Prof. Vladimir Voeikov
Honorary Professor
Vladimir Voeikov is the follower and the successor of the ideas and experimental works of such scientists as Ervin Bauer, Alexander Gurvich, Albert Szent-Györgyi, Simon Shnol, Emilio Del Giudice. He permanently collaborates with Prof. G. Pollack (University of Washington, Seattle, USA), one of the leaders in the emerging field of “Water Science”.
Key scientific interests of Vladimir Voeikov: physical-chemical foundations of biological activity, free-radical and oscillatory processes in water and their role in bioenergetics.
Vladimir Voeikov is an Honored Worker of Higher Education of the Russian Federation, a member of the Research Council of the International Institute of Biophysics in Neuss (Germany), a member of SPIE (International Society for Optical Engineering, USA) and All-Russian Biochemical Society.
Main lines of work of the research team headed by Dr. Voeikov:
— model photobiochemical reactions, including the Gurvich reaction and the Maillard reaction;
— work with live blood, aimed at identifying the system characteristics of blood, detected by the nature of the biophotonic emission and erythrocyte sedimentation dynamics parameters;
— influence of ultra-low concentrations of biologically active substances and superweak electromagnetic emissions on the living systems and nonequilibrium water systems;
— redox and oscillatory processes in water systems. This work aims at confirmation of the key role of water in the vital processes, in particular, in bioenergetics.
Biography
1968 – Graduated from M.V. Lomonosov Moscow State University (Faculty of Biology);
1971 – Ph.D. in Biophysics
2003 – Doctor of Biological Sciences (Biophysics and Physiology) – same University.
Since 2003 and currently – full professor and Vice-Chairman of the Chair of Bioorganic Chemistry, Faculty of Biology, MSU.
2005 – Honorary Fellow of the System of Professional Education of Russian Federation.
2007 – The First Prize from Benveniste Association for the report at the 7th International Crimean Conference “Cosmos and Biosphere”.
2013 – The recipient of the Prigogine Gold Medal established in 2004 by the University of Siena and the Wessex Institute of Technology.
2009 – Associate Editor of “WATER: A Multidisciplinary Research Journal”
The author and co-author of more than 300 publications, including about 100 papers published in International and Russian scientific journals and Proceedings of congresses, conferences and symposia, of 5 books and monographs, of 20 patents.
He made presentations at about 100 Russian and International congresses, conferences and symposia, including plenary lectures and invited papers. In 2008 he was the Chair of the Third Annual Conference on the Physics, Chemistry and Biology of Water, October 16-19, USA.
Since 1975 – and currently – Senior Lecturer of several Lecture courses for undergraduate students specializing in Bioorganic Chemistry, Virology and Molecular Biology.
He was invited professor with special lecture courses in Universities, Research Institutes and workshops of Russia, Japan, Slovenia, Germany, Italy. He supervised 6 Ph.D. thesis in Biochemistry, Biophysics, Physiology and tens Diploma thesis of graduate students.
He was an invited professor with special lecture courses in Universities, Research Institutes and workshops of Russia, Japan, Slovenia, Germany, Italy.
V.L.Voeikov is renowned in the field of physical and chemical properties of aqueous systems providing their key role in vital processes in living systems, evaluation of the functions of water and water-born reactive oxygen species in bioenergetics.