Background
Lykossov, Vassily Nikolaevich was born on January 14, 1945 in Karpinsk, Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics. Son of Nikolai Andreevich and Vera Stepanovna (Adamenko) Lykossov.
Lykossov, Vassily Nikolaevich was born on January 14, 1945 in Karpinsk, Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics. Son of Nikolai Andreevich and Vera Stepanovna (Adamenko) Lykossov.
Graduate, University Novosibirsk, Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics, 1967. Doctor of Philosophy, Computer Centre, Novosibirsk, 1972. Doctor of Science, Academy of Sciences, Moscow, 1989.
Junior scientist, Computer Center, Novosibirsk, 1967-1972; senior scientist, Compurer Centre, Novosibirsk, 1973-1979; visiting scientist, European Center for Medium Range Weather Forecast, Reading, England, 1980-1981; senior scientist, Department for Numerical Mathematics Moscow, 1982-1991; visiting scientist, Max-Planck-Institute for Meteorology, Hamburg, Germany, 1992-1993; head scientist, Institute for Numerical Mathematics Russian Academy Sciences, Moscow, since 1994; deputy director, Institute for Numerical Mathematics Russian Academy Sciences, Moscow, 1995-1996. Head laboratory West-Siberian Hydrometeorol. Institute, Novosibirsk, 1979-1981.
Member Computer Centre Trade Union Committee, Novosibirsk, 1974-1975, chairman department numerical science, 1990. Member New York Academy of Sciences.
Married Natalia Ivanovna Potozkaya, April 24, 1965. Children: Marina Vasil'evna Lavrenova, Dmitri Vasil'evich.