Denis Vladimirovich Ponomarev was born in Russia, in 1981. He received the Ph.D. degree from Tomsk Polytechnic University, Tomsk, Russia, in 2006. He has been a Senior Researcher with the Institute of High Technology Physics, Tomsk Polytechnic University, since 2001. His current research interests include plasma, electron beams, and plasma-chemical synthesis of crystal nanodispersed oxides.