15 Facts About Victor Talrose

Victor Lvovich Talrose was a Russian scientist and mass spectrometrist.

Victor Talrose was born in Tula, Russia, an industrial city on the Upa River 200 kilometers south of Moscow.

Victor Talrose graduated from high school in 1939 with a gold medal for outstanding abilities.

Victor Talrose started his studies in chemistry at Moscow State University, but his studies were interrupted by the outbreak of World War II.

Victor Talrose returned to his studies in 1945, graduating in 1947.

Victor Talrose began work on his master's degree in the Laboratory of Elementary Processes headed by Viktor Kondrat'ev.

Victor Talrose's thesis was on the role of the hydroperoxyl radical in gas phase reactions of reaction of hydrogen and oxygen.

Victor Talrose became junior researcher at the Institute of Chemical Physics in Kondratyev lab, but was transferred to work on development of the Soviet atomic bomb project.

Victor Talrose returned to Kondratyev lab after completion his work on the atomic bomb.

Victor Talrose built the first Soviet mass spectrometer to study ion chemistry and in 1952 completed his Ph.

From 1953 to 1956, Victor Talrose worked on atomic weapons, then returned to the Kondratyev lab where headed a mass spectrometry group.

Victor Talrose developed gas phase ion chemistry bracketing techniques for determining proton affinity.

In 1964, Victor Talrose began work on chemical lasers and in 1968, he was elected as a corresponding member of Russian Academy of Sciences.

Victor Talrose received the Lenin Prize in 1984 for his work on chemical lasers.

Victor Talrose received the International Mass Spectrometry Foundation Thomson Medal in 2003.