Anatol Markovich Zhabotinsky
(1938 January 17 - 2008 September 16)
Education:
| 1961 | Masters degree in biophysics, Physics Institute, Moscow State University, Soviet Union |
| 1965 |
Ph.D. {Кандидат Наук [Kandidat Nauk] (candidate of science)} in biophysics, Institute of Biological Physics, Moscow State University, Soviet Union |
| 1971 | D.Sci. {Доктор Наук [Doktor Nauk] (doctor of science)} in biophysics, Institute of Biological Physics, Puschino, Soviet Union |
Professional Experience:
| 1961 - 1962 | Research Associate, Inst. of Experimental and Clinical Oncology, Moscow, Soviet Union |
| 1962 - 1965 | Graduate Research Associate, Inst. of Biological Physics, Moscow, Soviet Union |
| 1965 - 1968 | Research Associate, Inst. of Biological Physics, Puschino, Soviet Union |
| 1968 - 1973 | Senior Research Associate, Inst. of Biological Physics, Puschino, Soviet Union |
| 1980 - 1985 | Professor of Biophysics, Moscow Physico Technical Institute, Moscow, Soviet Union |
| 1991 - 1992 | Senior Research Associate, Brandeis University, Waltham, MA |
| 1992 - 1994 | Visiting Professor of Chemistry, Brandeis University, Waltham, MA |
| 1994 - 2002 | Adjunct Professor of Chemistry, Brandeis University, Waltham, MA |
| 2002 - 2004 | Professor of Chemistry, Brandeis University, Waltham, MA |
| 2004 - 2008 | Research Professor of Chemistry, Brandeis University, Waltham, MA |
Service:
| 1973 - 1986 | Head of Laboratory of mathematical modeling, Institute of Biological Tests of Chemical Compounds, Kupavna, Moscow, Soviet Union1986 |
| 1986 - 1989 | Head of Laboratory of chemico biological kinetics, Institute of Drug Technology, Kupavna, Moscow, Soviet Union |
| 1989 - 1991 | Head of the Laboratory of Blood Cells Cryobiophysics at the Institute of Blood Transfusion as part of the National Scientic Center of Hematology in Pushchino, Soviet Union |
Honors and Awards:
| 1980 | Lenin Prize (together with Boris P. Belousov, Genrikh R. Ivanitsky, Valentin I. Krinsky, Albert N. Zaikin) |
| 1990 | Max Planck Research Award |
| 1991 | Fellow of Russian Academy of Natural Science |
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In Memoriam by Epstein, I. R. (2008). Anatol Zhabotinsky (1938-2008). Nature, 455(7216):1053
In Memoriam by Vitvitsky, V. M., Kharakoz, D. P., Tverdislov, V. A., Piruzyan, L. A., Ataullakhanov, F. I.,Ivanitsky, G. R., and Fesenko, E. E. (2009). Anatol M. Zhabotinsky. Biophysics, 54(4):549-550
In Memoriam by Shnoll, S. E. (2009). In memoriam A.M. Zhabotinsky. Biophysics, 54(4):551-553
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Anatol Zhabotinsky on Wikipedia.
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Anatol Zhabotinsky was born in Moscow, USSR to a Jewish family during the Stalinist purges. He enrolled in Moscow State University 1955 during a short reprieve from religious persecution. He went on to obtain his masters degree in 1961. After hearing about Boris Belousov's discovery of oscillating chemical reactions, he attempted to contact Belousov but for politial reasons, Belousov declines Zhabotinsky's request to meet, although he does respond by mail. Zhabotinsky presented his research at the Conference on Biological and Biochemical Oscillators in Prague, Czechoslovakia, 1968, starting the world-wide attention to this reaction. After this conference, he was no longer permitted to leave the USSR. In 1980, Boris P. Belousov, Genrikh R. Ivanitsky, Valentin I. Krinsky, Albert N. Zaikin, and Anatol M. Zhabotinsky, were awarded the Lenin Prize, the highest medal in the USSR for individuals with outstanding accomplishments, for their combined pioneering work on chemical oscillatory reactions. In 1991, Zhabotinsky is invited by Irving Epstein to the United States for a month. Zhabotinsky accepts, and never returns to the former USSR.
During the mid 1990s, Theo Plesser, Georgy T. Guria, and Zhabotinsky work on creating a unified theory of Belousov-Zhabotinsky reactions, but political instability in Moscow cause them to put off work on this project. Zhabotinsky continues to take an active role in the scientific community, attending numerous conferences until his death in 2008 at the age of 70.