Qualifications
Doctor of Biological Sciences (since 1969), Professor.
Academician of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus. Elected in 1991 on speciality Zoology, Hydrobiology.
Membership of other Academies, Scientific Societies and Councils
Academician of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR (1990),
Academician of the Russian Academy of Sciences (1991),
Foreign Member of the Lithuanian Academy of Sciences (1994),
Foreign Member of the Polish Academy of Sciences (1994),
President of the All-Union Hydrobiological Society of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR (1984-1989),
Vice-President and Member of the Council of the International Association of Academies of Sciences,
Member of the Council of the International Limnological Society (SIL) of the CIS,
National Representative of Belarus in the International Association of Theoretical and Applied Limnology (Societas Internationalis Limnologiae, SIL),
National Representative of Belarus in the International Council of Scientific Unions (ICSU),
Member of the Assembly of the Academies of Sciences of Europe (ALLEA),
Chairperson of the Belarusian National Committee on the UNESCO Programme "Man and the Biosphere" (BNK MAB).
Editorial Board Membership
Member of the Editorial Board of the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus (Series of Biological Sciences)
Current Position
Presidium of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus, The Adviser of the Presidium.
66 Independence Avenue, Minsk BY-220072, Republic of Belarus
Tel./Fax: +375 (17) 284-04-77. E-mail: academy@mserv.bas-net.by
The Institute of Zoology of the National Academy of Sciences, the Honorable Director of the Institute, Head of Laboratory.
27 Akademichnaya Street, Minsk BY-220072, Republic of Belarus
Tel.: +375 (17) 284-16-72. Fax: +375 (17) 284-10-36
Research areas
Circulation of substances and energy flow in aquatic ecological systems. Evaluation of consequences of the Chernobyl Power Station accident and the reduction of its negative influence on the environment and natural complexes of Belarus.
Literature:
1. Sushchenya Leonid Mikhailovich, The Cyril and Methodius Encyclopedia (In Russian).
2. Leonid Mikhailovich Sushchenya, from Biobibliography of Belarus Scientists.
3. Leonid Mikhailovich Sushchenya, general information from Russian Academy of Sciences.
4. Sushchenya Leonid Mikhailovich, from "RAS Membership from 1724".
5. Department of Animal Physiology, The Institute of Biology of the Southern Seas, NAS of Ukraine.
6. Leonid Michailovich Sushchenya (To the 70th Anniversary), Proc. of the Natl. Academy of Sciences of Belarus, Ser. Biological Sci., 1999, No.4.
7. Leonid Michailovich Sushchenya (To the 75th Anniversary), Proc. of the Natl. Academy of Sciences of Belarus, Ser. Biological Sci., 2004, No.4.
Web Publications
1. To prevent the destruction of science, from Vecherny Minsk Newspaper (In Russian).
2. To the reader, from Academician T.N. Godnev: Memoirs of the contemporaries (In Russian).