Platon Kostiuk

Platon Kostiuk
Born	Platon Hryhorovych Kostiuk (1924-08-20)20 August 1924 Kyiv, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union
Died	10 May 2010(2010-05-10) (aged 85) Kyiv, Ukraine
Citizenship	USSR (1924–1991) Ukraine (1991–2010)
Alma mater	Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv Bohomolets National Medical University
Spouse	Lyudmyla Kostyuk (1929–2011)
Children	Olena (1957–2011) Olga (1966)
Awards
Scientific career
Fields	Physiology
Institutions	Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv Bogomoletz Institute of Physiology John Curtin School of Medical Research, Australian National University Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology, Kyiv branch
Thesis	Nerve adaptation to expanding current  (1949)
Doctoral advisor	Danylo Vorontsov
Notable students	Galyna Skibo, Alexei Verkhratsky

Platon Hryhorovych Kostiuk (Ukrainian: Платон Григорович Костюк) (20 August 1924 – 10 May 2010) was a Soviet and Ukrainian physiologist, neurobiologist, electrophysiologist, and biophysicist. He was a member (academician) of the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) of Ukraine and the Russian Academy of Sciences. He was also a director of the Bogomoletz Institute of Physiology and the International Center of Molecular Physiology NAS of Ukraine; chair of the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology, Kyiv branch, vice-president of the NAS of Ukraine, and chairman of the Verkhovna Rada of the Ukrainian SSR.^[1][2]