Ivan M. Kulikov, editor en chief

Academician of the Russian Academy of Sciences, doctor of sciences, professor, Russian Government Prize laureate  of Science and Technology, director of the All-Russian Horticultural Institute of Breeding, Agrotechnology and Nursery, member of the Presidium of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Honorary member of the Moscow society of naturalists, Chairman of the Commission for breeding and nursery of fruit and small fruits crops of the Interdepartmental Coordination council on seed production of the Commonwealth of Independent States.

State awards: medal "For the Transformation of the Non-Black Earth zone of the Russian Federation" (1987), "In Memory of the 850th Anniversary of Moscow" (1997), "Honored worker of agriculture of the Russian Federation" (1999), Medal "For Labor valor" (2003), the distinction "For Service to the Moscow Region" (2004), the Order of Friendship (2006), Russian Government Prize laureate  of Science and Technology (2013).

Under the leadership of Ivan M. Kulikov  new national standards in the field of horticulture (Planting material of fruit, small-fruit, subtropical, nut-bearing, citrus cultures and tea), Technical conditions GOST R 53135-2008, Material of fruit and small crops planting Terms and definitions GOST R 53044-2008 , Fruit and small fruit crops: Sterile cultures and adapted microplants, The concept of the development of horticulture in the Russian Federation for the period up to 2025 and the Strategy for the development of horticulture and nursery of the Russian Federation were developed

Ivan Mikhailovich is the participant of international exhibitions (Intervitis-Interfruit (Stuttgart, 2007, Vienna, 2011), Agritechnica (Hannover, 2009), Green Week (Berlin, 2008, 2014) ), seminars (International Workshop-Seminar "Plant biotechnology advances in agriculture", Kaunas distr., Lithuaninia, October 27-28, 2011), conferences (International Scientific and Practical Conference "Biotechnology: Ecology of Big Cities", Moscow, March 15 -17, 2010; "Actual problems of intensification of fruit growing in modern conditions", Belarus, Samokhvalovichi, August 19-23, 2013, International Conference on Biology "Education and Science without Borders", Czech Republic, Pra and, on December 7-15, 2013, the International Scientific and Practical Conference "Current Status and Prospects of Innovative Development of Vegetable Growing", Belarus, July 10-11, 2014), symposia (VII International strawberry Symposium ISHS, Beijing, China, 22 February, 2012; VI International Strawberry Symposium ISHS, Huelva, Spain. 3-7 March, 2008; 9 International Symposium on Integrating Canopy, Rootstock and Environmental Physiology in Orchard Systems, Augst 4-8, 2008, New York, Agricultural Experimtntal Station, Geneva; International Scientific Symposium Conservation of Plant Diversity, Chisinau, Republic of Moldova, 22-24 May, 2014), congresses (VI Moscow International Congress "Biotechnology: State of the Art and Prospects of Development", Moscow, Russia, March, 21-25 , 2011; The Fifth Moscow International Congress "Bio-technology: State of the Art and Prospects of Development" Moscow, Russia, March, 16-20, 2009).

Since 2008, he is the head of the working group on monitoring the condition and rehabilitation of the Christian shrine of the fig tree of Zacchaeus, which grows on the territory of the Museum and Park complex in Jericho (Palestinian Authority).