Background
Agol, Vadim Izrailevich was born on March 12, 1929 in Moscow. Son of Israel J. and Mary I. (Syrkina) Agol.
Agol, Vadim Izrailevich was born on March 12, 1929 in Moscow. Son of Israel J. and Mary I. (Syrkina) Agol.
Doctor of Medicine, 1st Moscow (Russia) Medical Institute, 1951. Candidate of biological science, 1st Moscow (Russia) Medical Institute, 1954. Doctor of Biological Science, Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics Academy Medical Science, Moscow, 1967.
Senior technician, assistant, Karaganda (Kazakhstan, Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics) Medical Institute, 1951-1956; junior, senior researcher, Institute Poliomyelitis & Viral Encephalitides, Academy Medical Science, Moscow, 1956-1961; head biochemistry laboratory, Institute Poliomyelitis & Viral Encephalitides, Academy Medical Science, Moscow, since 1961; dozent, professor department virology, Moscow (Russia) State University, since 1963; head department virus/cell interaction, Institute Physical-Chemical Biology, Moscow (Russia) State University, since 1965; Soros professor, Institute Physical-Chemical Biology, Moscow (Russia) State University, since 1994. Member steering committee World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland, 1991-1995. Speaker in field.
Member of Bulgarian Academy of Sciences (foreign member), Ribonucleic acid Society, American Society for Microbiology, Russian Society for Microgiology and Epidemiology, Russian Bio-chemical Society, Russian Academy Medical Sciences (correspondent Member of Parliament Chumakov award 2004), Russian Academy of Sciences (correspondent).
Married Svetlana V. Tolova, June 19, 1947 (divorced December 1982). 1 child, Olga.