Galina Klevezal
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Galina Klevezal | |
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| Галина Клевезаль | |
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| Born | May 27, 1939 |
| Died | July 11, 2021 (aged 82) |
| Education | Moscow State University |
| Occupation | Zoologist |
| Years active | 1956–2021 |
| Employer(s) | N. K. Koltsov Institute of Developmental Biology, Russian Academy of Sciences |
| Known for | Development of the field of skeletochronology |
| Spouse | Mikhail Mina |
Galina Aleksandrovna Klevezal (Russian: Галина Александровна Клевезаль; 27 May 1937 – 11 July 2021) was a Russian zoologist who specialised in the zoology and ontogeny of marine mammals. A researcher at the N. K. Koltsov Institute of Developmental Biology at the Russian Academy of Sciences, Klevezal was known for her pioneering work in the field of skeletochronology to determine the age of mammals.[1][2][3][4]
Klevezal was born in Moscow on 27 May 1937, the daughter of Aleksandr Petrovich Klevezal (Klevesahl; 1908–1940)[5], an artist and engineer, and Ekaterina Fedorvna Klevezal (née Orlina; 1901–1984), a teacher from Ryazan. Klevezal's father died when she was an infant, and she and her sisters were raised by their mother.[6][7][8]
After completing her education with a school medal in 1956, Klevezal started her studies at the Faculty of Biology at Moscow State University, where she specialised in vertebrate zoology. After deciding to focus on marine mammals, Klevezal completed an internship under Evgenia Karaseva, who recommended she join the laboratory of mammalogist Sergey Kleinenberg. In 1960, Klevezal started working at the A. N. Severtsov Institute of Animal Morphology. The following year, after graduating, Klevezal began working at the institute's Laboratory of Marine Mammal Biology under Kleinenberg. In 1968, the lab became part of the N. K. Koltsov Institute of Developmental Biology, part of the Russian Academy of Sciences.[9]
During the 1950s, Klevezal met biologist Mikhail Mina at a meeting of the Young Biologists' Circle at the Moscow Zoo; they subsequently married.[10]
Klevezal died on 11 July 2021.[11]
