Simon Shnoll

Simon Elievich Shnol
Shnoll in 2007
Born(1930-03-21)21 March 1930
Died11 September 2021(2021-09-11) (aged 91)
EducationDoctor of Science (1970)
Alma materMoscow State University
Scientific career
FieldsBiochemistry, Biophysics
InstitutionsMoscow State University
Thesis Spontaneous reversible changes ("conformational vibrations") of preparations of muscle proteins
Doctoral studentsAnatol Zhabotinsky

Simon El'evich Shnol (Russian: Симон Эльевич Шноль; 21 March 1930 – 11 September 2021) was a biophysicist, and a historian of Soviet science. He was a professor at Physics Department of Moscow State University and a member of Russian Academy of Natural Sciences. His fields of interest were the oscillatory processes in biology, the theory of evolution, chronobiology, and the history of science. He had mentored many successful scientists, including Anatoly Zhabotinsky.