Alexander I. Kostyukov

Alexander I. Kostyukov (Kostiukov)

• Address: Department of Movement Physiology, A.A. Bogomoletz Institute of Physiology, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Bogomoletz str. 4, Kiev 01024, Ukraine
• Home address: Lomonosov str., 29, apt. 63, 03127 Kiev, Ukraine
• Telephone: (380-44)-293 8123 (office); 267 5961 (home) Fax: (380-44)-293 3431
• E-mail: kostyuko@biph.kiev.ua
• Personal: Born: 7/14/46, Sumi, Ukraine. Married, one child

Education:

• Higher ed. 1970, Kharkov State University (Major: Biophysics)
• Cand. of Biol. Sci. (Ph.D.), 1974, A.A. Bogomoletz Institute of Physiology, Kiev
• Doctor of Biol. Sci., 1991, A.A. Bogomoletz Institute of Physiology, Kiev

Professional Experience:

• 1970-73: Postgraduate student in Department of General Physiol. of Nervous System, A.A. Bogomoletz Institute of Physiology, Kiev (Sci. Adviser Prof. Platon G. Kostyuk)
• 1973-81: Junior Research Associate at the Department of General Physiology of Nervous System, A.A. Bogomoletz Institute of Physiology, Kiev
• 1981-91: Senior Research Associate at the Laboratory of the Modeling of Neurophysiological Processes, A.A. Bogomoletz Institute of Physiology, Kiev
• 1992-93: Head of Department of Physiology of the Spinal Cord, A.A. Bogomoletz Institute of Physiology, Kiev.
• 1993-present: Head of Movement Physiology Department, A.A. Bogomoletz Institute of Physiology, Kiev.
• 1998 – 2005 Various periods of work as visiting professor in Centre for Musculoskeletal Research, National Institute for Working Life, Umea, Sweden.
• 2012 – 2015 Collaboration with University of Physical Education and Sport in Gdansk, Poland.

Research Interests:

Muscle dynamics and central control of movements in mammals.

Professional Societies:

Ukrainian Physiological Society, Computer Medicine Association of Ukraine

Participation in International Grant Projects:

• 1992-1994: International Science Foundation with participation of Ukrainian Government - Grants UBO000, UBO200;
• 1994-1995: Grant of European Commission (PECO) - ERBCIPDCT940234.
• 2001- 2004 Grant INTAS –2130

Professional Societies:

Federation of European Neuroscience Societies

Professional Service:

Journal Reviewer: Neuroscience, Neurophyziology, Fiziologichny Zhurnal.

Lectures for students:

Kiev State University; University of Physical Education and Sport in Gdansk, Poland.