Viktor Vladimirovich Novikov (born May 31, 1952) — director of the Research Institute of Molecular Biology and Regional Ecology, head of the Department of Molecular Biology and Immunology at Lobachevsky University, head of the Laboratory of Molecular Immunology at the Nizhny Novgorod Blokhina Research Institute of Epidemiology and Microbiology, named after I.N. Blokhina. Doctor of Biological Sciences, professor.

Education

Gorky State University named after N.I. Lobachevsky, 1974, specialty — "biology."

Previous places of work

Head of the Laboratory of Monoclonal Antibodies at the Nizhny Novgorod Blokhina Research Institute of Epidemiology and Microbiology, director of the research-and-production company "Preparat."

Main areas of scientific work

Molecular biology, molecular immunology, molecular oncology, immunobiotechnology, nanobiotechnology.

Key facts of his work

Author of more than 350 scientific publications in domestic and foreign journals, 2 monographs, 10 study guides for students of higher-education institutions in biology and medicine, author of a scientific discovery and 11 patents. Developer of a number of immunodiagnostic preparations based on monoclonal antibodies, synthetic peptides, and genetically engineered proteins. Under the scientific supervision of V.V. Novikov, one doctoral and 16 candidate dissertations have been defended.

Membership in scientific and public organizations

Academician of the Russian Academy of Natural Sciences, the International Academy of Natural Sciences, and the Academy of Medical and Technical Sciences of the Russian Federation. Chairman of the Nizhny Novgorod branch of the Russian Scientific Society of Immunologists, chairman of the Nizhny Novgorod representative office of the Nanotechnology Society of Russia. Member of the editorial board of the "Russian Biotherapeutic Journal."

Awards

In 2002, V.V. Novikov, as head of the socially significant small enterprise — the research-and-production company "Preparat" — received Russia's highest public award, the "Russian National Olympus" prize. He was awarded the Academician Kapitsa Medal of the Russian Academy of Natural Sciences.

Hobby

Work.

See also

  • Research Institute of Molecular Biology and Regional Ecology
  • Research Institute of Epidemiology and Microbiology