| Yuri Semenovich Lazurkin | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1916 Russian Empire |
| Died | August 5, 2009 (aged 92-93) |
| Nationality | Russian |
| Known for | founder of DNA physics |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Polymer physics, DNA physics |
| Institutions | Leningrad Physico-Technical Institute I. V. Kurchatov Institute of Atomic Energy Russian Academy of Sciences |
| Doctoral advisor | Anatolii Petrovich Aleksandrov |
| Doctoral students | Edward Trifonov |
Yuri Semenovich Lazurkin (1916–August 5, 2009) was a Russian physicist and a founder of the new discipline of DNA physics.
Scientific career
Lazurkin started his career in a novel field polymer physics. During World War II, he was in the Navy and worked on demagnetizing of ships.
After the war, he returned to polymer physics. One of the phenomenons that his laboratory studied and greatly contributed to its understanding, was DNA melting.
References
- Sources
- Esipova, Natalia; Frank-Kamenetsky, Maksim; Ivanov, Valerii; Sverdlov, Evgenii; Trifonov, Eduard; Vologodskii, Aleksandr; Zasedatelev, Aleksandr (2010). "Yuri Semenovich Lazurkin (1916–2009)". Biophysics. 54 (6): 753–754. doi:10.1134/S0006350909060165. ISSN 0006-3509. S2CID 97317454.
- "Yurii Semenovich Lazurkin: On his 90th birthday". Polymer Science, Series A. 48 (9): 891–892. 2006. doi:10.1134/S0965545X0609001X. ISSN 0965-545X.
External links
- Yuri Semenovich Lazurkin at MPTI Biology