Josef Gitelson
Russian biophysicist
Josef (Joseph or Iosif) Isaevich Gitelson (Russian: Ио́сиф Иса́евич Гительзо́н; 6 July 1928 – 25 September 2022) was a Soviet and Russian biophysicist. PhD in biology (1955), DrSc in medicine (1961), Professor, Member of the Russian Academy of Sciences (1991); Corresponding member of the USSR Academy of Sciences (1979), Member of the USSR Academy of Sciences (1990). Director of Institute of Biophysics, Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences (1984-1996). Academic Advisor at this Institute since 1996. Scientific supervisor of Institute of Fundamental Biology and Biotechnology Siberian Federal University. Member of International Academy of Astronautics. Honorary Citizen of Krasnoyarsk Krai since Sept 20, 2013 and the city of Krasnoyarsk. In 2018, JI Gitelson was awarded the highest award of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Lomonosov Gold Medal for the justification and development of the ecological direction of biophysics, which has achieved a number of outstanding fundamental and practical results, in particular, in marine and laboratory studies of bioluminescence.
Biography
Born in Samara on 6 July 1928. His father, Isai Isaakovich Gitelson (1896-1965), was a dermatologist, Doctor of Medical Sciences (1940), Professor at the Krasnoyarsk State Medical Institute (1945-1965) (now, the Krasnoyarsk State Medical University named after Professor Voino-Yasnetsky).
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