Georgii Nadson


Georgii Adamovich Nadson was a Soviet biologist, "one of the pioneers of radioecology in Russia" In 1930, he founded the Laboratory of Microbiology of the Russian Academy of Sciences. He was director of the institute until 1937, when he was "falsely accused of participating in so-called anti-Soviet sabotage and terrorism and arrested" The real reason for his execution was his opposition to Lysenkoism.
Ulvella nadsonii, a species of algae, is named for him.