Oleg Smorygo graduated from Belarusian National Technical University (1987) with the degree of metallurgy engineer (honors diploma). Since then, he has been working at Powder Metallurgy Institute (PMI) of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus, Minsk. In 1994, he received PhD degree in the field of powder metallurgy and composite materials. He had research activities abroad as invited researcher at: National School of Engineers of Saint-Etienne, France (2002-2003); ARCI, Hyderabad, India (2004); Osstem Implant Co., Pusan, South Korea (2005). Oleg Smorygo is currently Head of Department of Porous Materials and Head of Laboratory at PMI. Most of his publications and patents are related to the foam-structure materials research, technologies and their applications in various areas.