Platon Kostiuk | |
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| Born | Platon Hryhorovych Kostiuk 20 August 1924 |
| Died | 10 May 2010 (aged 85) Kyiv, Ukraine |
| Citizenship | |
| Alma mater | |
| Spouse | Lyudmyla Kostyuk (1929–2011) |
| Children | Olena (1957–2011) Olga (1966) |
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| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Physiology |
| Institutions | |
| Thesis | Nerve adaptation to expanding current (1949) |
| Doctoral advisor | Danylo Vorontsov |
| Notable students | Galyna Skibo, Alexei Verkhratsky |
Platon Kostiuk | |
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| Chairman of the Supreme Soviet of the Ukrainian SSR | |
| In office 1985–1990 | |
| Preceded by | Kostiantyn Sytnyk |
| Succeeded by | Vladimir 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]
- ^ "Platon Kostyuk. FEPS.org" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2010-06-02. Retrieved 2014-04-23.
- ^ Compiled by Jack L. Cross (1995). The Ukrainian Academy of Sciences (PDF). Austin, Texas: Cross Associates. OCLC 34218792.