Nobel Prize winners
1956
Nikolay Semyonov
Professor of the Physical Chemistry Faculty
Nobel Prize in Chemistry for research in the field of the mechanisms of chemical reactions
1958
Igor Tamm
Professor of MIPT
Nobel Prize in Physics for the discovery and interpretation of the Cherenkov effect (the glow of liquids under the influence of gamma radiation)
1962
Lev Landau
Professor of the Department of Theoretical Physics
Nobel Prize in Physics for pioneering theories of condensed matter, especially liquid helium
Landau explained the superflow of liquid helium using completely new mathematical tools.
1964
Alexander Prokhorov
Head of the Department of Laser Physics
Nobel Prize in Physics for fundamental work in the field of quantum electronics, which has led to the construction of oscillators and amplifiers based on the maser-laser principle
1975
Andrei Sakharov
Professor of MIPT
Nobel Peace Prize for fearless support of the fundamental principles of peace between nations and courageous struggle against the abuse of power and all forms of violation of human dignity
1978
Pyotr Kapitsa
Professor of the Department of Physics
Nobel Prize in Physics for fundamental research in the field of low temperature physics
2003
Alexei Abrikosov
Professor of the Department of High Pressure Physics
Vitaly Ginzburg
Head of the Department of Physics and Astrophysics
Nobel Prize in Physics for pioneering contributions to the theory of superconductors and superfluids
2010
Andre Geim
Graduate of the Department of General and Applied Physics, 1982
Konstantin Novoselov
Graduate of the Department of Physics and Quantum Electronics, 1997
Nobel Prize in Physics for groundbreaking experiments regarding the two-dimensional material graphene
Awards
2011
Andrei Raigorodsky
Russian President’s Prize, 2011
for major achievements in a number of areas of discrete mathematics and their practical use in information technologies
2013
Alexander Polyakov
Fundamental Physics Prize for numerous discoveries in the theory of fields and string theory, including the discovery of magnetic monopoles, solitons
2015
Astafyev О., Ryazanov V., and the head of the group of the Russian Quantum Center were awarded the prize “Made in Russia” for building the first Russian superconducting cubit.
2015
Pavel Sorokhin
Scopus Award Russia 2015 for active scientific research in the category “Young Scientist.”
2015
Alexei Kitaev
The Dirac Medal for research in the quantum theory of information