Background
Platonov, Alexei Nikolaevich was born on September 6, 1937 in Chita, Russia. Son of Nikolai Nikolaevich Platonov and Vera Alexeevna Semyonova.
educator mineralogist researcher
Platonov, Alexei Nikolaevich was born on September 6, 1937 in Chita, Russia. Son of Nikolai Nikolaevich Platonov and Vera Alexeevna Semyonova.
Graduate engineer and geologist, Kiev (Ukraine) State University, 1959. Candidat Science, Academy of Sciences Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics, Moscow, 1968. Doctor of Science in Geology and Mineralogy, Academy of Sciences Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics, Moscow, 1974.
Researcher Institute Geophysical Society, Ukraine Academy Sciences, Kiev, 1961-1965;
senior researcher Institute Geochem. Physical Mineralogy, Ukraine Academy Sciences, Kiev, 1969-1975;
head department Institute Geochemistry, Mineralogy and Ore Formation, Ukraine Academy Sciences, Kiev, since 1975;
vice-director Institute Geochem. Physical Mineralogy, Ukraine Academy science, Kiev, 1978-1981;
professor department geological, Kiev U., since 1988.
Consultant State Gemmological Center, Kiev, since 1992.
Member Ukrainian Mineralogical Society, Russian Mineralogical Society, German Mineralogical Society, Polish Mineralogical Society (honorary).
Married Tatyana Andreevna Rokachuk, April 2, 1961. Children: Ekaterina, Nikolai, Alexei.