Vladimir Zakharov#
Sadly, this member passed away. | |
Membership Number: | 3135 |
Membership type: | ORDINARY |
Section: | PHYSICS & ENGINEERING SCIENCES |
Elected: | 2011 |
Main Country of Residence: | RUSSIA |
Vladimir Zakharovn passed away August 20, 2023.
Positions Held
- 2004 Director of the Mathematical Physics Sector at the Lebedev Physical Institute
- 1992 Regents' Professor of mathematics at the University of Arizona
- 1974 Landau Institute for Theoretical Physics in Chernogolovka
Fields of Scholarship
- Physical aspects of nonlinear wave theory in plasmas, hydrodynamics, oceanology, geophysics, solid state physics, optics, and general relativity
Honours and Awards
- 1984 Corresponding member of the Academy of Sciences of the Soviet Union, Full member 1991
- 1987 State Prize for research in Plasma Theory, USSR
- 1989 Order of Honors from the State, USSR
- 1993 State Prize of Russian Federation for research in Soliton Theory, Russia
- 1999 Order for the Service to Russian federation
- 2003 Dirac Medal of the Abdul Sallam International Center for Theoretical Physics, Trieste, Italy
- Namesake of asteroid 7153 Vladzakharov
- 2012 Fellow of the American Mathematical Society