Background
Smirnov, Valeri Veniaminovich was born on March 7, 1937 in Taganrog, Russia. Son of Veniamin Oleksandrovich and Valentyna Georgiyivna (Pakhota) Smirnov.
Smirnov, Valeri Veniaminovich was born on March 7, 1937 in Taganrog, Russia. Son of Veniamin Oleksandrovich and Valentyna Georgiyivna (Pakhota) Smirnov.
Graduate, Dnipropetrivsk Medical Institute, Ukraine, 1961. Doctor of Philosophy, Dnipropetrivsk Medical Institute, Ukraine, 1966. Doctor of Science, Lviv (Ukraine) Medical Institute, 1977.
Deputy director Dnipropetrivsk Bacteriology Preparation Plant, 1962-1974, Lviv Institute Epidemiology and Microbiology, 1974-1977. Director Institute Microbiology and Virology, Kyiv, Ukraine, since 1977. Head chair Taras Shevchenko Kyiv State University, since 1988.
Member board Ministry of Science Ukraine, Kyiv, 1996. Member Council of Scientific, Kyiv, 1995.
Member National Academy of Sciences Ukraine (academician on microbiology 1985).
Married Valentyna Arkhypivna Demidas, March 5, 1965. 1 child, Smirnova Olena Valeriyivna.