Viktor O. Iaroshenko was born in 1980 in Kiev, Ukraine. He received his MS in chemistry (2003) and PhD in organic chemistry (2009) from Kyiv National Taras Shevchenko University (Ukraine) under the supervision of Prof. Dr. Sci. Andrey A. Tolmachev. 2009-2013 he was a group leader (assistant professor) at the Chemistry Institute, University of Rostock, Germany. 2013-2014 he was a visiting research assistant professor at University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, USA. Presently he is a Principle Investigator and a head of Laboratory of Homogeneous Catalysis and Molecular Design at Centre of Molecular and Macromolecular Studies, Polish Academy of Sciences, Poland. His scientific interests include drug discovery, application of fluorine and phosphorus chemistry in molecular and drug design, combinatorial chemistry, chemistry of heterocyclic compounds, element organic chemistry and green chemistry. He is co-author of more than 75 papers. He is also recipient of several grants from Polish National Science Centre (NCN).