Valentin Izrailevich Krinsky
(* 1938 December 25)
Education:
1964 | Doctor of Philosophy, Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology |
1976 | Doctor of Science, Institute of Biological Physics, Moscow, Russia |
Professional Experience:
1993—2004Director Research Institute Non-Lineaire de Nice, National Center for Science Research, Nice, France2004-Director Research Emeritus
1980—1992 | Professor Institute of Biological Physics, Academy of Sciences, Pushchino, Russia |
1965—1980 | Senior researcher Institute of Biological Physics, Academy of Sciences, Pushchino, Russia |
Head of the Autowave Laboratory, Institute of Biological Physics, Academy of Sciences, Pushchino, USSR. | |
1993-2004 | Director Research, Institute Non-Lineaire de Nice, National Center for Science Research, Nice, France |
2004- | Director research emeritus |
1992-1993 | Visiting professor Santiago de Compostella University, Spain |
2003-2004 | Visiting professor Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland |
2004-2005 | Visiting professor Washington University, St. Louis |
Visiting professor Cornell University, Ithaca, New York. |
Service:
Honors and Awards:
1980 | Lenin Prize Recipient |
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Valentin Krinsky is a Russian physicist best known for his discovery of wave breaks create rotating waves in cardiac muscle and application of rotating wave theory. He was a recipient of the 1980 Lenin Prize, the highest medal for scientific acheivement in the former USSR.