Josef Gitelson | |
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Иосиф Гительзон | |
 Gitelson in 2008 | |
| Born | Josef (Joseph or Iosif) Isaevich Gitelson 6 July 1928 |
| Died | 25 September 2022 (aged 94) Moscow, Russia |
| Citizenship | Soviet Union→Russian Federation |
| Alma mater | Moscow State University, Krasnoyarsk Medical Institute |
| Known for | Man-made closed ecological systems,[1] Bioluminescence, Biological life-support systems for space mission,[2] Erythrogram - a method of clinical examination of the blood |
| Awards | Lomonosov Medal (2018) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Biophysics, |
| Institutions | Institute of Biophysics, Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Siberian Federal University |
| Doctoral advisor | Leonid Kirensky |
Josef (Joseph or Iosif) Isaevich Gitelson (Russian: Ио́сиф Иса́евич Гительзо́н; 6 July 1928 – 25 September 2022) was a Soviet and Russian biophysicist.[3] PhD in biology (1955), DrSc in medicine (1961), Professor, Member of the Russian Academy of Sciences (1991);[4] 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[5] and the city of Krasnoyarsk. In 2018, JI Gitelson was awarded the highest award of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Lomonosov Gold Medal[6] 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.[7]
- ^ FB Salisbury, "Joseph I. Gitelson and the Bios-3 project", Life Support Biosph Sci. Summer 1994; 1(2):69--70. PMID=11538716
- ^ M Nelson, PB Hawes, M Augustine, Life systems for a lunar base. The Second Conference on Lunar Bases and Space Activities of the 21st Century, Proceedings from a conference held in Houston, Texas, 5-7 April, 1988. Edited by W. W. Mendell, NASA Conference Publication 3166, 1992., p.513-518. Provided by the NASA Astrophysics Data System. Bibcode: 1992lbsa.conf..513N
- ^ JI Gitelson on GOOGLE Scholar
- ^ JI Gitelson on web-page of Russian Academy of Sciences, Siberian branch
- ^ J Gitelson - Honorary Citizen Official web-portal of Krasnoyarsk Krai, accessed Feb 27, 2021
- ^ Academician Gitelson received a Large Gold Medal of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Science in Siberia [Nauka v Sibiri], 24 April 2019 [In Russian]
- ^ Academician Iosif Isayevich Gitelzon was awarded the main award of the Russian Academy of Sciences in 2018, Scientific Russia [Nauchnaya Rossiya], 26 December 2018 [In Russian]