Litvak Alexander Grigorievich
Scientific supervisor of the Institute of Applied Physics 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 – 2015 – Director of the IAP RAS
- since 2015 – Scientific supervisor of the Institute of Applied Physics 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
