Background
Knirel, Yuriy A. was born on December 16, 1948 in Simferopol, Ukraine. Son of Alexander L. Knirel and Marianna I. Volfson.
Knirel, Yuriy A. was born on December 16, 1948 in Simferopol, Ukraine. Son of Alexander L. Knirel and Marianna I. Volfson.
Master, Chemical Faculty Lomonosov State University, Moscow, 1971. Doctor of Philosophy, Zelinsky Institute Organic Chemistry, Moscow, 1975. Doctor of Science, Zelinsky Institute Organic Chemistry, Moscow, 1991.
Junior scientist Zelinsky Institute Organic Chemistry, Moscow, 1974—1986, senior scientist, 1986—1992, head scientist, 1992—2005, professor and head of laboratory carbohydrate chemistry, since 2005. Member advisory board Advances in Carbohydrate Chemistry and Biochemistry, since 2003.
Member of European Carbohydrate Organization, International Carbohydrate Organization.
Married Stella Ya. Khalfina, October 21, 1948. 1 child Nina Yu.