Matches in DBpedia 2014 for { ?s ?p Leonid A. Gavrilov (born August 28, 1954 in the city of Sverdlovsk (now Ekaterinburg), Russia), is a biogerontologist and a biodemographer at the Center on Aging, National Opinion Research Center (NORC) affiliated with the University of Chicago. He specializes in the mathematical modeling of aging and mortality, biodemography and the genetics of aging and longevity. He has written two books, several chapters and numerous scientific papers.[citation needed] His book The biology of life span: A quantitative approach is cited as the recommended reference by the Encyclopædia Britannica. He is the associate editor of scientific journals Experimental Gerontology and Theoretical biology and Medical modelling and an editorial board member of Rejuvenation Research, Advanced Science Letters and The Scientific World Journal. He is also a consultant for the National Research Council and the National Institutes of Aging, and a fellow of the Gerontological Society of America. He is known for the development of the reliability theory of aging, studies of the biodemography of human longevity, the compensation law of mortality, and late-life mortality deceleration. His wife, Natalia S. Gavrilova, is a frequent collaborator and coauthor.. }
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- Leonid_Gavrilov abstract "Leonid A. Gavrilov (born August 28, 1954 in the city of Sverdlovsk (now Ekaterinburg), Russia), is a biogerontologist and a biodemographer at the Center on Aging, National Opinion Research Center (NORC) affiliated with the University of Chicago. He specializes in the mathematical modeling of aging and mortality, biodemography and the genetics of aging and longevity. He has written two books, several chapters and numerous scientific papers.[citation needed] His book The biology of life span: A quantitative approach is cited as the recommended reference by the Encyclopædia Britannica. He is the associate editor of scientific journals Experimental Gerontology and Theoretical biology and Medical modelling and an editorial board member of Rejuvenation Research, Advanced Science Letters and The Scientific World Journal. He is also a consultant for the National Research Council and the National Institutes of Aging, and a fellow of the Gerontological Society of America. He is known for the development of the reliability theory of aging, studies of the biodemography of human longevity, the compensation law of mortality, and late-life mortality deceleration. His wife, Natalia S. Gavrilova, is a frequent collaborator and coauthor.".