Platon Kostiuk

Platon Kostiuk
Born
Platon Hryhorovych Kostiuk

(1924-08-20)20 August 1924
Died10 May 2010(2010-05-10) (aged 85)
Kyiv, Ukraine
Citizenship
Alma mater
SpouseLyudmyla Kostyuk (1929–2011)
ChildrenOlena (1957–2011)
Olga (1966)
Awards
Scientific career
FieldsPhysiology
Institutions
Thesis Nerve adaptation to expanding current  (1949)
Doctoral advisorDanylo Vorontsov
Notable studentsGalyna Skibo, Alexei Verkhratsky
Platon Kostiuk
Chairman of the Supreme Soviet of the Ukrainian SSR
In office
1985–1990
Preceded byKostiantyn Sytnyk
Succeeded byVladimir Ivashko

Platon Hryhorovych Kostiuk (Ukrainian: Платон Григорович Костюк) (20 August 1924 – 10 May 2010) was a Soviet and Ukrainian physiologist, neurobiologist, electrophysiologist, and biophysicist. He was a member (academician) of the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) of Ukraine and the Russian Academy of Sciences. He was also a director of the Bogomoletz Institute of Physiology and the International Center of Molecular Physiology NAS of Ukraine; chair of the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology, Kyiv branch, vice-president of the NAS of Ukraine, and chairman of the Verkhovna Rada of the Ukrainian SSR.[1][2]

  1. ^ "Platon Kostyuk. FEPS.org" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2010-06-02. Retrieved 2014-04-23.
  2. ^ Compiled by Jack L. Cross (1995). The Ukrainian Academy of Sciences (PDF). Austin, Texas: Cross Associates. OCLC 34218792.