Stepan Badalov

Stepan Tigranovich Badalov (26 August 1919 – 17 June 2014) was a Soviet and Uzbek mineralogist and geochemist, Doctor of Geological and Mineralogical Sciences and Professor (1968). He was a Meritorious Scientist of the Republic of Uzbekistan and an Honorary Member of the Russian Mineralogical Society. He is considered the founder of isotope geochemistry.

Life Badalov was born on 26 August 1919 in Chorjou city (now Türkmenabat) to a service worker family. His childhood was spent in Kogon and Qo‘qon cities.

From 1 June 1946, he worked at the Institute of Geology of the Academy of Sciences of the Uzbek SSR (later renamed the Institute of Geology and Geophysics of the Academy of Sciences of the Uzbek SSR; Institute of Geology and Geophysics named after Khabib Abdullaev of the Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Uzbekistan). He went through the path from a postgraduate student to the head of the laboratory of geochemical cycles and processes.

He was the scientific supervisor of 4 doctoral and 42 candidate dissertations, including postgraduates from Vietnam, Mali and Afghanistan. He founded a scientific school in the field of mineralogy and geochemistry of deposits. USSR State Prize The minerals badalovit (IMA 2016–053) and manganobadalovite (IMA 2020–035) are named after him.

Membership in organisations 1950 — Russian Mineralogical Society, honorary member of the Russian Mineralogical Society (1992) Honorary Chairman of the Mineralogical Society of Uzbekistan