Dmitrii Silvestrov graduated from Kiev University (1968, Mathematics), Candidate of Science [PhD], (1969, Mathematical Statistics), and Doctor of Science (1972, Mathematical Statistics). Awarded the Prize of the Moscow Mathematical Society (1973) and the Ukrainian Ostrovsky Prize (1977) for work on stochastic processes. Lecturer and Senior Lecturer (1970-1974), Professor (1974-1992, Department of Probability and Mathematical Statistics) and Head of the Statistical Research Centre (1980-1990) at Kiev University. Guest scientist at Umeå University (1991-1992), Senior lecturer at Luleå University of Technology (1992-1994) and at Umeå University (1994-1999). Visiting professor at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem (1993), University of Turku (1998), and University of Rome "La Sapienza" (2015). Professor at the Mälardalen University from 1999 (Emeritus Professor from 2012) and Stockholm University from 2009 (Emeritus Professor from 2016). Member of the editorial boards of the journals "Theory of Probability and Mathematical Statistics" and "Theory of Stochastic Processes". Coordinator of the four EU Tempus Projects. The main research areas are stochastic processes, actuarial and financial mathematics, and statistical software. Author of 13 books and more than 170 research papers. Supervised 22 doctoral students who subsequently obtained PhD degrees.