M.Yu. Burtsev graduated from the Mendeleev Moscow Institute of Chemical Technology, Department of Engineering Physics and Chemistry, specializing in Technology of Rare and Trace Elements. He has been working at IGIC RAS in the Laboratory of Fluoride Chemistry since March 1983. He is a specialist in the chemistry of halides of transition elements of Groups IV and V and NQR spectroscopy. M.Yu. Burtsev is co-author of more than 70 publications. From June 2006 to 2017, he was heading the Labor Protection Service; from February 2018 – present, he has been working as Deputy Director for General Affairs.