Vladimir Konstantinovich Prokofiev

Vladimir Konstantinovich Prokofiev
Nationality Soviet Union
Fields Optics, Spectroscopy
Institutions College of Precise Mechanics and Optics, Institute for Precise Mechanics and Optics
Notable awards USSR State Prize

Vladimir Konstantinovich Prokofiev (Russian: Владимир Константинович Прокофьев, 1898 -- 1993 ) USSR scientist, Doktor nauk, specialist in Optics and Spectroscopy, USSR State Prize winner.

Graduate Mikhailovsky Artillery School (Russian: Михайловское артиллерийское училище) in 1917 and Saint Petersburg State University in 1924. Vladimir Konstantinovich Prokofiev was a student of Russian academician Dmirtiy Rozhdestvenskiy. [1]

From 1919 till 1956 he had been working in State Optics Institute. He occupied position of an assistant up to 1932, when he was granted Researcher position and Head of the Spectroscopy Sector position. In 1935 he became the Head of Spectral Analysis Laboratory.

At the same time Vladimir Prokofiev taught in Saint Petersburg State University (1925-1932), Academy of Artillery (1930-1937) and in LITMO. In LITMO he also occupied positions of the Head of Spectroscopy Department ( 1951--1953 ) and the Head of the Optics and Spectroscopy Department (1953 -- 1956). [2]

Granted Doctor Nauk degree at 1936 and became professor at 1944.

In 1956 moved to Crimea due to health problems. Employed in Crimean Astrophysical Observatory.

Was awarded degree of Honoured master of sciences and engineering in 1958. USSR State Prize winner (1950, 1971). Member of International Academy of Astronautics (1974). Also awarded Order of Lenin, Order of the October Revolution, Order of the Red Star. Four times was awarded Order of the Red Banner of Labour. [3]

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References

  1. ↑ Live and Work of V. K. Prokofiev. Editor -- I. P. Gurov and prof. Yu. L. Kolesnikova. Saint-Petersburg, ITMO University Press, 2008.
  2. ↑ http://museum.ifmo.ru/?out=person&per_id=28 Vladimir Konstantinovich Prokofiev in ITMO Virtual Museum
  3. ↑ http://soi.srv.pu.ru/r_1251/directions/90let/s13_110.html To the Anniversary of great Scientist
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