Gennady Mesyats
| Gennady A. Mesyats | |
|---|---|
| Born |
29 February 1936 Kemerovo, Russia |
| Residence | Moscow |
| Citizenship |
 USSR  Russia |
| Nationality | Russian |
| Fields | Physics of plasma |
| Institutions | Lebedev Physical Institute |
| Alma mater | Tomsk Polytechnic University |
| Doctoral advisor | Lev Sena |
| Doctoral students | Sergei Korovin |
| Known for | High-current electronics emission, Nanosecond pulse sources, Injection gas electronics, Ectons |
| Notable awards |
 (1976)USSR State Prize (1978), Demidov Prize (2002) Global Energy Prize (2003) IEEE Marie Sklodowska-Curie Award (2012) |
Gennady Andreyevich Mesyats (Russian: Месяц, Геннадий Андреевич, February 29, 1936, Kemerovo, Russia) is a Russian physicist, founder of several scientific schools — high-current electronics and pulse electrophysics, one of the acknowledged world leaders in these areas. He has been a vice-president of the Russian Academy of Sciences since 1987 and a director of the Lebedev Physical Institute since 2004.
He was announced as the recipient of the IEEE Marie Sklodowska-Curie Award for 2012.
Honours and awards
- Gold and silver medal, a diploma of honour of the USSR Exhibition of Economic Achievements
- Order of Lenin (1986)
- Order of the Badge of Honour (1976)
- Order of the Red Banner of Labour (1971)
- Order of Merit for the Fatherland, 2nd class (2006), 3rd class (1999) and 4th class (1996)
- Jubilee Medal "For Valiant Labour. To commemorate the 100th anniversary of Lenin" (1970)
- Gold Medal of Academician NN Moiseev (2000s).
- Honour of the Komsomol (1960)
- Lenin Komsomol Prize (1968)
- USSR State Prize (1978)
- Winner of the State Prize of the Russian Federation for Science and Technology (1998)
- Laureate of the USSR Council of Ministers (1990)
- Dyke Award (1990),[1]
- Demidov Prize (2002)
- Global Energy Prize (2003)
- Honorary Citizen of the Tomsk Oblast
- Honorary citizen of Yekaterinburg
- Chevalier of the Légion d'honneur (France, 2008)
- Order of Honour (2011)
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