Stephen Timoshenko December 23, 1878, Chenigov Province, Russian Empire — May 29, 1972, Wuppertal, West Germany Stephen Timoshenko (Степан Прокофьевич Тимошенко), Russian, Ukrainian and American engineer, who is considered to be the father of...
George Kistiakowsky November 18, 1900, Kiev, Russian Empire – December 7, 1982, Cambridge Massachusetts, USA George Kistiakowsky (Георгий Богда́нович Кистяко́вский) was born Kiev, Russian Empire in the family of a professor of law of Kiev University....
November 2-4, 2018, Washington, DC Conference Chair: Alexander Kabanov / LOC Chair: Igor Efimov / Program Chair: Vladimir Shiltsev / Gamow Award Committee Chair: Vadim Gladyshev RASA2018_Booklet_v4a ABRIKOSOV_Session 2018_1 N Avanesov RASA2 Borisova_RASA18 Butler_Advent of...
The ninth RASA-America Conference held in American University and University of George Washington on November 2-4, 2018 in Washington, DC has completed its work. The Association’s Coordinating Committee added four new members – Tatiana...
Eugene Koonin Andrei Linde The 2018 RASA-America G. A. Gamow Award The G.A. Gamow Award is founded by the Russian-American Science Association (RASA-America) in memory of the outstanding Russian-American physicist, Professor George Antonovich Gamow...
Ivan Ostromislensky 9 September 1880, Orel, Russian Empire – 16 January 1939, New York, USA Ivan Ostromislensky (Иван Иванович Остромысленский) — Russian and American chemist, one of the pioneers in manufacturing of the synthetic rubber....
Professor Roald Sagdeev, an outstanding physicist, one of the founders of RASA-America, has turned 85 on December 26, 2017. It is our honor and priveledge to congratulate him and post materials dedicated to his...
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...
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 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...
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...
Vladimir Yurkevich June 5 (17), 1885, Moscow, Russian Empire — December 13, 1964, New York, USA Vladimir Yurkevich (also spelled Yourkevitch, Владимир Иванович Юркевич), was an outstanding Russian naval engineer, one of the principal...
The 2017 Russian Federation National Award in Science and Technology was awarded to Evgeny Rogaev for discovery of genes and molecular-genetics mechanisms of human hereditary diseases. (Read here) Evgeny is a distinguished expert in molecular genetics and...
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...
Nov. 2-4, 2018, Washington, DC Dear Friends, We are pleased to invite you to participate in the 9th Annual conference of the Russian American Science Association RASA-America that will be held on November 2-4th,...
On the completion of activity of the Association of Russian-American Scholars in the USA, May 17, 2018 With deep appreciation the Russian-American Science Association RASA-America acknowledges the outstanding activity of the Association of Russian-American...
On April 23rd, 2018, the Governing and Scientific Boards of the Novosibirsk State University has named their School of Medicine and Psychology after Professor Vladimir Zelman. M.D., Ph.D.. Professor Zelman, currently at the University of Southern California, is a...
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...
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...
RASA’s “honorary member” Alexander Misurkin and Anton Shkaplerov had spacewalk of February 2, 2018 The spacewalk was broadcasted life by NASA
