Vyacheslav O. VakhnenkoisChiefScientistattheSubbotinInstituteofGeophysics, NAS Ukraine. HegraduatedMoscowPhysicalTechnicalInstitute (1977), receivedhisPh.DfromtheInstituteofChemicalPhysics, Moscow (1984), andD.Sc. fromOdessaStateUniversity (1995).
HonoursandAwards: Project Manager, STCU Project 1747, 2000-3; PrincipalInvestigator, InternationalScienceFoundation, Grants UAE000, UAE200, 1994-6: SovietUnionYouthScientistsPrizeWinner 1985; KyivcityYouthPrizeWinnerintheScienceandTechniquefield 1985.
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