Notable Members
Through its history, various new departments have been founded by prominent scientists. The following list gives some of the scientist who founded new departments.
- Mathematics
- D. O. Grave, M. M. Krylov, and M. M. Bogoliubov
- Mechanics
- O. M. Dynnik and M. O. Lavrentiev
- Physics
- K. D. Sinelnikov, L.P. Fominskiy, L. V. Shubnikov, V. Ye. Lashkariov, O. I. Akhiezer, O. S. Davidov, A. F. Prikhotko, O. Ya. Usikov, and S. Ya. Braude
- Geology
- P. A. Tutkovsky
- Chemistry
- L. V. Pisarzhevsky, O. I. Brodsky, A. V. Dumansky
- Biology and Medicine
- D. K. Zabolotny, O. O. Bohomolets, V. P. Filatov, M. H. Kholodny, and I. I. Schmalhausen.
The NASU has had only eight (8) different presidents:
- V. I. Vernadsky (1918–1921)
- M. P. Vasylenko (1921–1922)
- O. I. Levitsky (1922)
- V. I. Lipsky (1922–1928)
- D. K. Zabolotny (1928–1929)
- O. O. Bohomolets (1930–1946)
- O. V. Palladin (1946–1962)
- B. E. Paton (1962–present)
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