Background
Soms, Leonid was born on September 16, 1944 in Gomel, Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics. Son of Nikolay and Olga (Martsofey) Soms.
Soms, Leonid was born on September 16, 1944 in Gomel, Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics. Son of Nikolay and Olga (Martsofey) Soms.
Graduate in engineering, Leningrad (Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics) Polytechnic Institute, 1967. Doctor of Philosophy in Physics, Vavilov State Optical Institute, Leningrad, 1980.
Junior science researcher, Vavilov State Optical Institute, St. Petersburg, Russia, 1967-1969; department head laboratory, Vavilov State Optical Institute, St. Petersburg, Russia, 1969-1973; senior scientist, Vavilov State Optical Institute, St. Petersburg, Russia, 1973-1987; head laboratory, Vavilov State Optical Institute, St. Petersburg, Russia, since 1981. Expert United Nations Industrial Development Organisation, Vienna, Austria, 1991.
Member Rozhdestvenskiy Optical Society.
Married Svetlana Roudneva, May 10, 1975. Children: Ivan, Nikolay, Serguey.