Alexander Sadimenko was born in Rostov-o-Don, Russia in 1951. He studied at Rostov State University where he obtained his MSc in 1973 and PhD in 1976 under the guidance of Professor O. A. Osipov. During 1976–87 he worked as a lecturer, senior lecturer, and associate professor at Rostov State University, 1987–91 as associate professor at Addis Ababa University, 1991–94 as associate professor and professor at National University of Lesotho, and 1994 until the present as professor, head of the department, and head of Directorate of Physical and Earth Sciences at the University of Fort Hare. His specific interests include all aspects of organometallic chemistry of the heteroaromatic ligands, in particular materials chemistry aspects.