Dr. Vladimir Pankratov is a Research Professor at the Institute of Solid State Physics, University of Latvia, and a Corresponding Member of the Latvian Academy of Sciences. He is an experimental solid-state physicist specializing in luminescence spectroscopy, scintillator materials, radiation defects, and synchrotron-radiation-based research methods. He has extensive experience in vacuum-ultraviolet excitation and time-resolved luminescence spectroscopy and has been a long-term user of the DESY and MAX IV synchrotron facilities. From 2016 to 2019, he worked as a Beamline Scientist at MAX IV Laboratory. He contributed to the development of the FinEstBeAMS beamline and its photoluminescence endstation at MAX IV, as well as to the development of the new SUPERLUMI time-resolved luminescence station at the P66 beamline of DESY PETRA III. His current research focuses on ultrafast luminescence processes, cross-luminescence, core-to-core emission, and advanced scintillator materials for medical imaging, high-energy physics, space, and security applications. He is the author or co-author of more than 140 scientific publications and has delivered numerous invited lectures at international conferences.