Agrophysical Research Institute

The Agrophysical Research Institute (AFI, Агрофизический научно-исследовательский институт) is a public research and higher education facility dedicated to the study of agrophysics, agricultural sciences and research on physical problems of agriculture. The Institute was founded in 1932 in Leningrad, USSR (now St. Petersburg, Russia). The Institute is part of the Russian Academy of Agricultural Sciences which, in 2013, became part of the Russian Academy of Sciences.

Agrophysical Research Institute
Агрофизический научно-исследовательский институт
Formation1932 (1932)
FounderAbram Ioffe
TypeFederal State Scientific Institution
PurposeResearch and education
Location
  • 195220, Saint-Petersburg; Grazhdanskiy pr., 14, Russia
Coordinates60.00056°N 30.38419°E / 60.00056; 30.38419
Director
Viktor Petrovich Yakushev, RAS, 812-534-12-19, vyakushev@agrophys.ru
Science Deputy Director
Yuri Victorovich Khomyakov
Scientific Secretary
Irina Valentinovna Tarasenkova
Deputy Director
Pavel Anatolievich Popov
Parent organization
Russian Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Russian Academy of Sciences
Websitewww.agrophys.ru/Agrophysical-institute
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