Background
Medvedev, Vitaliy Volodymyrovych was born on December 7, 1939 in Kharkiv, Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics. Son of Vladimir Konstantivich and Leokadia Nikolaevna (Jushkiewich) Medvedev.
educator researcher soil scientist
Medvedev, Vitaliy Volodymyrovych was born on December 7, 1939 in Kharkiv, Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics. Son of Vladimir Konstantivich and Leokadia Nikolaevna (Jushkiewich) Medvedev.
Doctor of Agriculture, ISSAR, Kharkov, Ukraine, 1969. Doctor of Biology, Moscow State University, 1982.
Head department soils physics and monitoring, ISSAR, Kharkov, Ukraine, 1973-1982; deputy director, ISSAR, Kharkov, Ukraine, 1982-1996; director, ISSAR, Kharkov, Ukraine, since 1996. Visiting professor Kharkov State University, since 1995. Vice chairman commission soil physics International Soil Science Society, since 1994.
Member Ukrainian Academy Agrarian Sciences, Ukrainian Academy Environmental Protection, International Soil Tillage Research Organization (president Ukrainian branch since 1993), European Society Soil Conservation (president Ukrainian branch since 1992), Romanian Soil Scientists Society (honorary), East-West Commission Netherlands.
Married Luiza Semenovna Makeeva, June 10, 1966. 1 child, Olga.