Erik Mikhaylovich Galimov (russian: Эрик Михайлович Галимов; 29 July 1936 – 24 November 2020) was a

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geochemist Geochemistry is the science that uses the tools and principles of chemistry to explain the mechanisms behind major geological systems such as the Earth's crust and its oceans. The realm of geochemistry extends beyond the Earth, encompassing the e ...

and

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Early life

Galimov was born in

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. He graduated from the

Gubkin Russian State University of Oil and Gas The Gubkin Russian State University of Oil and Gas (russian: Российский государственный университет нефти и газа имени И. М. Губкина) is a public university in Moscow, Russia. The univer ...

in 1959. In 1965, he defended his

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's Dissertation. In 1970, he defended his doctoral dissertation. In 1982, he received the title of Professor.

Career

He was Editor-in-Chief of the Russian journal ''Geochemistry'' (since 2005). He was also academician of the

Russian Academy of Sciences The Russian Academy of Sciences (RAS; russian: Росси́йская акаде́мия нау́к (РАН) ''Rossíyskaya akadémiya naúk'') consists of the national academy of Russia; a network of scientific research institutes from across ...

(since 1994), a Distinguished Professor at the

Lomonosov Moscow State University M. V. Lomonosov Moscow State University (MSU; russian: Московский государственный университет имени М. В. Ломоносова) is a public research university in Moscow, Russia and the most prestigious ...

(since 1999), and director of the Vernadsky Institute of Geochemistry and Analytical Chemistry, RAS (1992—2015).

Awards and honors

He was elected an Honorary Member of the Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Bashkortostan in 2002. He was elected a Foreign Member of the

Akademie der Wissenschaften und der Literatur The Academy of Sciences and Literature (german: Akademie der Wissenschaften und der Literatur Mainz, AdW Mainz) is a scientific academy in Mainz, Germany. It was established in 1949 on an initiative of Alfred Döblin. The academy's goal is to su ...

in 1998. He received the Alfred E. Treibs Award from the Geochemical Society in 2004. He was a Geochemistry Fellow in the Geochemical Society and European Association of Geochemistry (1998). He was also a laureate of the 2015 State Prize of the Russian Federation.

Death

He died on 24 November 2020, aged 84 from COVID-19.https://www.mk.ru/social/2020/11/24/koronavirus-unes-zhizn-myatezhnogo-akademika-erika-galimova.html

References

1936 births 2020 deaths Russian geochemists Russian professors Soviet professors Full Members of the Russian Academy of Sciences State Prize of the Russian Federation laureates Deaths from the COVID-19 pandemic in Russia {{Russia-scientist-stub