Alexei Kiryukhin graduated from the Faculty of Geologo-Geography at Kharkov State University (now V.Karazin Kharkov National University). Ph.D. (Geol.Sc.) from Institute of Geological Sciences of Ukrainian Academy of Sciences (1989, Kiev). Authored and co-authored some 40 articles in Russian and Ukrainian issues. Now occupies the position of Scientific Director and Head of Laboratory in Ukrainian Scientific and Research Institute of Ecological Problems. Specializes in spatial planning of sustainable development at regional and local levels and integrated management of water resources in the transboundary river basin.