Nikolay Kiryukhin received an engineering diploma in the field of nuclear physics in 1978 in  Kharkov National University. In 1987 he defended his PhD thesis (New materials design for  application in irradiation environment) in Kharkov National Polytechnic University. From 1978  till 1993 he worked in National Scientific Center “Kharkov Institute of Physics and Technology”consistently occupying positions from junior researcher to the head of the department. He obtained scientific title “Senior Researcher” in 1989. From 1993 till 2006 he was deputy director and director of Research and Production Company “Plasmed”. In 2006 he got position of deputy executive director of Union of scientific and engineering associations of Ukraine (USEAU). He was elected as president of this organization in December 2012.

　　Nikolay Kiryukhin research interests cover the area of new materials design for nuclear and airspace applications. He is the author of publications, academic scripts and patent applications. In 2007-10 he was co-author of chain of manuals for physics for schools (7-11 classes). He was project manager and leading expert in a number of research projects financed by US DOE; European Commission; Ministry of Science and Education of Ukraine; State Space Agency of Ukraine; Ministry of Health Care of Ukraine. His main area of activity since 2009 is the implementation of European procedures of certification of engineers in Ukraine.

　　Nikolay Kiryukhin was the main organizer of a number of national and international conferences since 2000. He was elected as full member of Academy of technological sciences of Ukraine in 1996 and is its Board member since 2001.