Petr S. Chubik was born in 1954, Krasnoyarsk Region. He graduated from Tomsk Polytechnic Institute (now Tomsk Polytechnic University), Exploration Department (1976) and was awarded a degree in mining engineering (technology and engineering methods of mineral deposit exploration).

Petr S. Chubik has been working at Tomsk Polytechnic University (TPU) since graduation as a research engineer, a professor assistant, a senior teacher and an associate professor of the Department of Technology and Engineering Methods of Mineral Deposit Exploration. In 1995 he was elected a head of the Department Oil and Gas Drilling, and from 1999 to 2001 he acted as the Dean of the Department of Oil and Gas Exploration and Production. From 2001 to 2005, Petr S. Chubik served as a Deputy Rector for Academic Affairs and a Director of Oil and Gas Institute (16 April 2003 - 30 June 2004) combining his job with research and teaching activity as a professor of the Department of Oil and Gas Drilling (from 2001 to present time). Later, (April 2005 - September 2008) he was appointed Deputy Governor of Tomsk Oblast for Personnel Policy. From 12 September 2008 to 29 December 2008, Petr S. Chubik was the acting TPU Rector, and on 30 December 2008, he was appointed the Rector of Tomsk Polytechnic University.

Petr S. Chubik defended his Ph.D. thesis in 1987 in Leningrad Institute of Mining Engineering; in 2000 he defended and a thesis for a Doctor's degree at Tomsk Polytechnic University. He was awarded the academic status of an associate professor (1992), and later the academic status of a professor (2001).

Petr S. Chubik is one of Russia’s leading experts in the field of drilling mud technologies. He is the author of over 170 research papers, including 7 monographs, 6 teaching manuals, and 10 inventions. Professor Chubik has been a research supervisor to two authors of approved PhD theses.

In 2003, Petr S. Chubik was recognised as the International Engineering Educator by the International Organisation of Engineering Pedagogics (IGIP).

In 2004, he was awarded the academic status of a visiting professor of the Institute of Engineering Construction at Jilin University (China, Changchun).

Petr S. Chubik was elected a full member of the International Academy of Sciences of the Higher School and the RF Academy of Natural Sciences, a Corresponding Member of the RF Academy of Natural Sciences. A member of TPU Academic Council, Institute of Geology and Oil and Gas Industries, a member of doctoral dissertational council, member of Rector’s Council of Tomsk Oblast, Chairman of Oil and Gas Department of Tomsk Research Centre of the RF Academy of Natural Sciences (West Siberian Branch).

On 16 December 2001, Petr S. Chubik was elected the Deputy of the Committee on Labour and Social Policy of the State Duma of Tomsk Oblast and from 26 December 2002 to 20 April 2005 worked as its Chairman on a voluntary basis.

Petr S. Chubik is awarded the Badge of Honorary Explorer of Mineral Resources and Mining Glory Badge Class 3, the Order of Honour and the Title of Honorary Worker of Higher Professional Education of the Russian Federation.