Lev Mitrofanovich Barkov (Russian: Лев Митрофанович Барков; October 24, 1928, in Moscow – February 9, 2013,[1] in Novosibirsk) was a Russian physicist, Academician of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR (since 1984),[1] Professor at the Novosibirsk State University (since 1973) and Laureate of the 1989 USSR State Prize.
Lev Barkov | |
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| Born | Lev Mitrofanovich Barkov October 24, 1928 |
| Died | February 9, 2013 (aged 84) |
| Alma mater | Lomonosov Moscow State University |
| Awards | 1989 USSR State Prize |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | physics |
| Institutions | Budker Institute of Nuclear Physics Novosibirsk State University Kurchatov Institute of Atomic Energy |
He graduated from the Lomonosov Moscow State University in 1952 with a dissertation on classified neutron research, continued from then at the Kurchatov Institute of Atomic Energy. A few years later, the Kurchatov Institute sent Barkov as part of the Soviet delegation to the 1955 UN conference in Geneva on "Peaceful Uses of Atomic Energy".[2]
Since 1967 he worked at the Budker Institute of Nuclear Physics within the Siberian Division of the Russian Academy of Sciences (Russian: Сибирское отделение Российской академии наук CO PAN) in Novosibirsk, Russia.
He taught at the Novosibirsk State University since 1967, as a professor since 1973, and he was also a department chair.
From 1976 to 1979, Barkov served as the Dean of the Faculty of Physics of the Novosibirsk State University.
He was awarded:
- Order of the October Revolution (1971)
- Order of the Badge of Honour (1975)
- Order of the Red Banner of Labour (1982)
- USSR State Prize (1989)
- Order "For Merit to the Fatherland", 4th class (1998)
References
edit- ^ a b Russian Academy of Sciences (in Russian)
- ^ "International Conference on the Peaceful Uses of Atomic Energy". Proceedings. UN. 1956–1958.