Igor Pekov#
| Membership Number: | 4882 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | EARTH & COSMIC SCIENCES |
| Elected: | 2018 |
| Main Country of Residence: | RUSSIA |
Present and Previous Positions
- Since 2014 Major Researcher (= Research Professor of Mineralogy), Dept. of Mineralogy, Faculty of Geology, Lomonosov Moscow State University
- 1998 - 2014 successively - Science Researcher, Senior Researcher and Leading Researcher, Dept. of Mineralogy, Faculty of Geology, Lomonosov Moscow State University
- 1989 - 1998 Engineer, Dept. of Mineralogy, Faculty of Geology, Lomonosov Moscow State University
Fields of Scholarship
- Crystal chemistry of minerals and inorganic compounds
- Geochemistry or rare elements
- History of mineralogy and related geosciences
- Mineralogy
Honours and Awards
- 2017 A.E. Fersman medal “For Merit in Geology” of the Russian Geological Society
- 2016 Corresponding member of the Russian Academy of Sciences
- 2015 Evgraf Fedorov Prize of the Russian Academy of Sciences
- 2015 Professor of the Russian Academy of Sciences (honorary title)
- 2003 the Commission on New Minerals and Mineral Names of the International Mineralogical Association accepted a new mineral pekovite, SrB2Si2O8, discovered by a team of Russian and Canadian researchers in peralkaline pegmatites and named in honour of Igor Pekov for his contribution to the mineralogy of alkaline rocks
- 2003 Ivan Shuvalov Prize of Lomonosov Moscow State University
