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Mentor and scientific compass

Dr Arkadi Prokopov

Physician in integrative medicine · hypoxia research and mitochondrial medicine

For more than four decades, Arkadi Prokopov has followed a single question: how does the body respond to controlled changes in oxygen supply — and what can we learn from it?

At a glance

1949

born in Moscow

1974–1980

medical degree

1994

based in Germany

40+

years of hypoxia research

Portrait of Dr Arkadi Prokopov

His career started with research for people in extreme conditions: divers, mountaineers, cosmonauts. Not wellness — resilience in situations where oxygen runs short.

That work produced the principle known today as intermittent hypoxic–hyperoxic training: short phases of reduced and increased oxygen, carefully dosed and monitored throughout.

For ZELLGIPFEL he is the scientific reference point. He shaped the method we follow — sober, measurable and free of grand promises.

Background

Career

    1949

    Moscow

    Born and raised in Moscow.

    1974–1980

    Medical studies

    Medical degree with an early focus on breathing, circulation and adaptation to low oxygen.

    1980–1993

    Research for extreme conditions

    Adaptation programmes for divers, high-altitude climbers and cosmonauts — the groundwork for today's interval protocols.

    1994

    Move to Heidelberg

    Living and working in Germany since 1994, bringing hypoxia research into integrative medicine.

    2000–2004

    Consulting in the USA

    From 2000 to 2004 he worked as a consultant in the United States, including on the engineering side of training equipment.

    2005 –

    Teaching, patents, practice

    Several patents and papers on hypoxic–hyperoxic application, lectures and hands-on guidance — today mostly in Mallorca and Germany.

What drives him

Areas of focus

Three themes run through all of his work.

Intermittent hypoxia and hyperoxia

How much stimulus does the body need, how much recovery in between — and how do you steer both instead of improvising?

Mitochondria

The cell's power plants as the starting point: how cells handle oxygen, and how those processes can actually be measured.

Technology and safety

Device development, measurement and protocols that make every session monitorable and repeatable.

In his own words

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Published work

Patents and publications

The complete record of his granted patents and published work.

Patents

Four granted patents covering ergometry and breathing technology.

  • SU1984

    Patent number: SU 1189425A

    Ergometer for underwater biomedical research

    Inventors: A. Prokopov

  • DE1999

    Patent number: DE 19912337

    Tragbares Atemgerät für Training unter Sauerstoffmangel-Bedingungen

    Portable Breathing Device for Hypoxic Training

    Inventors: A. Prokopov, K. Buecken

  • RU2016

    Patent number: RU 2650205

    Device for Production of Hypoxic, Hyperoxic and Normoxic Respiratory Mixtures and Interval Complex Normobaric Training

    Inventors: A. Prokopov, D. Kolesov, I. Klementev, L. Fefilatev, A. Sedojkin, A. Brovko

  • RU2023

    Patent number: RU 2806613

    Breathing Trainer

    Inventors: A. Prokopov

Publications

Journal papers, book chapters and conference talks in chronological order.

  1. 2004Book chapter

    1.Benefits of Modified Breathing Air for Spacecraft and Planetary Habitats

    Prokopov A., Kotliar I.

    In: On to Mars — Colonizing a New World. Eds. Zubrin R. M., Crossman F. Apogee Books, 2004. ISBN 1896522904

  2. 2007Journal paper

    2.Exploring overlooked natural mitochondria-rejuvenative intervention: the puzzle of bowhead whales and naked mole rats

    Prokopov A.

    Rejuvenation Research, 2007, Vol. 10, No. 4, pp. 543–559

  3. 2007Journal paper

    3.Intermittent Hypoxic Therapy / Training (IHT): the aetiologic and pathogenetic anti-aging treatment

    Prokopov A., Voronina T.

    Rejuvenation Research, 2007, Vol. 10, S1, p. 45

  4. 2007Conference talk

    4.Clinical experience in a novel anti-aging treatment modality: the Intermittent Hypoxic Therapy (IHT)

    Prokopov A., Voronina T.

    Anti-Aging Conference London, The Royal Society of Medicine, 14–16 September 2007

  5. 2008Journal paper

    5.Zelluläre Kraftwerke natürlich reparieren

    Prokopov A.

    CoMed, November 2008, pp. 37–38

  6. 2009Book chapter

    6.Engineered natural longevity-enhancing interventions

    Prokopov A., Voronina T.

    In: Handbook on Longevity — Genetics, Diet and Disease. Eds. Bentely J. V., Keller M. A. Nova Science Publishers, Hauppauge NY, 2009. ISBN 978-1-60741-075-1

These are bibliographic references. Titles name research topics and are not a statement about any effect.

Please note

This page introduces a person and their professional work. It is not medical advice and makes no claims about treating illness.

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