Galiev

Shamil Usmanovich Galiev was born on April 18, 1942 in Kazan, Tatar Republic (Russia) and is the son of Usman Zakirovich Galiev and his wife Ajar Khayrutdinovna Valitova. He was a researcher in the Academy Sciences of SSSR, Kazan in 1965-1972 and in Academy Sciences Ukraine, Kiev in 1972-1981, a head of the department in Academy Sciences Ukraine, Kiev in 1981-1995, a professor in Kiev Politech. U. in 1986-1989 and a visiting professor at Brown U., Providence in 1992. Since 1996, he has been a professor and honorary academician at the University of Auckland, New Zealand.