Vladimir Konstantinovich Prokofiev (, 1898–1993) was a Soviet scientist, known for his work on atomic emission spectroscopy.
Biography Vladimir Prokofiev graduated from Mikhailovsky Artillery School () in 1917 and Saint Petersburg State University in 1924. He was a student of Russian academic Dimitri Rozhdestvensky.Live and Work of V. K. Prokofiev. Editor -- I. P. Gurov and prof. Yu. L. Kolesnikova. Saint-Petersburg, ITMO University Press, 2008.
From 1919 up to 1956 he had been working in the State Optics Institute. He was an assistant up to 1932, when he got promoted to a researcher position and Head of the Spectroscopy Sector position. In 1935 he became the head of the Spectral Analysis Laboratory.
At the same time, he lectured at Saint Petersburg State University (1925-1932), Academy of Artillery (1930-1937) and in LITMO. In LITMO he was the Head of the Spectroscopy Department (1951-1953) and the Head of the Optics and Spectroscopy Department (1953-1956).Vladimir Konstantinovich Prokofiev in ITMO Virtual Museum
Prokofiev earned his PhD in 1936 and became a professor in 1944.
He moved to Crimea in 1956 to improve his health and was employed by the Crimean Astrophysical Observatory. He was buried at a cemetery in Nauchnyi.
Awards and honors
Four Orders of the Red Banner of Labour (1943, 1951, 1954, 1968)http://soi.srv.pu.ru/r_1251/directions/90let/s13_110.html To the Anniversary of great Scientist Stalin Prize, 3rd class (1950) Order of Lenin (1953) Order of the Red Star (1967) USSR State Prize (1971) Order of the October Revolution (1978)
References
External links // Personal Page at ITMO // To the Anniversary of Great Scientist