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Pachepsky, Yakov was born on October 29, 1948 in Dniepropetrovsk, Ukraine. Son of Aron and Rakhil (Cherfus) Pachepsky. arrived in the United States, 1992.
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Yakov Pachepsky
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Yakov Pachepsky, Russian Soil scientist, researcher. Achievements include development of models to predict and to control soil salinization and alkalinization, to simulate productivity of crops under global climate change, and to estimate water and solute transport using fractal theory and artificial intelligence. Member Agronomy Society American, American Geophysical Union, International Society Soil Science.
Education
Master of Science in mechanics, Moscow State University, 1969; Doctor of Philosophy in Physics and Mathematics, Moscow State University, 1973; Doctor of Science in Biology, Moscow State University, 1987.
Career
Minor research scienitst, Institute Soil Science and Photosynthesis, Pushchino, Russia, 1972-1975; senior research scientist, Institute Soil Science and Photosynthesis, Pushchino, Russia, 1975-1985; leading research scientist, Institute Soil Science and Photosynthesis, Pushchino, Russia, 1985-1988; head laboratory, Institute Soil Science and Photosynthesis, Pushchino, Russia, 1988-1994; professor soil science, Moscow State University, 1989-1992; visiting scientist, U. Maryland., College Park, 1992-1994; senior research scholar, Duke U., Durham, North Carolina, since 1994. Vice chairman Council on Soil Science of Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics Academy Sciences, Moscow, 1988-1991. Chairman of the executive committee Vernadsky Center Biosphere Studies, Pushchino, 1989-1991.
Achievements
Membership
Member Agronomy Society American, American Geophysical Union, International Society Soil Science.
Connections
Married Ludmila Islamova, June 8, 1968. Children: Anna, Elizaveta.
