Oleg Petrovich Zhirnov, virologist, researcher. Certified professor Ministry Education, 1992; Achievements include patents for antiviral drugs; invention of influenza virus pathogenicity. Fellow, European Molecular Biology Organization, 1994; grantee, German Foundation Research, 1997, 2001, Russian Foundation Basic Research, 1998, 2002, 2005, 2007. Member of Russian Academy National Sciences.
Background
Zhirnov, Oleg Petrovich Son of Peter Trofimovich Zhirnov and Nadezhda Vasilievna Zhirnova.
Education
Doctor of Medicine, 1'st Moscow Medical Institute, Russia, 1974.
Career
Head, laboratory D.I.Ivanovsky Institute Virology, Moscow, since 1975.
Fellow, European Molecular Biology Organization, 1994. Grantee, German Foundation Research, 1997, 2001, Russian Foundation Basic Research, 1998, 2002, 2005, 2007.
Fellow, European Molecular Biology Organization, 1994. Grantee, German Foundation Research, 1997, 2001, Russian Foundation Basic Research, 1998, 2002, 2005, 2007.