Mikhail Ivanovich Kuzmin
Mikhail Ivanovich Kuzmin ( Russian Михаил Иванович Кузьмин ; born June 20, 1938 in Moscow ) is a Russian geologist , geochemist and university professor .
Life
Kuzmin's parents were Ivan Ivanovich Kusmin (1905-1942) and Olga Sakharovna nee Gluschonok (1903-1983). Kuzmin studied at the geological faculty of Lomonosov University in Moscow , graduating in 1960. He then worked as a senior laboratory assistant in the Irkutsk Institute of Geochemistry of the Siberian Department (SO) of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR (AN-SSSR), founded in 1957 . In 1961 he became a junior scientist there, in 1969 a senior scientist and in 1977 head of the laboratory for regional geochemistry. He received his doctorate in geological and mineralogical sciences in 1982 .
In 1989, Kuzmin became director of the Irkutsk Institute of Geochemistry, which now bore the name of Alexander Pavlovich Vinogradov . In 1991 he became a corresponding member of the now Russian Academy of Sciences (RAN). In 2002 he took over the chairmanship of the Presidium of the Irkutsk Scientific Center Akademgorodok Irkutsk of SO-RAN. In 2003 he became a real member of the RAN. He retired in 2012.
Kuzmin's main field of work was the geochemistry of igneous rocks , taking into account different geodynamic conditions. He analyzed the development of Siberia . On the basis of his geochemical and mineralogical investigations, he made important contributions to paleoclimatology . He examined the sediments of Lake Baikal and Chöwsgöl Nuurs with regard to the occurrence of heavy elements , water protection and the water resources of the respective regions.
Kuzmin initiated the establishment of the Chair of Geochemistry at the Irkutsk State University and the Chair of Geoecology and Applied Geochemistry at the Irkutsk State Technical Research University (IrGTU), where he is a professor.
Kuzmin is married and has two children, Olga and Pawel.
Honors, prizes
- Anniversary medal "In memory of the 100th birthday of Vladimir Ilyich Lenin" (1970)
- State Prize of the Russian Federation (1997)
- Order of Honor (1999)
- Demidow Prize (2007)
- Order of Merit for the Fatherland IV Class (2007)
- Order of Friendship (2014)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Science First Hand: Mikhail I. Kuzmin (accessed May 29, 2018).
- ↑ a b c Институт геохимии им. А.П. Виноградова: МИХАИЛ ИВАНОВИЧ КУЗЬМИН (accessed May 29, 2018).
- ↑ Институт геохимии им. А.П. Виноградова: History Vinogradov Institute of Geochemistry (accessed May 30, 2018).
- ↑ RAN: Кузьмин Михаил Иванович (accessed May 30, 2018).
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Kuzmin, Mikhail Ivanovich |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Кузьмин, Михаил Иванович (Russian) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Russian geologist, geochemist and university professor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 20, 1938 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Moscow |