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Alexander Sergeev

Russian physicist¹

Aleksandr Mikhaylovich Sergeyev (Russian: Александр Михайлович Сергеев; born 2 August 1955) is a Russian physicist. In 2017-2022 he was the president of the Russian Academy of Sciences.²

From Wikipedia’s article on Alexander Sergeev (this version), CC BY-SA 4.0.

Born Aug 2, 1955.¹

About

Sergeev was born in Buturlino, Gorky Oblast and studied physics at Gorky State University, graduating in 1977. After the graduation, he worked as a researcher at the Institute of Applied Physics of the Russian Academy of Sciences at Gorky, currently Nizhny Novgorod. He received his PhD (Cand. Sci.) in 1982, and spent his whole scientific career at the same institute. In 2015, he became the director of the institute.

The main research interest of Sergeev is nonlinear phenomena in physics including plasma physics and physics of femtosecond lasers. Specifically, he guided development of petawatt-class laser in the Institute of Applied Physics RAS.

From Wikipedia’s article on Alexander Sergeev, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.²

Companies

Russian Academy of SciencesChair Sep 26, 2017 to Sep 20, 2022¹¹

Early life and education

1977N. I. Lobachevsky State University of Nizhny Novgorod radiophysics³

Career

Occupation: physicist.⁷

2017 to 2022President of the Russian Academy of Sciences⁵
2017 to 2022Chair, Russian Academy of Sciences⁶
2015 to 2017Director⁵
Since 1977Worked at A. V. Gaponov-Grekhov Institute of Applied Physics RAS⁴

Personal life

BornAug 2, 1955, Buturlino⁸
CitizenshipSoviet Union, Russia⁹

Awards

2012Russian government prize for science and technology¹⁰
2006Order of Honour¹⁰
1999State Prize of the Russian Federation¹⁰
Date not recordedFrench Order of Academic Palms¹⁰
Date not recordedMedal "In Commemoration of the 800th Anniversary of Nizhny Novgorod"¹⁰
Date not recordedOrder "For Merit to the Fatherland", 4th class¹⁰
Date not recordedOrder of Alexander Nevsky¹⁰

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WikidataAlexander Sergeev on Wikidata
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WikipediaAlexander Sergeev on Wikipedia
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WikidataAlexander Sergeev: education, on Wikidata
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WikidataAlexander Sergeev: Worked at A. V. Gaponov-Grekhov Institute of Applied Physics RAS, on Wikidata
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WikidataAlexander Sergeev: Director, on Wikidata
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WikidataAlexander Sergeev: Chair, Russian Academy of Sciences, on Wikidata
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WikidataAlexander Sergeev: occupation, on Wikidata
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WikidataAlexander Sergeev: place of birth, on Wikidata
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WikidataAlexander Sergeev: citizenship, on Wikidata
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WikidataAlexander Sergeev: award, on Wikidata
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WikidataRussian Academy of Sciences, Chair
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Wikimedia CommonsAlexander Sergeev photo by duma.gov.ru, CC BY 4.0