Andres Kollist (born 30 January 1948 in

Tartu Tartu is the second largest city in Estonia after the Northern European country's political and financial capital, Tallinn. Tartu has a population of 91,407 (as of 2021). It is southeast of Tallinn and 245 kilometres (152 miles) northeast of ...

) is an

Estonia Estonia, formally the Republic of Estonia, is a country by the Baltic Sea in Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by the Gulf of Finland across from Finland, to the west by the sea across from Sweden, to the south by Latvia, a ...

n chemist, librarian, politician and activist. In 1971 he graduated from Tartu State University in chemistry. After graduating he worked at Estonian SSR Academy of Sciences. His main field of research has been polygalactanes in

red algae Red algae, or Rhodophyta (, ; ), are one of the oldest groups of eukaryotic algae. The Rhodophyta also comprises one of the largest phyla of algae, containing over 7,000 currently recognized species with taxonomic revisions ongoing. The majority ...

. 1989-1993 and since 2008 he is a member of

Tallinn City Council Tallinn () is the most populous and capital city of Estonia. Situated on a bay in north Estonia, on the shore of the Gulf of Finland of the Baltic Sea, Tallinn has a population of 437,811 (as of 2022) and administratively lies in the Harju ''m ...

. 1995-2000 he was the CEO of Citizenship and Migration Board. 2000-2001 he was the rector of Audentes Higher Business School (). Since 2004 he is the head of Tallinn University Academic Library. Awards: * 2001:

Order of the White Star The Order of the White Star ( et, Valgetähe teenetemärk; french: Ordre de l'Etoile Blanche) was instituted in 1936. The Order of the White Star is bestowed on Estonia Estonia, formally the Republic of Estonia, is a country by the Baltic ...

, V class.

Works

* A. Kollist, M. Vaher, J. Paris, T. Püssa. Characterization and utilization of polysaccharides isolated from agar-containing algae. 4. The effect of concentration, determining temperature and storage time on the gel strength of some agars. – Eesti NSV Teaduste Akadeemia Toimetised. Keemia, 29, 1980 * A. Kollist, M. Vaher, K. Truus, J. Paris, T. Püssa. Characterization and utilization of polysaccharides isolated from agar-containing algae. – Tokyo, 1989 * R. Tuvikene, K. Truus, M. Robal, O. Volobujeva, E. Mellikov, T. Pehk, A. Kollist, K. Tiiu, M. Vaher. The extraction, structure, and gelling properties of hybrid galactan from the red alga Furcellaria lumbricalis (Baltic Sea, Estonia). – Journal of Applied Phycology 2010, 22(1) * K-R. Kont, A. Kollist, S. Jantson. Financing of Estonian Research Libraries: The Happy Days and the Economic Crisis. – Slavic and East European Information Resources 2012, 13(1)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Kollist, Andres Living people 1948 births Estonian chemists Estonian Centre Party politicians University of Tartu alumni Academic staff of Tallinn University Recipients of the Order of the White Star, 5th Class Scientists from Tartu Politicians from Tartu