Academicians

Qualifications
Doctor of Biological Sciences (since 1979), Professor.
Academician of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus. Elected in 1994 on speciality Photobiology of Plants.

Membership of Scientific Societies and Councils
Member of the American Biophysical Society.

Editorial Board Membership
Editor-in-Chief of the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus. Ser. Biological Sciences,
Member of the Editorial Board of the journal Doklady of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus,
Member of the Editorial Board of the journal "Physiology of Plants",
Member of the Editorial Board of the journal "Biophysics".

Current Position
The Academician-Secretary of the Department of Biological Sciences.
66 Praspekt Nezalezhnastsi, Minsk BY-220072, Republic of Belarus
Tel.: +375 (17) 284-03-79. Fax: +375 (17) 284-28-21. E-mail: biology@presidium.bas-net.by

Research areas
Molecular mechanisms of the light energy transformation in animal and plant systems.

Main Publications
1. Introduction to Molecular Photobiology. Minsk, Navuka i Tekhnika, 1971 (with S.V. Konev).
2. Photobiology. 2nd ed. Minsk, BSU, 1973 (with S.V. Konev).
3. Structural dynamics of photoreceptor apparatus. Minsk, Navuka i Tekhnika, 1986 (with S.V. Konev).
4. Phytochrome - regulatory photoreceptor of plants. Minsk, Navuka i Tekhnika, 1992.

Literature:
1. Igor Dmitrievich Volotovsky (To the 60th Anniversary), Proc. of the Natl. Academy of Sciences of Belarus, Ser. Biological Sci., 1999, No.4.
2. Igor Dmitrievich Volotovsky (To the 65th Anniversary), Proc. of the Natl. Academy of Sciences of Belarus, Ser. Biological Sci., 2004, No.4.
3. Igor Dmitrievich Volotovski (To the 70th Anniversary), Proc. of the Natl. Academy of Sciences of Belarus, Ser. Biological Sci., 2009, No.4.