To the jubilee of Alexander Vasil’evich Priezzhev

The paper presents a brief biography and description of scientific and scientific-organizational activities in Russia and abroad by the Head of the Laboratory of the Laser Biomedical Photonics of the International Laser Center of the Lomonosov Moscow State University Alexander Priezzhev. The article is written on the occasion of the anniversary of A. V. Priezzhev, who turned 70 on April 3, 2017. The authors of the article demonstrate the high achievements of the jubilee, characterizing him as a major expert in biophysics, actively working in the fields of biophotonics, biomedical optics and nanobiophonics.