Background
Zhivotovsky, Boris was born on June 25, 1947 in Baku, Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics. Son of David and Ela Zhivotovsky.
Zhivotovsky, Boris was born on June 25, 1947 in Baku, Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics. Son of David and Ela Zhivotovsky.
Chemist-pharmacist, Chemical-Pharmaceutical Institute, Leningrad, Soviet Union, 1971. Doctor of Philosophy in Radiobiology, Center Research Institute Roentgenology and Radiology, Leningrad, 1974. Doctor of Science in Radiobiology and Bochemistry, Center Research Institute Roentgenology and Radiology, Leningrad, 1989.
Research fellow Central Research Institute Roentgenology and Radiology, Leningrad, 1975—1977, senior research fellow, 1978—1987, associate professor, 1988—1992. Research fellow Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, 1994—1997, associate professor, 1997—2002, professor, chairman division toxicology, since 2002. Head department Center Research Institute Roentgenology and Radiology, 1987—1992.
Visiting investigator F. Joliot-Curie National Research Institute for Radiobiology and Radiohygiene, Budapest, 1985—1988. Visiting scientist Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, 1991—1994.
Fellow: International Cell Death Organization, European Cell Death Organization (general secretary 1999—2001). Member: European Study Group for Cell Proliferation.
Married Tatiana Goriatcheva. Children: Olga, Sergey Goriatchev.