Aleksandr M. Khegai was born in Sovietabad, Andijan region, Russia, on Apr. 23, 1991. He received the B.S. and M.S. degrees in physics from Volgograd State Technical University, Volgograd, Russia, in 2014. He is currently working toward the Ph.D. degree in laser physics in A. M. Prokhorov General Physics Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia. He is aldo serving as an Engineer in the Fiber Optics Research Center. His research interests include spectroscopy of the rare-earth- and bismuth-doped active fibers, the development of continuous wave and ultrafast fiber lasers and amplifiers.