Igor Ivanovich Gontchar

Background

Gontchar, Igor Ivanovich was born on February 23, 1954 in Omsk, Siberia, Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics. Son of Ivan M. and Tatyana A. (Pavlova) Gontchar.

Education

Diploma in physics, Omsk State University, 1979. Candidate in Physical and Mathematics Science, Tomsk (Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics) Polytechnic Institute, 1984. Doctor Physical and Mathematics Science, Joint Institute Nuclear Research, Dubna, Russia, 1995.

Career

Assistant professor, Omsk State University, 1979-1981; assistant professor, Omsk State Railway Engineering Institute, 1984-1990; research fellow, Omsk State Rlwy. Engineering Institute, 1991-1993; senior lecturer, Omsk State Rlwy. Engineering Institute, 1993-1994; professor physics, Omsk State Rlwy.

Academy, since 1994. Invited scholar Hahn-Meitner Institute, Berlin, 1991, 92, 93, Argonne (Illinois) National Laboratory, 1995.

Achievements

• Igor Ivanovich Gontchar has been listed as a noteworthy Physics educator, nuclear physics researcher by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Sergeant Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics Parachute Troops, 1972-1974. Member American Physical Society, New York Academy of Sciences.

Interests

• Avocations: hiking, cross-country skiing, traveling.

Connections

Married Olga A. Tikhomirova, May 24, 1979 (divorced October 1996). Children: Ivan, Gregory.

Father:

Ivan M. Gontchar

Mother:

Tatyana A. (Pavlova) Gontchar

Spouse:

Olga A. Tikhomirova

child:

Ivan Gontchar

child:

Gregory Gontchar