Background
Sorokin, Igor Victorovich was born on September 12, 1961 in Primorsk, Zaporozhskaya Region, Ukraine. Son of Victor Romanovich Sorokin and Galina Vladimirovna Sorokina.
Sorokin, Igor Victorovich was born on September 12, 1961 in Primorsk, Zaporozhskaya Region, Ukraine. Son of Victor Romanovich Sorokin and Galina Vladimirovna Sorokina.
Master of Science, Kharkov State University, Physics Department, Ukraine, 1983. Doctor of Philosophy, Moscow Power Engineering Institute, Department Radiophysics, 1991. Doctor of Science, Rocket and Space Corporation Energia, Moscow, 2004.
Engineer Science Production Association Energia, Korolev, 1983—1984, senior engineer, 1984—1992. Senior researcher S.P.Korolev Rocket and Space Corporation Energia, 1992—1995, department head, 1995—1996, deputy head division, 1996—2001, division head, 2001—2007, deputy head, space stations utilization center, since 2007. Payloads integration manager, shuttle-Mir-National Aeronautics and Space Administration & Mir programs Russian Space Agency, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Moscow, 1994—1997.
Technical manager, Japanese Science Projects, Russian Segment International Space Station Federal Space Agency, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, Tsukuba, since 1998. Invited professor N. Bauman Moscow State Technology University, since 2006. Member Human Space Endeavours Committee International Astronautical Federation, Paris, since 2007.
Vice chair, Human Space Endeavours Committee International Astronautical Federation, Paris, since 2009. Representative Russian Federal Space Agy, International Space Station Program Science Forum, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Roscosmos, since 2009.
Member of American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics.
Married Marina Alexandrovna Sorokina, June 15, 1984. 1 child Galina Igorevna Sorokina.