Tyurin Yuri Mikhailovich (b. September 17, 1932) — head of the Department of General and Inorganic Chemistry at the Nizhny Novgorod State Technical University n.a. R.E. Alekseev named after R.E. Alekseev, Doctor of Chemical Sciences, Professor. Honored Scientist of the Russian Federation.
Education
Lomonosov Moscow State University (1955).
Previous places of work
Severodonetsk branch of GIAP (Luhansk region); from 1961 — at NGTU, 1963-1968 — head of the Department of Analytical Chemistry, since 1972 has headed the Department of General and Inorganic Chemistry.
Area of scientific, industrial, and creative interests
Development of the electrochemical production of sebacic acid (implemented for the first time in the world).
Key facts of activity
Holds inventor's certificates and patents, including in the USA, West Germany, England, and Japan; more than 300 scientific publications. A "Soros Professor".
Hobbies
Literary fiction and memoirs, 18th-century history, cars, building a country house.