Yachko Ivanov graduated in Odessa in 1957, Doctor of rheology in the Czechoslovak Academy of Sciences in 1970, Professor of Rheology, academician. He worked at the Central Laboratory of Physico-Chemical Mechanics - BAS, scientific secretary of the Academy of Sciences, Director of CLPhChM-BAS, Professor at the Institute of Mechanics of the Academy of Sciences, director of AI - BAS. Fields of interest: The rheology of suspensions rheology of composites physicochemical mechanics of nanocomposites and nanomaterials, physico-chemical mechanics, rheology and ecology, growth polymers scientific methodology, smart materials and nanostructures, industrial technology / economy. He has 220 scientific publications including 3 monographs.