Mikhail Chizhov was born in Leningrad (now St. Petersburg), on June 15, 1981.
Graduated from St. Petersburg State Polytechnical Institute (SPbSPU) in 2004 with Engineer Diploma.
Since 2004 - researching on fiber optic laboratory of St. Petersburg State Technical University and working as engineer in "SYS-Technology" company.
Since 2006 - PhD student in SPbSPU.
Main research interests are fiber optics, fiber optic sensors, fiber Bragg gratings (FBG), radioelectronic devices.