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of new materials such as nitrides, oxides and others are being developed at the
institute. It was formerly called the Physical Chemical Principles of Processing
Mineral Raw Materials Institute. The detoxification of industrial sewage, and the
extraction of metals from diluted solutions using well drained porous electrodes has
been developed. Experimentation on the extraction of valuable components from
underground water, of noble metals from hydrochemical solutions, and the use of
industrial wastes for the production of new construction materials are ongoing.
Synthesis of a wide range of new materials such as nitrides, oxides and others are
being developed at the institute. Director: Boldirev, Vladimir V. , D. Chem. S.,
since 1977. Academician Secretary is Rakhmatilla K. Tukhtaev, C. Chem. S.
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38. Biological Institute in Novosibirsk.
Evsikov, Vadim I. Corresponding member of the General Biology Department of the
Academy in 1993. Since 1980, he has been the Director of the Biology Institute in
Akademgordok-Novosibirsk, which dates back to 1944. In 1958 the institute was
transferred to the newly created Siberian department. On the national level scientists
at the institute participate in the USSR insect census. They are also concerned with
public health and the productivity of crops and animals in the region.
The Institute was founded in 1944 and, thus, is one of the oldest of the biological institutes
of the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences. The staff of the
institute numbered 314 persons in 1991, of whom 118 were research scientists--9
of whom held doctoral degrees, 66 candidate degrees, and 32 research fellows
without advanced scientific degrees.
Structure and Scientific Personnel: Director Dr. Vadim I. Evsikov, D. Bio. S.,
since 1980; Deputy Directors for Science: Dr. Mikhail P. Moshkin, Dr. Bio. S.,
and, Dr. Anatolii Iurii Kharitonov, Dr. Bio. S.; Deputy Director for General
Questions: Mikhail T. Khriakov, and Scientific Secretary: Dr. Sofia V. Skorova, D.
Bio. S. The institute has nine laboratories and five scientific thematic research
groups.
(1.) The Zoological Museum is under Viacheslav G. Mordkovitch, Dr. Bio. S., and
has full "laboratory status." Dr. Mordkovitch graduated from the institute in 1964
and became Head of the museum in 1987. His major interests are in the evaluation
of zoological diversity. The institute is charged with the creation of the zoological
collection of Siberia, and ranks second only to the Zoological Institute of the
Russian Academy in Moscow. The collections hold more than a million cardindexed
specimens.
(2.) The Laboratory of Zoological Monitoring under Dr. Iurii S. Ravkin, D. Bio.
S., is responsible for developing methods of animal monitoring, studying the
distribution of populations of representative zoological groups, and the estimation
of their numbers of their sustainability in their habitats in West Siberia. Population
numbers for various species are computerized and available through the main
computer center of the Siberian Branch in Novosibirsk. Dr, Ravkin received his
degree from the institute in 1960 and has worked at the institute since 1963. He is a
specialist in ecologic zoogeography.
(3.) The Laboratory of Animal Protection and Rational Use of Zoological
Resources under Vasili I. Faleev, C. Bio. S., studies the influence of natural and
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