Plato Kostyuk

Platon Kostjuk in late 2007

Plato Hryhorowytsch Kostjuk ( Ukrainian Платон Григорович Костюк , Russian Платон Григорьевич Костюк / Plato Grigorjewitsch Kostjuk * 20th August 1924 in Kiev , Ukrainian SSR ; † 10. May 2010 in Kiev, Ukraine ) was a Ukrainian- Soviet politicians, neurophysiologist and biophysicists .

Life

Plato Kostyuk was born in Kiev as the son of the Ukrainian psychologist Hryhorij Kostyuk. He graduated from high school in 1941 at the beginning of the German-Soviet War , where he still learned German and English as a native Ukrainian and Russian speaker. He then began studying biology and philology at the University of Stalingrad . With the advance of the Wehrmacht he was evacuated to Siberia, where he studied medicine until 1945 and was drafted into the military medical service for half a year. To study at the National Taras Shevchenko University in Kiev, Kostjuk was demobilized and studied there until 1946 at the Faculty of Biology. He then worked at the O. O. Bohomolez Medical Institute in Kiev until 1949 , where he graduated as a candidate in biological science.

In 1956 he became head of the Institute of Animal Physiology at Kiev University. In 1957 he received his doctorate in biological sciences and in 1960 he was awarded the academic title of professor . From 1958 he headed the Department of General Physiology of the Nervous System of the Institute of Physiology O. O. Bohomolez of the Academy of Sciences of the Ukrainian SSR and in 1966 he became director of the institute. From 1992 he was director of the International Center for Molecular Physiology of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine .

From 1975 he was a member of the Verkhovna Rada of the Ukrainian SSR and, between 1985 and 1990, succeeded Kostjantyn Sytnyk as its parliamentary president . From 1999 to 2004 he was a member of the Presidium of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine.

Kostjuk was the author of more than 700 scientific publications, including 13 books and 3 textbooks. He died in Kiev at the age of 86 and was buried in the Baikowe cemetery .

Academy memberships

In addition to being a member of the Ukrainian Academy of Sciences, Kostjuk was a member of the following academies:

• National Academy of Medical Sciences of Ukraine (since March 25, 1994)
• New York Academy of Sciences (since 1994)
• Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic (since 1990)
• Hungarian Academy of Sciences (since 1990)
• European Academy Academia Europaea (since 1989)
• Russian Academy of Sciences (since 1974)
• German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina , Section Biochemistry and Biophysics (since 1966)

Honors

Platon Kostjuk received numerous honors. Including:

• October 15, 2009 he was awarded the title "Honorary Doctor of the National Taras Shevchenko University of Kiev awarded
• May 16, 2007 he was awarded the title Hero of Ukraine awarded
• November 26, 2003 he received the honorary title of Meritor of Science of Ukraine
• December 2000 Polish Order of Saint Stanislaus, third class
• November 26th, 1998 he was awarded the Order of Prince Yaroslav the Wise, 5th class
• August 19, 1993 Order of Merit of Ukraine 3rd class
• Twice the State Prize of Ukraine in Science and Technology (December 19, 1992 and December 23, 2003)
• August 17, 1984 he was named Hero of Socialist Labor appointed
• Twice the Order of Lenin (1981 and August 17, 1984)
• 1983 State Prize of the USSR
• Twice the Order of the Red Banner of Labor (1967 and 1974)

Web links

• Entry on Platon Kostjuk in the Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1979), English
• Entry on Platon Kostjuk in the Lexicon of Neuroscience on Spektrum.de (German)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Biography of Platon Kostjuk on the Taras Shevchenko University website; accessed on November 23, 2016 (Ukrainian)
2. ↑ ^{a b} Biography of Platon Kostjuk on the Baikowe Cemetery website; accessed on November 23, 2016 (Russian)
3. ↑ ^{a b} Biography of Platon Kostyuk on the website of the National Academy of Medical Sciences of Ukraine ; accessed on November 23, 2016 (Ukrainian)
4. ↑ ^{a b c d e f g h i j k} Platon Kostjuk on "Heroes of Ukraine" ( Memento of the original from August 28, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. ; accessed on November 23, 2016 (Ukrainian) 
5. ↑ He grasped the essence of life - on Neuron on kp.ua of May 12, 2010; accessed on November 23, 2016 (Russian)
6. ↑ Member entry by Prof. Dr. Platon G. Kostjuk at the German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina , accessed on November 22, 2016.
7. ^ Festive meeting of the Academic Council on October 19, 2009 on the Taras Shevchenko University website; accessed on November 23, 2016 (Ukrainian)