Background
Efimov, Vitaly was born on December 10, 1938 in St. Petersburg, Russia. Son of Nicholas and Nina (Lifshits) Efimov. came to the United States, 1989.
Efimov, Vitaly was born on December 10, 1938 in St. Petersburg, Russia. Son of Nicholas and Nina (Lifshits) Efimov. came to the United States, 1989.
Bachelor of Science in Radio Engineering with honors, Leningrad Elec. Engineering Institute, 1962;
Doctor of Philosophy in Theoretical Physics, Ioffe Physico-Technology Institute, Leningrad, 1966;
D Theoretical Physics, Leningrad Nuclear Physics Institute, 1976.
Junior scientist, Ioffe Physico-Technology Institute, 1962-1971;
senior scientist, Leningrad Nuclear Physics Institute, 1971-1989;
visiting professor, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, 1989-1990;
senior research fellow, California Institute Technology, Pasadena, 1990;
lecturer physics, affiliate professor, U. Washington, Seattle, since 1990;
lecturer physics, Seattle U., since 1994. Lecturer Society for Dissemination Science Knowledge, St. Petersburg, 1977-1984. Member county Science Council on Nuclear Physics, Academy Science, Moscow, 1981-1989.
Member American Physical Society.
Avocations: music, reading.
Married Betsy Rappoport, January 22, 1966(divorced July 1975). 1 child, Inna; married Albina Kuznetsova, November 18, 1983. 1 child, Vladislav.