Background
Kessel, Alexander Rakhmielevich was born on November 20, 1935 in Odessa, Ukraine, Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics. Son of Rakhmiel Israelevich and Golda Shoylevna (Meshel) Kessel.
Kessel, Alexander Rakhmielevich was born on November 20, 1935 in Odessa, Ukraine, Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics. Son of Rakhmiel Israelevich and Golda Shoylevna (Meshel) Kessel.
Diploma, University Kazan, Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics, 1958. Doctor of Philosophy, University Kazan, Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics, 1962. Doctor of Science, University Kazan, Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics, 1974.
Junior scientific worker, Physical-Technology Institute, Russian Academy Sciences, Kazan, 1961-1964; scientific worker, Physical-Technology Institute, Russian Academy Sciences, Kazan, 1964-1965; senior scientific worker, Physical-Technology Institute, Russian Academy Sciences, Kazan, 1965-1975; laboratory head, Physical-Technology Institute, Russian Academy Sciences, Kazan, since 1975. Grunt scientific director Russian Fundamental Research Fund, Moscow, Ministry of Science, Moscow.
Member Russian Academy Natural Sciences (academician).
Married NellyIvanovna Poluektova, February 14, 1958 (divorced December 1987). 1 child, Igor; married Yelena Michaylovna Kapelushnik, January 22, 1988.