Natalia K Belisheva

Sc.D., head of Scientific Department for Medical and Biological Issues of the People Adaptation in the North of Kola Science Centre of Russian Academy of Science. Corresponding member the International Academy of Ecology, Man and Nature Protection Sciences (IAEMNPS).

Able to participate in multidisciplinary team approach (biophysicist, physiologist, cytogeneticist)

Education: Saint Petersburg University Faculty of Biology and Soil (1967-1972)

Postgraduate: Institute of Cytology of Academy of Sciences of the USSR, Laboratory of Genetics of Tumor cells ( 1973-1976), Phd (1981)

Doctorate: Institute of Physiology of Saint Petersburg State University (1996-1999), Sc.D. (2006).

Core Achievements

1. The first direct and circumstantial evidences of the effects of cosmic rays (CR) on biological systems in experimental investigations were obtained.

2. The link between the prevalence of congenital malformations in children and the intensity of secondary components of CR near the Earth surface was found.

3. The contribution of geospace agents in the people morbidity in the Arctic was demonstrated.

4. The effects of variations of geomagnetic field and cosmic rays on functional state of human brain, on psycho-physiological state of the body, on functional state of peripheral blood and on the growth of microflora of skin cover were shown.

5. Modulation of water properties by variations of cosmic rays was revealed.