Dmitry Kurouski earned his M. S. in Biochemistry from Belarusian State University, Belarus and Ph. D. (Distinguished Dissertation) in Analytical Chemistry from SUNY Albany, NY, USA. After a Postdoc in the laboratory of Professor Richard P. Van Duyne at Northwestern University, Dr. Kurouski joined Boehringer-Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, where he worked as Senior Research Scientist. In 2017, Dr. Kurouski joined Biochemistry and Biophysics Department of Texas A&M University as Assistant Professor. His research interests are focused on nanoscale characterization of biological and photocatalytic systems using TERS and AFM-IR.