Gennady Mesyats
Gennady A. Mesyats | |
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| Born | 29 February 1936 |
| Nationality | Russia |
| Citizenship |  Soviet Union  Russia |
| Alma mater | Tomsk Polytechnic University |
| Known for | High-current electronics emission, Nanosecond pulse sources, Injection gas electronics, Ectons |
| Awards |  (1976)USSR State Prize (1978), Demidov Prize (2002) Global Energy Prize (2003) IEEE Marie Sklodowska-Curie Award (2012) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Physics of plasma |
| Institutions | Lebedev Physical Institute |
| Doctoral advisor | Lev Sena |
Gennady Andreyevich Mesyats (Russian: Месяц, Геннадий Андреевич, February 29, 1936, Kemerovo, Russia) is a Russian physicist, founder of several scientific schools — high-current electronics and pulse electrophysics, one of the acknowledged world leaders in these areas. [1][2]
He has been a vice-president of the Russian Academy of Sciences since 1987 and a director of the Lebedev Physical Institute since 2004. He was announced as the recipient of the IEEE Marie Sklodowska-Curie Award for 2012.
Honours and awards
- Gold and silver medal, a diploma of honour of the USSR Exhibition of Economic Achievements
- Order of Lenin (1986)
- Order of the Badge of Honour (1976)
- Order of the Red Banner of Labour (1971)
- Order of Merit for the Fatherland, 2nd class (2006), 3rd class (1999) and 4th class (1996)
- Jubilee Medal "For Valiant Labour. To commemorate the 100th anniversary of Lenin" (1970)
- Gold Medal of Academician NN Moiseev (2000s).
- Honour of the Komsomol (1960)
- Lenin Komsomol Prize (1968)
- USSR State Prize (1978)
- Winner of the State Prize of the Russian Federation for Science and Technology (1998)
- Laureate of the USSR Council of Ministers (1990)
- Dyke Award (1990),[3]
- Demidov Prize (2002)
- Global Energy Prize (2003)
- Honorary Citizen of the Tomsk Oblast
- Honorary citizen of Yekaterinburg
- Chevalier of the Légion d'honneur (France, 2008)
- Order of Honour (2011)
References
- ^ Gennady Mesyats. Loc. 2012-06-24. ISBN 9786201234963. Retrieved 20 August 2018.
{{cite book}}:|work=ignored (help) - ^ "Honorary Doctors". Retrieved 20 August 2018.
- ^ "Dyke Awards". isdeiv.lbl.gov. Archived from the original on 9 March 2016.
External links
Categories:
- 1936 births
- Living people
- People from Kemerovo
- Russian physicists
- Full Members of the USSR Academy of Sciences
- Full Members of the Russian Academy of Sciences
- Honorary Members of the Russian Academy of Education
- Members of the Optical Society
- Tomsk Polytechnic University alumni
- Tomsk State University faculty
- Tomsk Polytechnic University faculty
- Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology faculty
- Recipients of the Order "For Merit to the Fatherland", 2nd class
- Recipients of the Order of Lenin
- Recipients of the Order of Honour (Russia)
- Chevaliers of the Légion d'honneur
- Demidov Prize laureates
- Recipients of the USSR State Prize
- State Prize of the Russian Federation laureates
- Recipients of the Lenin Komsomol Prize