Игнатов Александр Николаевич

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rof. A. Ignatov (born in Moscow, Russia in 1965) obtained diploma from the RussianState Agricultural University - MSKHA in 1987 (plant pathology), and a PhD degreein 1992. He had postdoc positions HRI-Warwick University, UK, NationalInstitute of Vegetable Plants, and Tea in Japan, and in Nebraska State University-Lincoln, USA. From 1998 to 2015, he worked at the "Bioengineering" Center ofthe Russian Academy of Sciences, focusing on GM plants and molecularphytopathology. Since 2015 till 2021, he has served as the Director of R&D at the "Center of Phytoengineering LLC". From2001 to 2013, he worked on International Science and Technology Center (ISTC) projectsrelated to plant pathogenic bacteria, in collaboration with the USDA.  He is currently a member of several editorialboards and has reviewed over 230 research articles. He is also an expert for several Russian foundations, and has reviewed more than 400 projects and reports. Hehas published > 250 research articles, including 80 ones indexed in the Webof Science and Scopus databases. His research subjects include plant pathology, plant breeding, and genetic/genome analysis of plant pathogenic bacteria, bacteriophages, and plant viruses.