Background
Kolotyrkin, Yakov Mikhailovich was born on November 14, 1910 in Zanino, Smolensk, Russia. Son of Mikhail Matveyevich and Yelena Sysoyevna (Bogdanova) Kolotyrkin.
Kolotyrkin, Yakov Mikhailovich was born on November 14, 1910 in Zanino, Smolensk, Russia. Son of Mikhail Matveyevich and Yelena Sysoyevna (Bogdanova) Kolotyrkin.
Candidate Science (Chemistry), Karpow Institute, Moscow, 1942; Doctor of Science (Chemistry), Karpow Institute, 1954; Doctor of Science (honorary), Ectvas U., Budapest, 1985.
Junior research worker, Karpov Institute Physical Chemistry, Moscow, 1938-1942; senior research worker, Karpov Institute Physical Chemistry, Moscow, 1942-1948; director, Karpov Institute Physical Chemistry, Moscow, 1948-1951; deputy director research, Karpov Institute Physical Chemistry, Moscow, 1951-1953; senior research worker, Karpov Institute Physical Chemistry, Moscow, 1953-1956; head laboratory, Karpov Institute Physical Chemistry, Moscow, 1956-1990; director institute, Karpov Institute Physical Chemistry, Moscow, 1957-1989; honorary director, Karpov Institute Physical Chemistry, Moscow, since 1989. Head of chair Moscow Institute Chemical Engineering, 1974-1978. Member State Committee for Science and Technology.
Member Moscow City Soviet, 1971-1987. Member International Society Electrochemistry, Union of Corrosion Engineers Japan, Electrochemical Society United States of America, Union of Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics Scientists and Engineering Associations (president of the board), Russian Academy Science, Academy Science Belgrade (corresp.), Saxony Academy Science (honorary foreign).
Married GalinaKonstantinovna Goun, September 18, 1947. Children: Tatyana, Ivan, Irina, Peter.