Lev Aleksandrovich Puchkov

Born July 5, 1938 in the village Poreckoe, Poretsky District, Chuvash ASSR. Father - Alexander Puchkov (1906. born.). Mother - Vorobyov Antonina (1910. born.). Children: Alex (genus. 1968), Roman (genus. 1975).

In 1961 he graduated from the Moscow Mining Institute, specializing in 'mining engineer'. He worked as a research assistant in the Kola branch of Academy of Sciences of the USSR (g. Apatity, 1961 - 1963 gg.). In 1963 he moved to r. Moscow, where he continues to work so far in the Moscow Mining Institute (since 1993. - Moscow Mining University): first as a research assistant, . graduate, . research assistant, . then assistant, . associate, . Senior Researcher, . rector for evening and distance learning, . Professor of, . Head of Department of Automated Control Systems, . Rector for Academic Affairs,
. Since 1987, Mr.. present - Rector, Head of TPU (since 1992). Doctor of Technical Sciences, Professor. Corresponding Member of the Russia Academy of Sciences, . Academician of the Academy of Natural Sciences, . Russia, Academician of Engineering Academy, . Academician of International Academy of Sciences of Higher School, . Academician of the Academy of Mining Sciences, . member of the International Society of Mining Professors (Society of Mining Professors), . member of international organizing committees APCOM (Application of Computers and Operations Research in the Mineral Industry), . SWEMP (International Symposium on Environmental Issues and Waste Management in Energy and Mineral Production), . ICAMK (Automation in mines and quarries), . Member of the Presidium of the Council of Rectors of Mr.,
. Moscow. Honorary Doctor of the University of Miskolc Mining (Hungary), Doctor Honoris Causa of Sofia University of Mining and Exploration (Bulgaria), Professor Emeritus Shansiyskogo Mining Institute (China). He was awarded the Order "Badge of Honor 'by' Miner's Glory 'I, II and III degrees. He is the author of articles: 'Automatic methane control in mines by means of ventilation' (APCOM - 89, . Las-Vegas, . USA, . 1989), 'On the structure of Mining Sciences' - Mining Journal, . N 7, . 1995; 'present and future of the profession of mining engineer' - Mining Journal, . N 10, . 1995,
. and publications: 'The methods and algorithms for automatic control of ventilation of coal mines' (co-author Bahvalov L. A.) - Moscow: Nedra, 1992, 'Aerodynamics of underground workings' - Moscow: Moscow State Mining University, 1993; 'The dynamics of methane in the workings of coal mines' - M.: Publishing. Moscow State Mining University, 1995. (co-author Kaledin H. O.). He is fond of photography.

Lives and works in g. Moscow.
Address: Russia, 117935, g. Moscow, GSP - 1, Leninsky Prospect House. 6. Tel: (+7-095) 236 - 94 - 80