Alumni
It’s hard to find the country where’s no MIPT alumni. The strong alumni community is spread all over the World and includes top range scientists, businessmen, politicians, people of art, many of whom are awardees of prestigious international prizes. Phystechs – the name, that alumni use to identify themselves – and Phystech (the university) are strongly proud and supportive to each other.
Andre Geim
Konstantin Novoselov
Alexander Abramov
Member of the Board of the Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs, President of the Phystech Union, Co-founder of the Foundation for Innovative Education in Natural Sciences
Serguei Beloussov
Alexander Polyakov
Alexei Kitaev
Natan Sharansky
Andre Geim
Graduate of the DGAP, 1982
Konstantin Novoselov
Born 23 August 1974
Graduate of the DPQE, 1997
Education
Professional experience
Novoselov has published more than 200 peer-reviewed research papers on several topics including mesoscopic superconductivity (Hall magnetometry), subatomic movements of magnetic domain walls, the discovery of gecko tape and graphene.
Kostya Novoselov participated in the Graphene Flagship project – a €1 billion initiative of the European Commission – and was featured in the official promotion movie of the project.
Novoselov is one of Directors of the National Graphene Institute.
Novoselov is also a recipient of a starting grant from the European Research Council.
Kostya Novoselov made it into a shortlist of scientists with multiple hot papers for the years 2007–2008 (shared second place with 13 hot papers) and 2009 (5th place with 12 hot papers).
In 2014 Kostya Novoselov was included in the list of the most highly cited researchers. He was also named among the 17 hottest researchers world-wide—"individuals who have published the greatest number of hot papers during 2012–2013".
Academic Interests
Vladimir Fortov
Born 23 January 1946
Soviet and Russian physicist, President of the Russian Academy of Sciences
Education
Professional experience
1982 - Ph.D in Chemical Physics (including Physics of Combustion and Explosion);
1986-1992 - Division Head at the Joint Institute for High Temperature (JIHT), Head of Laboratory at the Institute of Chemical Physics;
1987 - Corresponding member at the Academy of Sciences of the USSR, Subdivision of Physics and Technology in Energetics;
1991 - Full member at the Russian Academy of Sciences, Subdivision of Physics, Energetics and Electronic Engineering;
1992-2007 - Director at the Institute of Thermal Physics in Extreme States, JIHT;
1993-1997 - Board Chairman at the Russian Foundation for Basic Research;
1996-2001 - Vice-President of the Russian Academy of Sciences;
August 1996 Was elected as chair of the State Committee of Science and Technology, later as a minister of science and technology.
Until March 1997 he served as Deputy Chairman of the Government of Russian Federation and resigned in March 1998;
2007 - present - Director of the Joint Institute for High Temperature RAS, Head of MIPT’s Subdepartment of Physics of High Temperatures, Department of Molecular and Chemical Physics;
2002-2013 - Scientific Secretary of RAS Division of Energetics, Engineering, Mechanics and Management;
2010 - present - Member of Scientific Advisory Council at the Skolkovo Foundation;
2011 - present - Member of Supervisory Board at the Northern (Arctic) Federal University named after M.V. Lomonosov;
May 29, 2013 - elected as President of the Russian Academy of Sciences.
Academic Interests
1976 - Sc.D, thesis “Dynamic Methods of Collisional Plasma”.
Fortov’s scientific research was dedicated to extreme states of matter and physics of shock waves in dense plasma. He pioneered the study of dynamic physics of collisional plasma, laid groundwork for the research of high density energy physics at Angara-5-1 experimental complex, and participated in the international Space project VEGA. Fortov conducted a series of experiments on quasicrystal lattices in plasma, including the space Plasma Crystal Experiment, that started at MIR in 1998 and later continued at the International Space Station.
Academic and tutor at MIPT (over 11 doctorate and 30 master’s theses under his supervision successfully defended). Editor-in-chief at the High Temperature journal, editorial board member at the Physics-Uspekhi (Advances in Physical Sciences) journal, editor of Encyclopedia of Low-Temperature Plasma, Editor-in-chief at V Mire Nauki (Russian edition of Scientific American), Proceedings of the Russian Academy of Sciences, and Bulletin of the Russian Academy of Sciences journals.
Publications
2015, JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL AND THEORETICAL PHYSICS (0.931)
2014, JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSICS (2.185)
2014, JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSICS (2.185)
2013, CONTRIBUTIONS TO PLASMA PHYSICS (0.983)
2013, PLASMA PHYSICS AND CONTROLLED FUSION (2.386)
2013, NEW JOURNAL OF PHYSICS (3.671)
2013, JETP LETTERS (1.364)
2012, PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS (7.728)
2012, JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSICS (2.185)
2012, JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL AND THEORETICAL PHYSICS (0.931)
2011, NUCLEAR INSTRUMENTS & METHODS IN PHYSICS RESEARCH SECTION A-ACCELERATORS SPECTROMETERS DETECTORS AND ASSOCIATED EQUIPMENT (1.316)
2011, TECHNICAL PHYSICS LETTERS (0.583)
2011, PHYSICA SCRIPTA (1.296)
2011, JETP LETTERS (1.364)
2011, LASER AND PARTICLE BEAMS (1.701)
2011, EPL (2.269)
2011, JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL AND THEORETICAL PHYSICS (0.931)
2010, TECHNICAL PHYSICS LETTERS (0.583)
2010, PHYSICAL REVIEW E (2.326)
2010, JOURNAL OF PLASMA PHYSICS (0.739)
2010, JOURNAL OF PLASMA PHYSICS (0.739)
2010, NEW JOURNAL OF PHYSICS (3.671)
2007, PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS (7.728)
2007, JETP LETTERS (1.364)
2007, PHYSICAL REVIEW E (2.326)
2006, JOURNAL OF PHYSICS A-MATHEMATICAL AND GENERAL (1.577)
2005, PHYSICS LETTERS A (1.626)
2004, HIGH TEMPERATURE MATERIAL PROCESSES (0.058)
2004, JETP LETTERS (1.364)
2004, JETP LETTERS (1.364)
2003, JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL AND THEORETICAL PHYSICS (0.931)
2003, JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL AND THEORETICAL PHYSICS (0.931)
2001, CONTRIBUTIONS TO PLASMA PHYSICS (0.983)
2000, JOURNAL DE PHYSIQUE IV (0.351)
1999, IZVESTIYA AKADEMII NAUK SERIYA FIZICHESKAYA
Study of non-congruent phase equilibrium in high-temperature chemically reacting nonideal plasma
1999, CONTRIBUTIONS TO PLASMA PHYSICS (0.983)
1998, NUCLEAR INSTRUMENTS & METHODS IN PHYSICS RESEARCH SECTION A-ACCELERATORS SPECTROMETERS DETECTORS AND ASSOCIATED EQUIPMENT (1.316)
1998, IZVESTIYA AKADEMII NAUK FIZIKA ATMOSFERY I OKEANA (0.187)
Evolution of planetary atmospheric disturbances induced by the fall of large celestial bodies
1998, PHYSICAL REVIEW E (2.352)
1998, JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL AND THEORETICAL PHYSICS (0.931)
OPTOELECTRONICS, INSTRUMENTATION AND DATA PROCESSING
20TH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON SPECTRAL LINE SHAPES
20TH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON SPECTRAL LINE SHAPES
20TH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON SPECTRAL LINE SHAPES
Education
Professional experience
Academic Interests
Alexander Abramov
Born 20 February 1959
PhD, one of the two heads of Evraz, Russia's largest steel producer
Member of the Board of the Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs, President of the Phystech Union, Co-founder of the Foundation for Innovative Education in Natural Sciences
Education
Professional experience
1999-2005 - CEO at Evrazholding LLC;
2000 - Member of the Council of Entrepreneurs of the Government of Russian Federation, executive at EAM Group and Euroazmetall.
Member of the Bureau of the Board of Directors and a member of the Board of Directors of the Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs (an independent non-governmental organization), director of OJSC Bank International Financial Club, a member of the Board of Skolkovo Institute for Science and Technology
Academic Interests
Serguei Beloussov
Born 02 August 1971
Co-founder, CEO and chairman of the board of Acronis, the senior founding partner of Runa Capital, executive chairman of the board and chief architect of Parallels, Inc., co-founder and chairman of the board of Acumatica
Education
Professional experience
While earning his masters, Beloussov co-founded his first business, Unium (Phystech College), which provided science students with course materials. In 1992, he began working at a Russian computer company called Sunrise. Beloussov expanded the company's operations to 10 subsidiaries, becoming one of the largest PC retailers in Russia by the time he left in 1994. After leaving Sunrise, Beloussov founded and co-owned two companies, Rolsen Electronics, which has become one the largest consumer electronics manufacturers in Russia, and Solomon Software SEA, a distributor and developer arm of mid-market ERP vendor Solomon Software in South-East Asia. Solomon Software was later acquired by Microsoft and is now known as Microsoft Dynamics SL.
In 2000, Beloussov founded SWsoft, a privately held server automation and virtualization software company and the then-parent company of Parallels, Inc. and Acronis Inc.
Acronis
In 2001, Beloussov founded Acronis as a storage management business unit of SWsoft. In 2003, Acronis was re-organized as a separate entity focused on backup and data protection software. Acronis employs over 700 worldwide and its products are sold in 15 languages around the world.
Beloussov has served on the Board of Directors since 2002. From 2007 to 2011, he turned his focus on Parallels, acting as CEO of the company. During this time he also founded a pair of venture capital funds, Runa Captical and QWave Capital. He returned as CEO of Acronis in May 2013, replacing former CEO Alex Pinchev.
Parallels, Inc
Parallels, Inc. was initially a server automation and virtualization software unit of SWsoft before it was spun off into as a separate entity and maintained its own distinct branding. In December 2007, SWsoft announced its plans to change its name to Parallels and ship both companies' products under the Parallels name. The merger was formalized in January 2008. From 2007 to 2013, Beloussov led the company as CEO, while remaining on the board of directors at Acronis.
Beloussov stepped down as CEO and serves as the executive chairman of the board and chief architect of Parallels, Inc. The company has more than 900 employees across offices in North America, Europe, Australia and Asia and as of 2012 it had 5,000 customers and partners worldwide. Odin Automation, a service automation platform company owned by Parallels and founded by Beloussov, was sold to Ingram Micro in December 2015.
Runa Capital
In August 2010, Beloussov co-founded Runa Capital with Dmitry Chikhachev and Ilya Zubarev. The $135 million technology venture capital firm that was created "to seek growth opportunities in the rapidly growing areas of the tech sector, with specific focus on cloud computing and other hosted services, virtualization and mobile applications." Beloussov and Zubarev are senior partners at the investment firm. Since 2010, Runa Capital has invested in over 30 companies with a combined $10 billion in assets. Runa Capital's largest investment was a $10 million Series C funding round of Acumatica on November 18, 2013.
Academic Interests
Alexander Polyakov
Born 27 September 1945
Theoretical physicist, formerly at the Landau Institute in Moscow and, since 1990, at Princeton University. Fundamental Physics Prize for numerous discoveries in the theory of fields and string theory, including the discovery of magnetic monopoles, solitons
Education
Professional experience
Polyakov is known for a number of basic contributions to quantum field theory, including work on what is now called the 't Hooft–Polyakov monopole in non-Abelian gauge theory, independent from Gerard 't Hooft. Polyakov and coauthors discovered the so-called BPST instanton which, in turn, led to the discovery of the vacuum angle in QCD. His path integral formulation of string theory had profound and lasting impacts on the conceptual and mathematical understanding of the theory. His paper Infinite conformal symmetry in two-dimensional quantum field theory, with Alexander Belavin, and Alexander Zamolodchikov, founded the two-dimensional Conformal Field Theory; it has classic status.[1] He also played an important role in elucidating the conceptual framework behind renormalization independent of Kenneth G. Wilson's Nobel Prize–winning work. He formulated pioneering ideas in gauge/string duality long before the breakthrough of AdS/CFT using D-branes. Other insightful conjectures that came years or even decades before active work by others include integrability of gauge and string theories and certain ideas about turbulence.
Very early in his career, in a 1965 student work, Polyakov suggested (with Alexander Migdal) a dynamical Higgs mechanism, slightly after but independently from the publications of Peter Higgs and others. The paper was delayed by the Editorial Ofiice of JETP, and was published only in 1966.
Academic Interests
Yury Baturin
Born 12 June 1949
A Russian cosmonaut and former politician.
Education
Professional experience
Academic Interests
Alexei Kitaev
Born 26 August 1963
A Russian-American professor of physics at the California Institute of Technology and permanent member of the Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics, The Dirac Medal for research in the quantum theory of information
Education
Professional experience
Academic Interests
Natan Sharansky
Born 20 January 1948
A Soviet-born Israeli politician, human rights activist and author. He has served as Chairman of the Executive of the Jewish Agency since June 2009.