During the last General Assembly of IUR, held in Bergen (Norway), Professor Gennady Polikarpov, from the Institute of Biology of the Southern Seas (IBSS) at Sebasotpol (Ukraine) has been granted the 2d IUR V.I. Vernadsky Award, by unanimous decision of the Board of Council.
Through a long and brilliant scientific career, Professor G. Polikarpov has promoted a major overall contribution to the development of Radioecology, both from initiation of new concepts and findings, and also an impressive record of experimental work that is largely published in the open international literature.
The speech given by Professor G. Polikarpov during the Bergen Conference on this occcasion can be downloaded from this link.