Irina Yakovlevna Poyurovskaya was born on February 11, 1941 in Moscow. She graduated from Moscow Institute of Aviation Technology with a degree in non-metallic materials (plastics) processing technology in 1963. Irina Yakovlevna began her career at the Central Research Institute of Stomatology in 1964 as an engineer under the supervision of Prof. I.I. Revzin, whose energy and brilliant organizational activities helped to develop the field of stomatological materials science in our country. In 1973-1978 Irina Yakovlevna became the head of the department of dental materials science in our country. Irina Yakovlevna became the head of the Laboratory of Polymers in the Department of Material Science and Orthopedics, from 1990 to 1996 and from 2004 to 2015. - Head of the laboratory for development of physicochemical tests of dental materials, from 1996 to 2004 - senior researcher, at present - engineer.