Background
Vaks, Valentin Grigor'Evich was born on May 23, 1932 in Irkutsk, Russia. Son of Grigory Isaacovich and Alexandra (Vasil'evna) Vaks.
educator physicist Theoretician
Vaks, Valentin Grigor'Evich was born on May 23, 1932 in Irkutsk, Russia. Son of Grigory Isaacovich and Alexandra (Vasil'evna) Vaks.
Graduate in Physics, Engineer-Physical Institute, Moscow, 1956. Candidate of Physics, Institute Theoretical and Experimental Physics, Moscow, 1962. Doctor of Physics, Armed Forces Ioffe Physico-Technology Institute, Leningrad, Russia, 1968.
Junior researcher, Kurchatov Institute Atomic Energy, Moscow, 1956-1964; senior researcher, Kurchatov Institute Atomic Energy, Moscow, 1964-1989; leading researcher, Kurchatov Institute Atomic Energy, Moscow, 1989-1992; principal researcher, Kurchatov Institute Atomic Energy, Moscow, since 1992.
Chairman Ecological Council Kurchatov Institute, Moscow, 1991-1994. Member Moscow House of Scientists.
Married Iraida Ivanovna Pekova, February 21, 1960. 1 child, Tat'yana Valentinovna Vaks Zabolotskaya.