Background
Afanasyev, Valentin Petrovich was born on May 18, 1945 in Shiriaevka, Far East, Russia. Son of Peter Fedorovich Afanasyev and Antonina Kirillovna Afanasyeva.
Afanasyev, Valentin Petrovich was born on May 18, 1945 in Shiriaevka, Far East, Russia. Son of Peter Fedorovich Afanasyev and Antonina Kirillovna Afanasyeva.
Degree in geology, Lvov University, Ukraine, 1971.
Research worker, head, laboratory Diamond laboratory, Mirny city, Russia, 1971—1987. Senior researcher Institute Geology & Mineralogy, Novosibirsk, Russia, since 1987. Lecturer Novosibirsk University, Russia, since 1988.
Member of Russian Academy Natural Sciences.
Married Nataly Ivanovna Pavlenko, March 6, 1971. 1 child Vsevolod Valentinovich.