Irina Goryacheva is a Professor and Head of the Tribology Laboratory of Ishlinsky Institute for Problems in Mechanics. She is the author of more than 200 papers and 6 books in the field of contact mechanics and tribology and has developed analytical methods of solution of contact problems for deformable bodies with various surface geometry taking into account the effects of mutual influence of contact spots, wear, adhesion, surface films and layers, and inhomogeneity of material properties.