John B. Balinsky

John (Ivan) Boris Balinsky (July 4, 1934 in Kyiv, Ukrainian SSR – October 1, 1983 in Ames, Iowa, Iowa, United States) - South African and American zoologist of Ukrainian origin. His father Boris Balinsky was an embryologist.

Life[]

Balinsky was born in Kyiv into a family of biologists; his father was university professor Boris Balinsky and his mother Catherine Singaiivska was a laboratory researcher. His mother died after return from a Soviet prison during World War II.

Science[]

Balinsky studied amphibian physiology. He investigated cell environmental adaptation regulation during development. Authored 47 research publications, including «Comparative Biochemistry of Nitrogen Metabolism» chapter.

Also described several species of Echinodermata:

• JB Balinsky, 1957
• JB Balinsky, 1957
• JB Balinsky, 1957

Awards and grants[]

• Witwatersrand Council of Education Overseas Scholarship (1956)
• Nuffield Foundation in dominions (1962)
• Carnegie Corporation of New York (1967)
• U. S. National Institutes of Health International Fellowship (1968)
• South African Council for the scientific and Industrial Research Senior Bursary (1975)
• Harry Oppenheimer Fellowship Award (1975)

Science organization membership[]

• AAAS
• Biochemical Society
• Royal Society of South Africa
• Physiological Society of Southern Africa
• Society for Endocrinology, Metabolism and Diabetes of Southern Africa

Vice chairman (1974-1975) for the South African Biochemical Society and the chairman (1973-1974) of the Society for Experimental Biology, Transvaal.

Sources[]

• "Biographical note in John B. Balinsky Papers 1976–1983". University Archives, Special Collections Department, Iowa State University.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
• Balinsky, Boris (1988). Digital surrogate of Boris Balinsky Memoir. University of Illinois Archives.