Background
Valentin Koptyug was born in 1931 in Yukhnov in the family of Afanasy Koptyug, who was director of the local communication department, and Nadezhda Koptyug, who was a telegrapher.
Valentin Koptyug was born in 1931 in Yukhnov in the family of Afanasy Koptyug, who was director of the local communication department, and Nadezhda Koptyug, who was a telegrapher.
Mendeleev Russian University of Chemistry and Technology.
When young Koptyug was studying in school, his family had to evacuate because of Great Patriotic War. In 1949 he finished school in Samarkand and graduated from Doctorate. Mendeleev University of Chemical Technology of Russia in 1954 in Moscow. He was a chancellor of Novosibirsk State University for two years (1978–1980).
Koptyug made a huge contribution in development of synthetical, physical and applied chemistry.
Also, he founded some large scientific schools in the fields of organic chemistry and chemoinformatics. There is a monument and a street named after Koptyug in Akademgorodok, Novosibirsk.
Also, there are several awards and grants of his name for students and scientists. Valentin Koptyug was buried in Novosibirsk.
Communist Party of the Russian Federation, Communist Party of the Soviet Union.
Academy, of Sciences 1968, member since 1979 (Vice. Of Communist Party of the Soviet Union since 1961, Central Auditing Committee 1981-1986. Of Communist Party of the Soviet Union Central Committee 1986-1989, member since 1989.
Married Irina Michailova in 1953.
