1940
Boris Stepanovich Gurenkov <Борис Степанович Гуренков> (1916-1986) worked as a scientist in applied oil-oriented institution during 1941-1944 period, and then entered the Dept as PhD student supervised by Z.A. Iofa. The title of his 1948 thesis “Adsorption potentials of the concentrated solutions of inorganic acids” is related to potential drops at air/solution interphases.
1941
Isidor Timofeevich Shabad <Исидор Тимофеевич Шабад> (1918-1942) was killed at the front of WWII.
Presumably: also I.I. Tret’yakov <И.И. Третьяков>, who co-authored 1945 article of Iofa and Losev (all publications of works completed in 1941 were strongly delayed because of WWII).
1944
Irina Alekseyevna Bagotskaya Bagotsky Vladimir Sergeyevich Tsetsiliya (Tsilya) Iosifovna Zalkind
Anastasiya Ivanovna Stetsenko <Анастасия Ивановна Стеценко> moved to Leningrad. Her 1949 PhD thesis on hydrogen dissolution in Pt-Pd alloys was still electrochemical, but later she mostly worked in the field of chemistry of platinum coordination compounds in respect to their antitumor activity. In 1974-1989 she headed a chair of analytical chemistry in Leningrad Pharmaceutic University. Her publications appeared up to 1996.
1945
Nina Yanovna Bune Nina Vladimirovna Fedorovich
Evgeniya Vladimirovna Barelko <Евгения Владимировна Барелко> (1922-2001) joint the Institute of Physical Chemistry after her graduation, and completed PhD thesis on magnium electrode behavior in alkaline solutions (1950). Then she moved to Karpov Institute, and worked with M.A. Proskurnin on oxidative radiolysis of organic molecules. Later her topic became radiation stability of molecules, including pharmaceutic preparates.
1946
Vasilyi Aleksandrovich Kuznetsov
Oktyabrina L’vovna Kabanova (Kaptsan-Rodchenko) <Октябрина Львовна Кабанова (Капцан-Родченко)> (1923-2009) completed her diploma thesis with M.A. Gerovich (effects of inorganic salts on the monolayers of palmitinic acid abd cetyl alcohol). After a short period in applied institution, she became PhD student of Z.A. Iofa (thesis on amalgams decomposition, 1949). Starting from 1950 she worked on electrochemical analysis of complex samples, in particular of impurities in pure substances. She is specially known for electroanalytical techniques for quantification of small contents of platinum group metals and mercury.
Yakov Bentsianovich Shimshelevich <Яков Бенцианович Шимшелевич> (1919-2015) completed his University program after four years in the army during WWII. From available publications, we can conclude that he worked (later as well) with V.S. Bagotsky on oxygen reduction reaction, in particular, on carbon electrodes, including suspended electrodes. He also co-authored 1985 article on enzymes immobilization on carbon for so-named ‘bioelectrocatalysis’.
Ol’ga Georgievna Deryagina <Ольга Георгиевна Дерягина> (1921-2003) was supervised by M.A. Gerovich, and then employed in the Institute of Physical Chemistry. She worked with Ekaterina Nikolaevna Paleolog (1916-1979), and with Nikon Danilovich Tomashov when Paleolog passed away. Her PhD thesis (1962) was devoted to germanium dissolution, and semiconductor research was continued in 1960s. Then, in 1970s, she studied oxidation of nickel and its alloys, later of ruthenium. In 1980s she worked on the behavior of ruthenium-titanium oxide anodes.
PhD: Vasilyi Grigor’evich Sindyukov <Василий Григорьевич Синдюков> (1910-1985) defended his thesis on anodic and cathodic behavior of nickel in concentrated sulfuric anf hydrochloric acids.
1947
Elena Petrovna Andreeva (1920-2008) studied the effects of organic surfactants on the kinetics of electrode reactions on mercury. Her diploma research and 1952 PhD thesis were supervised by Z.A. Iofa. Then she joined the Dept of colloid chemistry in Moscow University. Her main topic was formation and stabilization of gels, including the preceding nucleation processes.
Izabella Fedorovna Reznik <Изабелла Федоровна Резник> (1922-2001) studied the behavior of palmitic acid monolayers at air/solution interface, as affected by inorganic salts in solution. Her diploma thesis was supervised by M.F. Gerovich (the results are published in 1951). After graduation, she worked in applied fields, and was affiliated with the Institute of Power Sources (VNIIT) for several decades.
1948
Lidiya Andrianovna Medvedeva Galina Matveyevna Florianovich Irina Yevgenyevna Yablokova
Iosif Arnol’dovich Zaidenman <Иосиф Арнольдович Зайденман> (1922-1993) was affiliated with the Institute of Power Sources starting from 1950. He completed his PhD thesis on CO and hydrogen adsorption on metals already in 1951, and worked with V.S. Bagotsky. In 1970s, he participated in the studies of electrochemical tranducers, and later published a number of basic articles related to impedance of various electrochemical systems.
1949
David Lazarevich Motov <Давид Лазаревич Мотов> (1928-2010) was accepted as the 2nd year student of Moscow Univ in 1945, after a year of his studies in Tashkent (Uzbekistan), where his family was evacuated during WWII. He studied oxygen reduction on mercury with V.S. Bagotsky (Doklady Akademii Nauk SSSR. 1950. V. 71. P. 501-504) and was very successful in research, but could not enter any PhD program because it was the most terrible antisemitic period. He left for Kola division of the Academy of sciences (Murmansk region) in 1950, and worked in this northen place for 60 years, mostly in the Institute of Chemistry and Technology of Rare Elements and Mineral Raw Materials founded in 1957 in Apatity town. His PhD (1956) and DSc (2000) theses address various physico-chemical aspects of ore processing, especially related to titanium and other elements of this group. He is also known as an active ice swimmer (continued even being 80 years old). Here are some texts in Russian: Motov’s memories (2010); about D.L. Motov and his book of novels; Obituary.
Valentina Viktorovna Sarayeva <Валентина Викторовна Сараева> (1928-2012) graduated as electrochemist (supervised by Z.A. Iofa), but then was specialized in radiation chemistry starting from her PhD period (under N.A. Bach’s supervision). Her PhD (1952) and DSc (1970) theses, as well as the books published in 1986 and 1991, were mostly related to radiolysis of organic substances. She was affiliated with the lab of radiation chemistry <later the lab of high energy chemistry> in Moscow University during all her life, and authored the text (in Russian) on the history of radiation chemistry in USSR and Russia.
Vera Smirnova <Вера Смирнова> was diploma student of M.A. Gerovich and worked on the effects of inorganic salts on the layers of non-polar surfactants at air/concentrated solution interface (published in 1951).
For the following graduates of 1940s, graduation year is still not identified.
Zoya Borisovna Pechkovskaya <Зоя Борисовна Печковская> was the student of Z.A. Iofa and worked on amalgams decomposition kinetics (her results were published in 1948). She worked in the Institute of fossil fuel (ИГиРГИ) later, and her PhD thesis (1963) addressed thermal decomposition of the hard coal.
Aleksandr Izrailevich Zak <Александр Израилевич Зак> is also mentioned in ‘before 1941’ Iofa’s list. He continued in the Institute of Physical Chemistry with B.N. Kabanov, and completed PhD thesis on aluminum dissolution under cathodic polarization in 1948 (published in 1950). Jointly with A.V. Gorodetskaya, V.V. Losev, and T.A. Kryukova, he worked on translation of S.Glasstone’s “An Introduction to electrochemistry” edited by B.N. Kabanov (published in 1951). A.I. Zak translated five chapters related to electrochemical thermodynamics, polarization/overpotential, and deposition/corrosion of metals. His last article with Kabanov affiliated with Frumkin Inst is dated 1965. Later works with A.A. Vyselkov address SO2 reduction and acknowledge Kabanov. In 1970s, Zak’s name appears in a number of patents on electrochemical transducers belonging to the Institute of Power Sources (VNIIT).
For three names mentioned in some records, no additional information is found at this stage: Elena Karlovna Lepina <Елена Карловна Лепина>, presumably 1947 graduate; Marina Nikiforova <Марина Никифорова> and Alina Valiulina <Алина Валиулина>, presumably 1948 graduates.