Dmitry Chalikov is a universal professional with more then 30 years of research experience in oceanography, meteorology, computational and geophysical fluid mechanics, mathematics, numerical methods. He also carries out formulation of problems, planning of laboratory and field experiments, theory, design, implementation, end-to-end programming (including programming for multiprocessors computers), comparison of simulated and observational data, development and maintenance of large models, leaderships and training of research groups, preparation of proposals and reports, publishing and presentation of the results in scientific conferences, teaching and coordination between education and research.