Mikhail Vladimirovich Volkenshtein (Михаи́л Влади́мирович Волькенште́йн) (October 23, 1912 – February 18, 1992) was a notable Soviet and Russian
biophysicist, Corresponding Member of the
Russian Academy of Sciences, Professor and
Doctor of Sciences. In his publications in English his name is written as M. V. Volkenstein.
Career
He was Head of the Department of the
Institute of Molecular Biology
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of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Professor of the
Moscow State University, member of the Editorial Board of the Journal ''"Molekuliarnaya Biologia"'' of the Russian Academy of Sciences, winner of the State Prize of the former
Soviet Union.
Volkenshtein created the
Leningrad school of polymer science in the early 1950.
Tatiana Birshtein
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Volkenshtein was author of many important scientific articles and monographs in the fields of Quantum Biophysics, Chemistry of Biopolymers, etc. He was one of the authors of the
Quantum-Mechanical
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Model of
Enzyme Catalysis.
Main works
* M.V. Volkenshtein, R.R. Dogonadze, A.K. Madumarov, Z.D. Urushadze and Yu.I. Kharkats, "Theory of Enzyme Catalysis".- ''"Molekuliarnaya Biologia"'', Moscow, 6, 1972, pp. 431-439 (in Russian, English summary)
* M.V. Volkenshtein, R.R. Dogonadze, A.K. Madumarov, Z.D. Urushadze and Yu.I. Kharkats, "Electronic and Conformational Interactions in Enzyme Catalysis".- In: E.L. Andronikashvili (Ed.), ''"Konformatsionnie Izmenenia Biopolimerov v Rastvorakh"'', Publishing House "
Nauka", Moscow, 1973, pp. 153-157 (in Russian, English summary)
* M.V. Volkenshtein, "Molecules and Life: An Introduction to Molecular Biology", Plenum Pub. Corp., 1974
* M.V. Volkenshtein, "Biophysics", Publishing House "Mir", Moscow, 1983 (in English)
Honours and awards
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Order of the Red Banner of Labour
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Order of the Badge of Honour
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Medal "For Valiant Labour in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945"
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Stalin Prize
References
See also
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Biophysics
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Enzyme
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1912 births
1992 deaths
Scientists from Saint Petersburg
Corresponding Members of the Russian Academy of Sciences
Corresponding Members of the USSR Academy of Sciences
Academic staff of the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology
Academic staff of Moscow State University
Recipients of the Stalin Prize
Recipients of the Order of the Red Banner of Labour
Soviet biophysicists
Soviet physical chemists
Soviet physicists
Burials in Troyekurovskoye Cemetery