Gennady Andreyevich Mesyats (Russian: Геннадий Андреевич Месяц, born 29 February 1936) is a Soviet and Russian physicist, founder of several scientific schools — high-current electronics and pulse electrophysics, one of the acknowledged world leaders in these areas.[1][2]
Gennady Mesyats | |
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Геннадий Месяц | |
 Mesyats (left) in 1971 | |
| Born | Gennady Andreyevich Mesyats 29 February 1936 |
| Nationality | Russian |
| Citizenship |  Soviet Union  Russia |
| Alma mater | Tomsk Polytechnic University |
| Known for | High-current electronics emission, Nanosecond pulse sources, Injection gas electronics, Ectons |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Physics of plasma |
| Institutions | Lebedev Physical Institute |
| Doctoral advisor | Lev Sena |
He has been a vice-president of the Russian Academy of Sciences since 1987 and a director of the Lebedev Physical Institute since 2004.
Honours and awards
edit- Order "For Merit to the Fatherland", 2nd class (2006)
- Order "For Merit to the Fatherland", 3rd class (1999)
- Order "For Merit to the Fatherland", 4th class (1996)
- Lenin Komsomol Prize (1968)
- Jubilee Medal "In Commemoration of the 100th Anniversary of the Birth of Vladimir Ilyich Lenin" (1970)
- Order of the Red Banner of Labour (1971)
- USSR State Prize (1978)
- Order of the Badge of Honour (1981)
- Order of Lenin (1986)
- Dyke Award (1990)[3]
- State Prize of the Russian Federation for Science and Technology (1998)
- Demidov Prize (2002)
- Global Energy Prize (2003)
- Legion of Honour (2008)
- Order of Honour (2011)
- IEEE Marie Sklodowska-Curie Award (2012)
- Order of Alexander Nevsky (2021)
References
edit- ^ 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.