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The Last of the Mohicans

Otto Struve August 12, 1897, Kharkov, Russian Empire — April 6 1963, Berkeley, CA, USA Otto Struve (Отто Людвигович Струве), a Russian-American astronomer, one of the greatest astrophysicists of the 20-th century, was born in Russian...

Man of the Soil

Selman Waksman July 22, 1888, Nova Pryluka, Kiev Governorate, Russian Empire – August 16, 1973, Woods Hole, Barnstable County, Massachusetts, United States Selman Abraham Waksman (Зельман Абрахам Ваксман), an outstanding American microbiologist, was born in the Russian...

Sergei Kalinin – Recipient of Blavatnik Award

Sergei V Kalinin (Сергей Калинин) director of the Institute for Functional Imaging of Materials at Oak Ridge National Laboratory is a recipient of the Blavatnik National Award for Young Scientists in Physical Sciences and Engineering. He...

He showed up as a foreigner on our shores…

Jacob Tamarkin June 28 (July 11) 1888, Chernigov, Russian Empire — November 18 1945, Bethesda, Montgomery, MD, USA Jacob David Tamarkin (Яков Давыдович Тамаркин) – outstanding Russian-American mathematician, best known for his work in mathematical analysis. Graduated...

A hero fighter pilot, an aviation pioneer

Alexander de Seversky May 24, 1894, Tiflis , Russian Empire (now Tbilisi, Georgia) – September 24, 1974, New York, USA Alexander de Seversky (Александр Николаевич Прокофьев-Северский) – Russian and American inventor, aircraft designer. During...

2018 George Gamow award

Russian-American Science Association (RASA-America) is pleased to announce that it plans to award two George Gamow Awards in 2018. The awards will be given to members of the Russian-speaking diaspora working in America for...

8th Annual Vladimir Zelman distinguished lectureship

Eighth Annual Vladimir Zelman, Distinguished Lectureship by Pete Worden, PhD, Chairman of the Breakthrough Prize Foundation, Former Director of NASA Ames Research Center “The Breakthrough Initiatives — A search for life in the universe and interstellar...

Материалы V Конференции RASA-USA (November 8-9, 2014, Boston, MA)

Conference Chair/Organizer: Artem Oganov / Nikolai Vasilyev Speakers_RASA_2014_bios_final Shiltsev_RASA_2014_TALK2 Shiltsev_RASA_2014 Sagdeev_RASA_2014 Program_RASA_Boston_2014 Predlozheniya_RASA_final Ogorodova_RASA_2014 Oganov_RASA_2014 Myagkov_RASA_2014 Lebedev_RASA_2014 Kabanov_RASA_2014b Goncharov_RASA_2014 Gogotsi_RASA_2014 Fertman_RASA_2014 Erlinger_White_RASA_2014 Artem_RASA_v4 Aicher_RASA_2014 Zakharov_RASA_2014 Vinogradsky_RASA_2014 Valamat-Zade_RASA_2014 ValamatZade_FNE_RASA_2014 Ufimtsev_RASA_2014

Материалы III Конференции RASA-USA (November 09-10, 2012, Philadelphia, PA)

Conference Organizer/Chair: Elena Atochina-Vasserman / Vladimir Shiltsev RASA_Agenda 2012_v4 RASA_Chasovskikh_Cell-fre DNA RASA_Dezhina RASA_Dezhina_1 RASA-Oganov-2012 RASA-presentation RASA-Ronell_presentation RASA-US_2012Report_Shiltsev_v1 Uzhinsky_ATK_RASA2012 Yasterjembsky_Beton_RASA2012 121110_Sk_Cluster_eng 121110_Sk_Cluster_eng AARW Presentation Cell-fre DNA FEFU Presentation. Galima LomonosovVenus_Reenact_v1_Shiltsev RAMA History 2002-12 RAsA Varticovski