Qualifications
Doctor of Chemical Sciences (since 1960), Professor.
Academician of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus. Elected in 1970 on speciality Chemistry of Natural Compounds.
Membership of Scientific Societies and Councils
Member of the European Society for Peptides and European Group for Steroids,
Member of the Scientific Degree Council at the Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus.
Current Position
Retaired
Contact Information
24/1 Dmitrii Ulyanov Street, kv. 84, Moscow V-36, 117036, Russian Federation
Tel.: +7 (95) 124-40-25
Research areas
Structure and function of the main biopolymers and low-molecular bioregulators. Organic chemistry, bioorganic chemistry, chemistry of natural compounds, steroidochemistry. Mathematical prediction of biological activity of organic compounds. Stereochemistry and conformational analysis, reseption theory, phospholipides.
Main Publications
1. Total synthesis of steroids (1967).
2. Ecdysones - steroid hormones of insects (1973).
3. Steroids and microorganisms (1974).
4. Molecular mechanisms of adrenal steroidogenesis and aspects of regulation and application (1990).
5. Steroids - ecological functions (1990).
Literature
1. Afanasii Andreyevich Akhrem (To the 85th Anniversary). (In Russian)
2. Afanasii Andreyevich Akhrem (To the 90th Anniversary). (In Russian)