Vitalij V. Lapa Personal Page

Personal information:

Family name Lapa First name Vitalij Patronymic Vitalyevich Date of birth 21.06.1951 Nationality Republic of Belarus Working place Republican Scientific Subsidiary Unitary Enterprise "Institute for Soil Science and Agrochemistry" Position Director Phone +375 17 2120751 Fax +375 17 2120402; +375 17 2124480 E-mail brissagro@biz.by

Scientific Degree and Titles:

Honoured Science Worker of the Republic of Belarus, Doctor of Agricultural Sciences, Professor, Academician of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus

Honors and Awards:

State Prize of the Republic of Belarus in the Sphere of Science and Technology, The Francis Skaryna Order, Diploma of the National Assembly of Belarus (2016)

Education:

1973-1976 Post-graduate course of the Belarus Research Institute for Soil Science and Agrochemistry 1967-1972 Grodno State Institute of Agriculture

Professional Experience Record:

2006 - till present Director, Republican Scientific Subsidiary Unitary Enterprise "Institute for Soil Science and Agrochemistry" 1989-2005 Vice Director, Head of Agrochemistry Department, Belarus Research Institute for Soil Science and Agrochemistry 1985-1989 Head of Laboratory of Yields Planning, Belarus Research Institute for Soil Science and Agrochemistry 1980-1985 Senior researcher, Belarus Research Institute for Soil Science and Agrochemistry 1977-1980 Junior research assistant, Belarus Research Institute for Soil Science and Agrochemistry

Key Qualifications:

Scientific and practical development of crops mineral nutrition, increasing of soils fertility, agrochemical maintenance of agricultural production, development of new types of ecologically safe fertilizers

Language Skills:

German, English, Russian, Belarusian

Membership in Professional Bodies:

Belarusian Society of Soil Scientists

List of Publications:

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