Background
Urpin, Vadim Alexeevich was born on August 6, 1948 in Leningrad, Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics. Son of Alexej Yakovlevich and Vera Ivanovna Urpin.
Urpin, Vadim Alexeevich was born on August 6, 1948 in Leningrad, Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics. Son of Alexej Yakovlevich and Vera Ivanovna Urpin.
Master of Science, Polytechnic Institute, Leningrad, 1973; Doctor of Philosophy, Armed Forces Ioff Institute, Leningrad, 1979.
Researcher, Armed Forces Ioffe Institute, Leningrad, 1973-1986; senior researcher, Armed Forces Ioffe Institute, Leningrad, since 1986; research officer, U. Newcastle, United Kingdom, since 1996. Visiting professor Max-Planck-Institut fur Astrophysik, Garching, Germany, 1992, 95, Tata Institute, Bombay, 1993, Astrophysikalisches Institute, Potsdam, Germany, 1997.
Married Irina Valerievna Boychenko, April 10, 1992.