Vladimir Litvinenko is Rector of the Saint-Petersburg Mining University, Russia. He is author of over 250 scientific papers including 5 monographs, 65 patents and inventions (Russian and foreign ones), Laureate of State Prize of the Russian Federation in Science and Technology for "Geological Atlas of Russia", Laureate of Russian Government Award in Science and Technology for "Development and implementation of environmentally friendly combined technologies of ore mining and complex ore processing that ensured putting into operation and development of the unique Yakovlevsky mine of rich iron ore" (2008), Laureate of St. Petersburg Government Prize for outstanding achievements in the field of higher and secondary vocational education (2008), chairperson from the Russian side of the Russian-German Resource Forum, and chairperson of the Governing Board of the International Competence Centre for Mining-Engineering Education as a Category 2 Centre, under the auspices of UNESCO. Since 2014, Vladimir Litvinenko is Honorary Doctor of the Freiberg University of Mining and Technology.