Alexander Vasilievitch Shirochkov

Background

Shirochkov, Alexander Vasilievitch was born on November 10, 1934 in Kemlja, Russia. Son of Vasily Sergeevitch and Anna Ivanovna (Dakina) Shirochkov.

Education

Bachelor of Engineering in Electronics, Nautical College, Leningrad, Russia, 1958. Doctor of Philosophy in Geophysics, Arctic and Antarctic Research Institute, Leningrad, Russia, 1973.

Career

Junior research scientist, Arctic and Antarctic Research Institute, Leningrad, Russia, 1959-1973; senior research scientist, Arctic and Antarctic Research Institute, Leningrad, Russia, 1974-1977; head ionospheric laboratory, Arctic and Antarctic Research Institute, St. Petersburg, Russia, since 1977. Station leader Russian Antarctic Expedition, Vostok Station, Antarctica, 1965. Soviet exchange scientist United States of America Antarctic Expedition Byrd Station, Antarctica, 1971.

Achievements

• Alexander Vasilievitch Shirochkov has been listed as a noteworthy Physicist, researcher by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member New York Academy of Sciences.

Interests

• Avocations: gardening, classic jazz music collector.

Connections

Married Lidia Alexandrovna Mironova Shirochkova, August 20, 1958. Children: Ekaterina, Elizaveta.

Father:

Vasily Sergeevitch Shirochkov

Mother:

Anna Ivanovna (Dakina) Shirochkov

Spouse:

Lidia Alexandrovna Mironova Shirochkova

child:

Elizaveta Shirochkov

child:

Ekaterina Shirochkov