Director of ITEB RAS

Professor Ivanitsky is a prominent biophysicist and international authority in the fields of molecular and cellular biophysics and synergistics.Prof. Ivanitsky is the founder of a scientific discipline called Biosynergistics. Prof. Ivanitsky has been a corresponding member of the Russian Academy of Sciences since 1976.

Short Biography

Prof. Ivanitsky was born in Moscow in 1936. He graduated in 1960 from the Radio-Technical faculty of the Moscow Aviation Institute. Upon graduation, he became fascinated by cybernetics and biology and was invited by academic G.M. Frank to join the Institute of Biological Physics of the USSR Academy of Sciences.

He defended his PhD dissertation, entitled “Development of Methods of Automatic Calculation and Measurement of Brain Cells”, in 1964. The results of his dissertation were published in the academic textbook “Human Brain in Numbers and Tables” (1964).

In 1965, Dr. Ivanitsky created mathematical foundation for computerized analysis of micro-objects and founded a computerized center for analysis of living and non-living micro-objects (cells, chromosomes, aerosols, powders, etc.). He created the world’s first technical system that imitated processes involved in vision. The system was patented internationally and licensed to a German firm “Carl Zeiss-Yenna”, which sold it under the brand name “Morfocvant”.

In 1970, Dr. Ivanitsky defended his doctoral dissertation in the field of physics-mathematical sciences. The results of his work formed a separate chapter in the international microscopy textbook, which was published in 1973 in Berlin. For this work Dr. Ivanitsky was awarded the USSR State Prize (1978).

In 1969, he became the head of the Department of Applied Mathematics and Electronics, in which he united works on auto-wave and auto-vibration processes in energized environments. He personally conducted a number of original studies researching new classes of dynamic auto-wave structures in various chemical, physical and biological environments. His research led to the creation of a new scientific discipline – biosynergetics. For this work Dr. Ivanitsky was awarded the Lenin Award (1980).
Dr. Ivanitsky became the director of the Institute of Biological Physics of the Russian Academy of Sciences, in which post remained until 1987.

In 1980, together with the doctor of medical sciences, F.F. Beloyartsev and academic I.L. Knunyants, he formed a complex state research program “Perfto?arbons in Biology and Medicine”, in which he united over 40 research and clinical organization, as well as manufacturing plants. In the framework of this program, the group headed by Dr. Ivanitsky created the world’s first commercial perftocarbon-based gas-transportable blood substitute (Perftoran), which currently has wide clinical utilization in Russia. For this work Dr. Ivanitsky was awarded the State Prize in 1999.

During the period from 1974 to 1986 he was a chairman of the Presidium of Pushino Scientific Center of Biological Research of the USSR Academy of Sciences. In 2001, he was appointed to serve as the Director of the ITEB RAS. During his tenure, he groomed over 20 PhD’s and doctors of sciences and founded three scientific schools in the fields of computerized analysis of biostructures, biosynergetics and development of perftocarbon-based preparations for use biology and medicine.

Professor Mayevsky authored and co-authored over 250 scientific publications, including 137 scientific articles, 4 monographs, 10 author certificates and 8 patents for inventions, including 3 international patents. Under his mentorship, 4 doctoral and 9 Ph.D. dissertations were successfully defended, as were over 20 graduation projects and MS dissertations. He is a distinguished member of the Dissertation Council in the field of biochemistry at the Institute of Biophysics and Cells, as well as in the fields of physiology and biophysics at the ITEB RAS. He is also a member of Inter-Organizational Council on the Problems of Hypoxia at the Russian Academy of Medical Sciences.

Prof. Mayevsky received the following prestigious awards for his outstanding contributions:

- Russian Government Award for development of perfto-carbon solutions (1999)
- Mechnikov Medal “For Contributions to Preservation of Nations’ Health” (2000)
- Ministry of Health’s National “Calling” Award for Best Doctors, for fundamental contributions to health research (2002)

During the last 10 years, 14 scientific conferences and symposia were organized with Prof. Mayevsky’s direct leadership and participation, including:

- January 1997 Conference: “Common Endocrinopathies: Diabetes, Osteoporosis, Endemic goiter”
- September 1997 International Symposia “Fundamental Sciences and Alternative Medicine”
- Two conferences for young scientists in 2001: “Role of Mitochondria in Pathologies”
- Annual conferences (2001, 2002, 2003): “Perfto-Carbons in Biology and Medicine”
- I Conference “From Contemporary Fundamental Biology to New Scientific Technologies” (2001)
- II Conference “From Contemporary Fundamental Biology to New Scientific Technologies”(2002)
- Three symposia at the All-Russian Congress “People and Drugs” (2003, 2004)

Prof. Mayevsky made over 40 scientific presentations at various Russian conferences and over 15 presentations at numerous international conferences. His most recent presentations at international conferences include: Belgrade, Hungary (2001); Mexico City, Mexico (2001); Stockholm, Sweden (2003); International Congress on Biomaterials and Artificial Organs in Tokyo, Japan (2003); Gottingen, Germany (2004), Berlin, Germany (2005), Oxford, Great Britain (2005); Berlin and Erfurt, Germany (2005).

Prof. Mayevsky graduated from Sverdlovsk State Medical Institute in 1967. He obtained his post-graduate degree in biochemistry from the Institute of Biophysics of the USSR Academy of Sciences. Prof. Mayevsky worked at the Institute of Biophysics, (later ITEB RAS), since 1979.

Additional biographical information
In 1971 Prof. Mayevsky’s received his PhD after defending a dissertation entitled “Influence of Glutamate on reactions of respiratory chain of mitochondria during normal state and under condition of hypoxia”. In 1998, he successfully defended his doctoral dissertation, entitled “Correction of hypoxia conditions by supporting functions of mitochondria”.

From 1975 until 1979 he worked as a scientific researcher at the Laboratory of Mathematical Ecology of the Scientific Research Computing Center of the USSR Academy of Sciences (presently IMPB RAS). From 1979 until 1991 he was employed as a senior scientific researcher of the Laboratory of Medical Biochemistry and Biophysics, Institute of Biophysics of the USSR Academy of Sciences. From 1991 until 1994, he was the lead scientist f the Laboratory of Biophysical Acoustics. From 1994 until present time he heads the Laboratory of Thermodynamics and Energetics of Biological Systems of ITEB RAS.