Mikhail Ivanovich Petaev

Background

Petaev, Mikhail Ivanovich was born on May 7, 1957 in Kasimov, Russia. Son of Ivan M. and Zinaida V. (Ivanova) Petaev. came to the United States, 1991.

Education

Master of Science, Moscow State University, 1979; Doctor of Philosophy, Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics Academy Sciences, 1985.

Career

Staff scientist Laboratory of Thermodynamics of Natural Processes, Vernadsky Institute, Moscow, 1982-1984; head meteorite research group Laboratory Comparative Planetology, Vernadsky Institute, Moscow, 1984-1991; research associate Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, since 1992. Director Precious Stones and Meteorites from the Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics Exhibition, Prague, Czechoslovakia, 1987-1988. Curator National Meteorite Collection of Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics Academy.Scis., Moscow, 1988-1992.

Achievements

• Mikhail Ivanovich Petaev has been listed as a noteworthy Geologist, researcher by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member The Meteoritical Society, American Geophysical Union.

Interests

• Avocations: fishing, outdoor activity, reading, political analysis.

Connections

Married Vera N. Glodina, March 6, 1982. 1 child, Ivan.

Father:

Ivan M. Petaev

Mother:

Zinaida V. (Ivanova) Petaev

Spouse:

Vera N. Glodina

child:

Ivan Petaev