The people behind the science
The Foundation is directed by its trustees and guided by its scientific advisors — a deliberately small group, each with an active research or delivery role.
Dmitry Kaminskiy
An innovative entrepreneur, venture philanthropist and investor with a long-standing interest in longevity and aging research, in which he has been actively involved since 2014.
- Author of Longevity Industry 1.0 and Biomarkers of Human Longevity
- Founded Aging Analytics Agency — now Longevity Industry Analytics — in 2015
- Closely involved in the WHO ICD-11 XT9T ‘ageing-related’ code, accepted 2018
- Recent work centres on mitochondrial medicine and protocol development
Franco Cortese
Coordinates the Foundation’s research direction, publications and programme delivery across its scientific priorities.
- Published across Oncotarget, Scientific Reports, Experimental Gerontology and others
- Co-author of Vive la radiorésistance! (2018)
- Leads publication and programme coordination with the Oxy Wave Foundation
Ian Inkster
Trustee since 2025, after more than a decade working closely with the Foundation’s policy activities as a volunteer.
- Works at the intersection of strategic communications, policy analytics and emerging technology
- Ten years’ experience in analytics on emerging technologies
- Supports the policy work underpinning the Foundation’s scientific agenda
Arkadi Prokopov
Pioneer in the application of intermittent hypoxic training to mitochondrial medicine, and creator of the Mitochondria Rejuvenation Protocol.
- Creator of the MITOPRO protocol
- Refined oxygen-wave therapy for chronic, hard-to-treat conditions
- Provides scientific direction for the Foundation’s device and protocol research
Work with the Foundation
We collaborate with researchers and clinicians across hypoxia, mitochondrial medicine and extreme-environment physiology.