V. G. Plotnikov: Life in Science

The role of Professor V. G. Plotnikov in the development of the theoretical molecular photonics is discussed. A review is given of the principal results and the list of his publications covering the creation of the Nurmukhametrov–Plotnikov–Shigorin spectral-luminescent systematics of molecules. The main results of the theory for the radiationless conversion in polyatomic molecules, constructed by V. G. Plotnikov, are presented.