Litvak Alexander Grigorievich
Director of IAP RAS
Academician of RAS, member of the Presidium of RAS, Dr.Sc. in physics and mathematics
Born on November 17, 1940 in Moscow, married
Education:
- Gorky State University , 1962ã., radiophysicist-researcher
- Post-graduate courses - 1962-1965
- Ph.D. thesis “Some problems in the theory of nonlinear electromagnetic phenomena in plasma” -1967, scientific supervisor - professor M. A. Miller
- Doctor's thesis “Self-action and interaction of electromagnetic waves in plasma” - 1977
Scope of professional interests:
Plasma physics, radiophysics, high-power electronics, nonlinear dynamics
Professional career:
- 1965-1977 – junior scientist, senior engineer, senior scientists in the RRI
- 1977 – 2003 – Head of Plasma theory laboratory, Head of Plasma physics department, Director of plasma physics and high-power electronics division, Deputy director of the IAP RAS for science
- 2003 – up to now – Director of the IAP RAS
- 1992 – up to now – vice-president of GYCOM Ltd.
Membership in professional organizations:
- academician of RAS
- vice-chairman of the scientific council of RAS for the problem “Relativistic high-current electronics and charged-particle beams”
- member of the bureau of the RAS scientific council on the problem “Plasma physics”
- member of the American physical society
Awards, prizes, grants:
- 1970 – Medal for Labor Valor”
- 1987 – State prize of the USSR
- 1994 – Soros professor
- 1994 - 2000 – grant of the RF government for outstanding scientists
- 1997 – 2006 – government grants for the program supporting advanced scientific schools
- 2004 – Order of the People's Frienship
Pedagogical activities:
- 1978-1991 – professor of the Gorky Polytechnical Institute
- 1991 – up to now – professor, Dean of the faculty “Higher school for general and applied physics” of the NNSU
Publications:
More than 200 scientific papers
