Vladimir Borisovich Shtokman (Russian: Владимир Борисович Штокман; 10 March 1909 – 14 June 1968) was a Soviet oceanographer and geophysicist.
Shtokman began his academic career in 1928,[1] joining the faculty of physics and mathematics at the University of Moscow to study the emerging field of geophysics.
He suspended his studies in 1932 to start work as a laboratory assistant in the Institute of Oceanography, whilst also working on the problem of undersea cables breaking unexpectedly.
In 1934, Shtokman moved from Moscow to Baku, where he created the Laboratory of Physical Oceanography as part of the Soviet Union's All-Union Scientific Research Institute of Ocean Fisheries and Oceanography (UNIRO).
Still a young scientist, this position proved to be very productive for him and allowed Sthokman to publish more than 20 articles devoted to the investigation of flow and mixture processes in the Caspian Sea.