Nora Shvinka

Background

Shvinka, Nora was born on May 9, 1936 in Riga, Latvia. Daughter of Evalds and Anna Lilia (Jansons) Shvinka.

Education

Master of Science in Physiology, State University Leningrad, Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics, 1959. Doctor of Philosophy in Biophysics, Institute Cytology, Leningrad, 1976. Doctor Physiology, Institute Experimental and Clinical Medicine, Riga, 1995.

Career

Research training, Institute Cytology, Leningrad, 1964-1967; junior researcher, Institute Cytology, 1967-1986; researcher, Institute Cytology, 1986-1995; professor, principal investigator, Institute Experimental & Clinical Medicine, since 1995. Principal investigator Economical Interrelations Council, Berlin, 1975-1989. Lecturer in Biophysics, State University Leningrad, 1981-1985.

Lecturer in Physiology, U. Riga, since 1992.

Achievements

• Nora Shvinka has been listed as a noteworthy Biophysicist, researcher by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Trainer in mountain climbing, 9 Alpine camps Caucasus, Tien Shan, 1959-1968, 32 peaks including Marble Wall, 20.996 feet. Fellow National Scientists Club (St. Petersburg), National Society for Physiology (Riga).

Interests

• Avocations: mountain climbing, classical music, travel, Greek painting.

Connections

Married Erik B. Petrov, February 28, 1961 (divorced December 23, 1974). 1 child, Valts Neils.

Father:

Evalds Shvinka

Mother:

Anna Lilia (Jansons) Shvinka

Spouse:

Erik B. Petrov

child:

Valts Neils Shvinka