Erik Galimov
Erik Mikhaylovich Galimov was a Russian geochemist and Doctor of Sciences.
Early life
Galimov was born in Vladivostok. He graduated from the Russian State University of Oil and Gas in 1959. In 1965, he defended his Candidate's Dissertation. In 1970, he defended his doctoral dissertation. In 1982, he received the title of Professor.Career
He was Editor-in-Chief of the Russian journal Geochemistry. He was also academician of the Russian Academy of Sciences, a Distinguished Professor at the Lomonosov Moscow State University, and director of the Vernadsky Institute of Geochemistry and Analytical Chemistry, RAS.Awards and honors
He was elected an Honorary Member of the Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Bashkortostan in 2002.He was elected a Foreign Member of the Akademie der Wissenschaften und der Literatur in 1998. He received the Alfred E. Treibs Award from the Geochemical Society in 2004.
He was a Geochemistry Fellow in the Geochemical Society and European Association of Geochemistry. He was also a laureate of the 2015 State Prize of the Russian Federation.