He was born on March 20, 1912. Worked in the IGIC since 1946, first as postgraduate student, and then, after his Ph.D. defense in 1949, as senior researcher. In 1956, defended his doctoral dissertation. From June 1958 he was head of the laboratory of chemistry and technology of titanium, then the department of physico-chemistry and thermodynamics of molten salts. He is a well-known specialist in the field of physical chemistry, electrochemistry and thermodynamics of ionic melts.