Andrey Gaponov-Grekhov
Andrei Gaponov-Grekhov | |
|---|---|
Андрей Гапонов-Грехов | |
Gaponov-Grekhov in 2010 | |
| Born | 7 June 1926 |
| Died | 2 June 2022 (aged 95) Moscow, Russia |
| Citizenship | USSR, Russia |
| Awards | Demidov Prize (1995) Lomonosov Gold Medal (2000) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | physics |
| Institutions | UNN |
| Doctoral advisor | Aleksandr Andronov |
Andrei Viktorovich Gaponov-Grekhov (Russian: Андрей Викторович Гапонов-Грехов; 7 June 1926 – 2 June 2022) was a Russian (Soviet) physicist, a Full Member of the USSR Academy of Sciences (1968, a Full Member of the Russian Academy of Sciences since 1991), the founder of the Institute of Applied Physics in Nizhny Novgorod, and its first director in 1976-2003.
Hero of Socialist Labor (1986). Laureate of two State Prizes of the USSR (1967 and 1983) and the State Prize of the Russian Federation (2003).