Boris Pritychenko (russian: Борис Васильевич Притыченко) is a

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nuclear physicist. He compiles experimental data, works on nuclear databases, and serves as editor-in-chief of the journal ''

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Life

Pritychenko spent his early years in the

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. He was born in a small village of Zabrama,

Bryansk Oblast Bryansk Oblast (russian: Бря́нская о́бласть, ''Bryanskaya oblast''), also known as Bryanshchina (russian: Брянщина, ) is a federal subjects of Russia, federal subject of Russia (an oblast). Its administrative center is th ...

in Russia, just 1 km from the border with Ukraine. In 1979, he graduated from high school in Novohrodivka in

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of Ukraine. Then he studied at the

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at the

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(now

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), from which he graduated in 1985, earning a diploma in experimental nuclear physics. After graduation, he worked as a research scientist at the

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from 1985 till 1991. He also worked at

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. In 1991, Pritychenko moved to the United States, and, from 1991 to 1994, he worked as a visiting scientist at the Center for Particle Astrophysics at the

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. Afterwards, he studied physics at

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, earning another

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degree in December 1996 and a

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in April 2000. Simultaneously, from 1994 to 2000, he worked as a research assistant at the

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. From 2000 through 2003, Pritychenko worked as solutions engineer at Plumtree Software, Inc. in

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. Since 2003, he has been working as scientist at the

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. He works on the EXFOR, ENDF/B-VII libraries, compiles and evaluates experimental data, develops nuclear energy and astrophysics applications, manages the web services of the

. In 2010, Pritychenko received his third

degree, in technological systems management, from

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. Pritychenko has authored over 50 articles on nuclear physics, nuclear astrophysics, and nuclear data. He works as editor-in-chief of the journal ''

'' published by

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References

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