Background
Agafonov, Alexander Victorovich was born on December 14, 1949 in Sverdlovsk, Russia. Son of Victor Mikhailovich Agafonov and Margarita Arcad'evna Agafonova.
Agafonov, Alexander Victorovich was born on December 14, 1949 in Sverdlovsk, Russia. Son of Victor Mikhailovich Agafonov and Margarita Arcad'evna Agafonova.
Master, Novosibirsk State University, Russia, 1976. Doctor of Philosophy, Central Siberian Botanical Garden, Novosibirsk, Russia, 1996.
Teacher High School, Troitskoe, Altai Region, Russia, 1976—1977. Senior researcher Central Siberian Botanical Garden, Novosibirsk, Russia, since 1977. Petty officer Soviet Navy, 1969-1972.
Member of International Triticeae Consortium (1991 1991—2002, grant 1991—2002), Russian Botanical Society, Vavilov's Russian Society of Geneticists and Breeders.
Married Marina Vladislavovna Ilyushko, March 19, 1972. Married Olga Victorovna Dorogona, May 5, 1951 (divorced May 30, 1996). Children: Margarita Alexandrovna Agafonova, Marina Alexandrovna Agafonova.