Yuriy G. Shkuratov (born 1952) is a Ukrainian astronomer, specialist in the theory of light scattering by planetary surfaces.
In 1980, he defended his PhD thesis "Some optical characteristics of the Moon: observation and interpretation".
In 1993, he defended his thesis of Doctor of Sciences on the topic "Backscattering of non-polarized light by randomly inhomogeneous surfaces".
He studied Moon using data from the Galileo, Clementine, and Lunar Prospector spacecraft.
[2] He is a member of the International Astronomical Union working group on lunar nomenclature.