Background

Prokof'eva, Valentina Vladimirovna was born on April 21, 1929 in Leningrad, Russia. Daughter of Vladimir Konstantinovich Prokofiev and Lidia Eduardovna Michailovskaja.

Education

Graduate, Leningrad State University, 1953; Doctor of Philosophy in Physics and Mathematics, Leningrad State University, 1963; D Physics and Mathematics, Leningrad State University, 1983.

Career

Candidate, Crimean (Ukraine) Astrophysical Observatory, 1953-1956; science researcher, Crimean (Ukraine) Astrophysical Observatory, 1956-1983; leading science researcher, Crimean (Ukraine) Astrophysical Observatory, since 1983.

Achievements

• Valentina Vladimirovna Prokof"eva has been listed as a noteworthy Astrophysicist, researcher by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member International Astronomical Union, European Astronomical Society.

Interests

• Avocation: history.

Connections

1 child, Ksenia.

Father:

Vladimir Konstantinovich Prokofiev

Mother:

Lidia Eduardovna Michailovskaja

child:

Ksenia Prokof'eva