Academic Staff
Alexey Abrikosov | Nobel Prize winner (2003). His main discoveries were made in the sphere of physics of condensed media. |
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Vitaly Ginsburg | Nobel Prize winner (2003). Author of the quantum theory of the Vavilov-Cherenkov effect and Cherenkov radiation theory. |
Pyotr Kapitsa | Nobel Prize winner (1978). Discovered the superfluidity of fluid helium phenomenon. |
Lev Landau | Founder of an academic school, author of the fundamental textbook Course in Theoretical Physics. Nobel Prize winner (1962), awarded for breakthrough research on liquid helium. |
Alexander Prokhorov | Nobel Prize winner (1964). Conducted pioneering research in quantum electronics; one of the inventors of laser technologies. |
Andrei Sakharov | Nobel Prize winner (1975). Took part in creating the first Soviet hydrogen bomb. Human rights activist and public figure. |
Igor Tamm | Nobel Prize Winner (1958). Developed a method of quantum field theory solution, the Tamm-Dankov method, jointly with Andrey Sakharov developed plasma retention principles. |
Nikolay Semenov | The only Soviet Nobel Prize winner in Chemistry (1956). Basic scientific achievements include the quantitative theory of chemical chain reactions, theory of thermal explosion and gaseous mixture combustion. |