Vladimir E. Fortov#
| Email: | fortov 'at' ficp.ac.ru |
| Membership Number: | 1778 |
| Main Country of Residence: | RUSSIA |
| Section: | PHYSICS & ENGINEERING SCIENCES |
| Username: | vfortov |
Present and Previous Positions
- 1991 - present Professor and Chair Director of High Energy Physics Chair in Moscow Institute of Science and Technology
- 1976 Director of Extreme Matter Department in the Institute for High Temperature RAS, (1992 transformed to the Presidium of RAS)
- 1976 Head of High Dynamic Pressure and Detonation lab, then the division director, in the Institute of Chemical Physics
- 1978 Professors of Physics and Chemistry in the Russian Academy of Sciences
Fields of Scholarship
- physical properties of hot dense matter at megabar pressure range
- measurements of physical properties (equation of state, conductivity, opacity, stopping power, light reflectivity, plasma composition, et-cetera) of strongly coupled plasmas with strong interparticle interactions
- basic properties of matter under extreme conditions
Honours and Awards
- L.P. Karpinsky Prize in Physics and Chemistry, 1997
- P. Bridgeman Prize for Achievements in High Pressure Physics and Technology, 1999
- Max-Plank Award for Physics, 2002
- Alfven Prize of European Physical Society, 2003
- Member of Rassian Academy of Sciences (1991-)
- Head of Power Engineering Division of RAS
- Member of European Academy of Sciences (1998-)
- Member of the International Academy of Astronautics (2000-)
- Member of the Max Plank Society (2000-)
- Fellow of American Physical Society (2001-)
- Foreign Member of the National Academy of Engineering, USA (2002-)
- Foreign Fellow of the Royal Engineering Academy, England (2003-)
- Member of the Royal Academy of Engineering Sciences, Sweden (2004)
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