorozhtsov Novosibirsk Institute of Organic Chemistry SB RAS (PhD, 2016) studying selectivity of 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition of pyridinium-N-imines. After that he joined Dilman’s group to work on synthetic applications of free radicals. In his free time Vyacheslav enjoys playing Go (board game).