Igor V. Bondarev obtained his MS (1989, Physics) and PhD (1994, Theoretical Physics) degrees from the Belarusian State University in Minsk, Belarus. Dr. Bondarev obtained his DSc degree (2001, Theoretical Solid State Physics) from the National Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Belarus in Minsk. (Doctor of Science in Physics and Mathematics is the Habilitation Degree which is normally awarded to less than 1% of active Former Soviet Union scientists having PhD.) Dr. Bondarev performed his research in Germany, France, Belgium, Italy, Poland, and Japan, supported by DAAD (Germany), OSTC (Belgium), JSPS (Japan), and other highly competitive visiting professorship fellowships. His theories of the effective quadrupole interactions and optic phonon scattering of the positronium atom in dielectric crystals were confirmed by the Japanese experimentalists from the University of Tokyo (PRB67, 073104; PRB72, 012303). Dr. Bondarev has authored and co-authored over 100 research articles, including two book chapters in collective monographs published by Nova Science and American Scientific, USA. He presented his research results at 17 invited seminars and over 70 international symposia and conferences in research institutions in Europe, China, Japan, USA, and Canada. His current research interests are focused on the optoelectronic and sensory properties of semiconductor and carbon nanostructures, exciton/plasmon/polariton effects, efficient solar energy conversion with nanomaterials, and nanobiophotonics.