Dr. Vitaly K Koltover
Title: Mathematical theory of reliability and biological robustness: A little bit of history and the state of art
Biography
Vitaly K. Koltover, SciD (Biophysics),
PhD (Chemical Physics) works in Institute of Problems of Chemical Physics, the
premier organization of Russian Academy of Sciences, at the present time as the
chief researcher (principal investigator). He has published more than 250
scientific publications including books and papers in the reputed journals. Plenary
and oral presentations on the meetings in Austria, Canada, China, France,
Greece, Italy, Israel, Japan, Ukraine, United States, and Russia. As invited
scientist, he has worked in Austria (Institute of Pharmacology and Toxicology,
Vienna), India (Institute of Technology, Chennai, and Bhabha Atomic Center,
Mumbai); Germany (Max-Planck Institute for Demographic Research in Rostock, and
Albert-Ludwig University in Freiburg), USA (National Lawrence Berkeley
Laboratory, University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, Northwestern University
in Evanston). Memberships in professional societies including Committee on
Reliability of Biological Systems at the Scientific Council on the
Problems of Biophysics, USSR Academy of Sciences, vice-chairman (1978-1992);
Russian Biophysical Society, Russian Gerontology Society, International Society for Redox Biology and Medicine
(SfRBM).
Research Interest
reliability (robustness) of biological systems,
aging, magnetic isotopes and nuclear spin catalysis, free radicals and
antioxidants, chemical bionics
