Dr. Leonid A. Gavrilov – Biographical Sketch
Dr. Leonid
A. Gavrilov, Ph.D., is an expert in biodemographic studies of human
aging, mortality and longevity. He has more than 20 years of
professional experience in this area of research and has published
nearly a hundred of scientific publications on human longevity and
related topics in collaboration with Dr. Natalia S. Gavrilova.
Their book ‘The Biology of Life Span:
A Quantitative approach’ is favorably reviewed by dozens of
scientific journals, including the Journal
of the Institute of Actuaries, and is cited as recommended
reference by Encyclopedia Britannica.
Dr. Gavrilov is the founder of reliability theory of aging and longevity,
first proposed in his book "The
Biology of Life Span" (1991), and developed further in Journal of Theoretical Biology
(2001), the Actuary (2002), Science' SAGE KE (Science of Aging
Knowledge Environment, 2003) and the Annals
of the New York Academy of Sciences (2004).
Leonid Gavrilov is the Principal Investigator of
several award-winning research projects, funded by the International
Science Foundation, European Union (INTAS program), the U.S. Civilian
Research and Development Foundation (CRDF) and by the U.S. National
Institute on Aging (Independent Scientist Award).
Dr. Gavrilov is the Editorial Board member of
scientific journals "Theoretical
Biology and Medical Modelling" (Associate Editor), "Experimental Gerontology"
(Associate Editor), "Rejuvenation
Research", "The Scientific
World Journal" and an expert (referee) for over 20 scientific
journals including Demography,
Journal of Theoretical Biology,
and Mathematical Population Studies.
He is also an expert for the
National Institute on Aging (USA), the National Research Council at the
National Academy of Sciences (USA), Canadian Institutes of Health
Research (CIHR), and the Austrian Science Fund (FWF). His scientific credentials are described in more
detail in "Who's Who in Science and
Engineering", "Who's Who in
Medicine and HealthCare", and "Who's
Who in America" (Marquis Who's Who).
Leonid Gavrilov is a member of several
professional scientific societies, including International Union for
the Scientific Study of Population (IUSSP), Population Association of
America (PAA), Gerontological Society of America (GSA) and Social
Science and History Association (SSHA). He is an invited author in a
number of publication projects, including the Macmillan Encyclopedia of Aging,
the Macmillan Encyclopedia of
Population, the Springer book “Sex
and Longevity”, special issue of ‘Population’ journal on
biodemography of aging, and special issue of the Journal of Theoretical Biology on
aging theories.
Dr. Leonid Gavrilov is currently working at the
Center on Aging in the National Opinion Research Center affiliated with
the University of Chicago. More information about his current research
activities could be found at his scientific website “Longevity Science:
Unraveling the Secrets of Human Aging and Longevity” at: http://longevity-science.org/.
Selected Publications:
Gavrilov LA, Gavrilova NS. Reliability-Engineering
Approach to
the Problem of Biological Aging. Annals of the NewYork Academy of Sciences,
2004 vol. 1019, in press.
Gavrilov L.A., Gavrilova N.S. The quest
for a general theory of
aging and longevity. Science's
SAGE
KE (Science of Aging Knowledge Environment) for 16 July 2003;
Vol. 2003, No. 28, 1-10. http://sageke.sciencemag.org
Gavrilov, L.A., Gavrilova, N.S. Early-life factors modulating
lifespan. In: Rattan, S.I.S. (Ed.). Modulating
Aging and Longevity. 2003. Kluwer Academic Publishers,
Dordrecht, The Netherlands, 2003, 27-50.
Gavrilov L.A., Heuveline P. Aging
of Population. In: Paul Demeny
and Geoffrey McNicoll (Eds.) The
Encyclopedia of Population. New York, Macmillan Reference USA,
2003, vol.1, 32-37.
Gavrilov L.A., Gavrilova N.S. The
quest for the theory of human
longevity. The Actuary,
2002,
36(5): 10-13.
Gavrilov L.A., Gavrilova N.S. The
reliability theory of aging and
longevity. Journal of
Theoretical
Biology, 2001, 213(4): 527-545.
Gavrilov L.A., Gavrilova N.S. The
Biology of Life Span: A Quantitative Approach, NY: Harwood
Academic Publisher, 1991, 385p