Dr. Mitkin is a Head of Laboratory at Chemical Diversity Research Institute (CDRI, Russia). Prior to joining CDRI in 2006, Dr. Mitkin held the positions of Post-Doctoral Research Associate at the University of Denver and the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He has 15 years experience in heterocyclic chemistry, drug discovery and custom synthesis. Dr. Mitkin graduated Lomonosov Moscow State University (1995), defended his Ph.D. at this University (2000). He is the author of more than 40 scientific papers and 15 patents.