Sofia Davidovna Stepanyants (1934–2015) - Soviet, Russian zoologist , cynidologist and popularizer of science , a specialist in hydroids .
| Sofia Davidovna Stepanyants | |
|---|---|
| Birth name | Sofia Davidovich Ravich |
| Date of Birth | October 8, 1934 |
| Place of Birth | Leningrad , USSR |
| Date of death | September 20, 2015 (80 years) |
| Place of death | St. Petersburg , Russia |
| A country | |
| Scientific field | zoology |
| Place of work | Zoological Institute RAS |
| Alma mater | Leningrad State Pedagogical Institute. Pokrovsky |
| Academic degree | Candidate of Biological Sciences |
| supervisor | Naumov, Donat Vladimirovich |
Biography
Born on October 8, 1934. In 1956 she graduated from the Leningrad State Pedagogical Institute. Pokrovsky . From 1956 until the end of her life she worked at the Zoological Institute of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR (RAS) . In 1967 she defended her thesis on the monograph "Siphonophores of the Seas of the USSR and the North Pacific Ocean." Author and co-author of about 200 works, including two monographs and about 40 popular science articles. Author and co-author of more than 40 new species and genera of cnidarians. One of active popularizers of the Zoological Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences and the Zoological Museum in St. Petersburg. Co-author of essays on NN Vorontsov , KN Nesis , Ya.I. Starobogatov , AV Ivanov, and others. Editor of 34 monographs and collections of works ZIN .
Selected Works
- Stepanyants S.D. Siphonophores of the seas of the USSR and the North Pacific . - L .: Science, 1967. - 216 p. - (Determinants on the fauna of the USSR).
- Stepanyants S.D. Hydro-waters of the Antarctic and Sub-Antarctic . - Results of biological research of Soviet Antarctic expeditions. - L .: Science, 1979. - T. 6. - 200 p. - (Studies of the fauna of the seas; t. XXII (XXX)).
- Stepanyants S.D. Hydra: From Abraham Tramblé to our days / Stepanyants SD, Kuznetsova V.G., Anokhin B.A. - M .; SPb. : T-in KMK scientific publications, 2003. - 102 p. - (Variety of animals; issue. 1).
Literature
- Borkin L. Ya., Denisenko S. G., Lobanov A. L., Smirnov I. S. She also lived on the island ZIN ... (in memory of Sophia Davidovich Stepanyants, 10/08/1934–20.09.2015) // Historical and biological studies . 2016. Vol 8. No. 4. P. 118-131. [one]
- Marfenin N.N. Contribution to the zoology of Sofia Davidovny Stepanyants ( 10/08/1934–20.09.2015 ) // Zoological journal. 2016. V. 95, No. 8. P. 981–990. [2]