Institute of Geochemistry and Analytical Chemistry imeni V.I. Vernadsky RAS

In 1928 - 1934, as part of the Radium Institute , the Biogeochemical Laboratory of the Academy of Sciences (BIOGEL) operated under the direction of V.I. Vernadsky . In March 1943, it was transformed into the Laboratory of geochemical problems of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR, and in March 1947 the Institute of Geochemistry and Analytical Chemistry named after V.I. Vernadsky, and on April 3, in accordance with the order of its first director, academician A.P. Vinogradov, the Institute began to function in this status.

In the first years after the war, the Institute dealt with the problems of nuclear energy. He took part in the analytical support of technological processes of production at the radiochemical enterprises of the plutonium complex. Here the fundamental issues of radiochemistry, separation of transuranium elements, and the search for uranium raw materials were solved. The Institute actively worked on the problems of obtaining ultrapure substances, methods of analysis, isolation and search for rare elements in nature.

With the advent of the space age, the Institute became the leading one in the field of exploration of the Moon and planets. The Institute developed scientific instruments that were installed on spacecraft heading to the Moon and Venus, and brought the first information about their material composition. Samples of the lunar soil delivered by the Soviet automatic stations Luna-16 , Luna-20 and Luna-24 , as well as by the Apollon American ships, have been received and are still being stored at the Institute in its special laboratory ^[1] . The Institute has a unique collection of meteorites. Meteorites and lunar soil are exhibited in the public institute Museum of extraterrestrial matter.

Effective methods of concentration, extraction and sorption were developed at the Institute, new reagents were discovered, which made it possible to improve the selectivity, sensitivity and accuracy of determinations and ensured significant progress in domestic analytical chemistry. The Institute has a powerful analytical base.

The institute has extensive experience in radio geochemical studies, including the study of global fallout of radionuclides during atomic weapon testing, work in the aftermath of the Chernobyl disaster, and radioecological research in the area of ​​the Mayak plant in the Southern Urals.

The geochemistry of the earth's crust and mantle, the behavior of matter at high pressures and temperatures, the nature and characteristics of various manifestations of magmatism, and the issues of ore formation have been central to the work of the Institute throughout its history ^[2] .

A significant place in the work of the Institute is occupied by research on the geochemistry of the ocean. The Institute has its own oceanographic vessel, the Academician Boris Petrov, on which scientists of the Institute during numerous expeditions obtained important information about the structure of the ocean floor, the processes occurring in marine sediments.

The Institute is a leader in the field of carbon geochemistry, an element whose behavior most deeply reflects the interaction of animate and inanimate nature, including the processes of oil and gas formation, diamond synthesis, biosphere evolution, and others. The Russian school of isotope geochemistry was born at the Institute. The works carried out at the Institute in the field of geochemistry of carbon, oxygen, sulfur, isotopes of lead and noble gases were a major contribution to world science.

The Institute creates new methods and instruments for environmental monitoring. Recent years have been critical in the development of Russian society. Despite the difficulties affecting the Institute in the period 1990–2000, it remains a powerful scientific organism with enormous technical and intellectual potential ^[2] .

Directors

• 1947 - Vinogradov, Alexander Pavlovich
• 1976 - Barsukov, Valery Leonidovich
• 1993 - Galimov, Eric Mikhailovich
• 2015 - Kostitsyn, Yuri Alexandrovich

• Director - Kostitsyn, Yuri Alexandrovich , Corresponding Member of RAS
• Deputy Director for Science (Analytical Chemistry) - Kolotov, Vladimir Panteleimonovich , Corresponding Member of RAS
• Deputy Director for Science (Geochemistry) - Kadik, Arnold Arnoldovich , Professor, Doctor of Geol.-min. of sciences
• Academic Supervisor - Galimov, Eric Mikhailovich , Academician of the Russian Academy of Sciences
• Scientific Secretary - Korobova, Elena Mikhailovna , candidate of geography. of sciences
• Scientific Secretary for Analytical Chemistry - Shirokova, Valentina Ivanovna , Ph.D. of sciences
• Scientific Secretary for Geochemistry - Lukanin, Oleg Alexandrovich , Doctor of Geol.-min. of sciences
• The head of the department of international cooperation - Timonina, Olga Konstantinovna , Ph.D. of sciences
• The head of the organizational and technical department - Kachanov, Albert Semenovich , Ph.D. sciences.

Geochemistry

Laboratories:

Analytical Chemistry

Laboratories:

As well as:

• Department of Marine Expeditions
• Group “Scientific heritage of V. I. Vernadsky and his school”
• Department of Graduate Studies
• Institute Library
• Research and Education Center of the Geochemistry Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences “Computer simulation of hydrogeochemical processes”

• 1967 - Order of Lenin. (Decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Council No. 1003-VII of 04/19/1967)
• 1985 - Order of the October Revolution . (Decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Council No. 1857-XII of 02/08/1985)

• Institute of Geochemistry and Analytical Chemistry V. I. Vernadsky
• Laboratory of Molecular Modeling and Spectroscopy GEOCHI RAS
• Scientific vessel "Academician Boris Petrov"
• Scientific research vessel “Academician Boris Petrov”
• Academician Boris Petrov (ship)