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Nikolai L. Vekshin, Russian biophysicist, researcher. Graduate in biophysics, Moscow Medical Institute, 1977. Doctor of Philosophy, Institute Chemical Physics, Moscow, 1987. Doctor on Biophysics, Institute Bio-chemical Physics, Moscow, 1998. Junior researcher Institute Biological Physics, Pushchino, Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics, 1977-1984, researcher Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics, 1984-1991. Senior researcher Institute Cell Biophysics, 1991-1998, head researcher since 1998.


N.L Vekshin is a specialist in biophysical methods and mitochondria. He has authored approximately 200 papers and 8 books (in Russian and English), including "Energy Transfer in Macromolecules" (SPIE, Bellingham, 1997), "Photonics of Biopolymers" (Springer, Berlin, 2002), "Biophysics of DNA-antibiotic complexes" (Nova, N.Y. 2011), "Fluorescence Spectroscopy of Biomacromolecules" (Lambert, 2012).

N.L. Vekshin was decorated by 25 medals at scientific exhibitions for his inventions. He has 6 patents. His job was supported by CNRS post-doc fellowship (France, 1992), FEBS fellowship (The Netherlands, 1996), NSF fellowship (USA, 2000), NWO grant (1999-2001), NATO Linkage grant (2000-2001), CRDF grant (2000-2001), NATO Linkage grant (2002-2003), and many Russian grants (2005-2019).