Norair Martirossowitsch Sissakjan

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Norair Marti Rosso Petrovich Sissakjan ( Armenian Նորայր Մարտիրոսի Սիսակյան , Russian Норайр Мартиросович Сисакян ; born January 12 . Jul / 25. January  1907 . Greg in Ashtarak ; † 12. March 1966 in Moscow ) was an Armenian - Soviet biochemist , astrobiologist and university teachers .

Life

Sissakjan studied at the Moscow Timirjasew Academy of Agriculture with a degree in 1932. From 1935 he worked in the Institute of Biochemistry of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR (AN-SSSR) (today AN Bach Institute for Biochemistry). In 1940 he received his doctorate in biological sciences . In addition to his research work at the Institute of Biochemistry, he taught as a professor at Moscow University (MGU) . He became known for his description of the chloroplasts as polyfunctional cell structures. He made a significant contribution to the Soviet space program . His research was one of the cornerstones of astrobiology .

Ambarzumjan , Alichanow , Iossifjan , Saltykov , Kotscharjanz , Mikoyan , Sissakjan, Knunjanz and Jenikolopow on an Armenian stamp (2000)

From 1959 to 1963 Sissakjan was Academy Secretary of the Department of Biological Sciences of the AN-SSSR. In 1960 he became a member of the AN-SSSR and a member of the Presidium of the AN-SSSR. In 1963 he became chief science secretary of the executive committee of the AN-SSSR. In 1965 he became a member of the Academy of Sciences of the Armenian SSR .

In 1965, Sissakjan became Vice President of the International Academy of Astronautics . He was chairman of the Committee on Bioastronautics of the International Astronautics Federation . He participated in the Pugwash movement . In 1964 he was unanimously elected President of the 21st session of the UNESCO General Conference .

The physicist Alexei Norairowitsch Sissakjan was Sissakjan's son. The lunar crater Sisakyan was named after Sissakjan. A museum is dedicated to him in his hometown Ashtarak. In 2007, his birthday was included in the List of Notable Dates of UNESCO .

Honors

Web links

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Article Sissakjan Norair Martirossowitsch in the Great Soviet Encyclopedia (BSE) , 3rd edition 1969–1978 (Russian)http: //vorlage_gse.test/1%3D037448~2a%3DSissakjan%20Norair%20Martirossowitsch~2b%3DSissakjan%20Norair%20Martirossowitsch
  2. ↑ Норайр Сисакян Norair Sisakyan (accessed October 4, 2016).
  3. ↑ a b By decision of the 33rd session of the UNESCO General Conference, the centenary of Academician N. Sissakian is included in the list of celebration of anniversaries associated with UNESCO in 2006-2007 ( Memento of October 2, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) ( accessed on October 4, 2016).
personal data
SURNAME Sissakjan, Norair Martirossowitsch
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Сисакян, Норайр Мартиросович (Russian); Սիսակյան Նորայր Մարտիրոսի (Armenian)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Armenian-Russian biochemist, astrobiologist and university lecturer
DATE OF BIRTH January 25, 1907
PLACE OF BIRTH Ashtarak
DATE OF DEATH March 12, 1966
Place of death Moscow