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biophysicist physicist

Yuri David Dekhtyar, Latvian physicist, biophysicist. Achievements include invention of method to record and read information, 1986. Grantee International Science Foundation, 1994, European Commission, Belgium, 1994, 98, 99; recipient Latvian State prize Government Latvia, 1989. Member New York Academy of Sciences, Material Research Society, Latvian Medical Engineering and Physics Society (president since 1995).

Background

Dekhtyar, Yuri David was born on June 19, 1947 in Riga, Latvia. Son of David Yudle and Basya Mendel (Skop) Dekhtyar.

Education

Engineer, Riga Polytechnic Institute, 1971. Doctor of Philosophy, Ural Polytechnic Institute, Sverdlovsk, Russia, 1982. Doctor of Science, University Latvia, Riga, 1992.

Career

Designer, Automation Design Bureau, Riga, 1971-1973; from researcher, group manager to associate professor, Riga Polytechnic Institute, 1976-1993; professor, Riga Technology U. (formerly Riga Polytechnic Institute), since 1993; head institute, Riga Technology U. (formerly Riga Polytechnic Institute), since 1994. Member Medical Physics/Engineering European Network, since 1995.

Achievements

  • Yuri David Dekhtyar has been listed as a noteworthy physicist, biophysicist by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member New York Academy of Sciences, Material Research Society, Latvian Medical Engineering and Physics Society (president since 1995).

Connections

Married Galina Boris Shnirman, August 12, 1978. Children: Eugenie, Darina.

Father:
David Yudle Dekhtyar

Mother:
Basya Mendel (Skop) Dekhtyar

Spouse:
Galina Boris Shnirman

child:
Eugenie Dekhtyar

child:
Darina Dekhtyar