In this name that follows Eastern Slavic naming customs, the patronymic is Fyodorovich and the family name is Andreev.
| Alexander Andreev | |
|---|---|
| Александр Андреев | |
| Born | (1939-12-10)10 December 1939 Leningrad, Russian SSR, USSR |
| Died | 14 March 2023(2023-03-14) (aged 83) |
| Nationality | Russian |
| Alma mater | Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology |
| Known for | Andreev reflection |
| Awards | Demidov Prize |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Superconductivity, quantum liquids and solids, surface phenomena and magnetism |
| Institutions | Institute for Physical Problems, Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology |
Alexander Fyodorovich Andreev (Russian: Александр Фёдорович Андреев, 10 December 1939 – 14 March 2023) was a Russian theoretical physicist best known for explaining the eponymous Andreev reflection. Andreev was educated at the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology, starting in 1959 and graduating ahead of schedule in 1961, having been mentored by Landau.
From 1979, Andreev was a professor at the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology. He focused on the physics of superconductivity, quantum liquids and solids, surface phenomena, and magnetism.
Andreev was a vice-president of the Russian Academy of Sciences (1991–2013).
Prizes
- 1981 - Corresponding Member of USSR Academy of Sciences
- 1984 - Lomonosov Prize of Moscow State University
- 1986 - Lenin Prize (USSR)
- 1987 - Full member of USSR Academy of Sciences
- 1987 - Carus-Medal of German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina and Carus-Prize of Stadt Schweinfurt
- 1992 - Lorentz Professorship, Leiden University (the Netherlands)
- 1995 - Simon Memorial Prize, Institute of Physics (U.K.)
- 1996 - Honorary member of Ioffe Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences
- 1999 - Kapitza Gold Medal, Russian Academy of Sciences
- 2001-2002 - Jubilee Professor, Chalmers University of Technology (Sweden)
- 2002 - Foreign member of Finnish Academy of Science and Letters
- 2002 - Foreign member of Georgian Academy of Sciences
- 2003 - Independent Prize "Triumph" (Russia)
- 2004 - Pomeranchuk Prize
- 2004 - Doctorate honoris causa of Leiden University (the Netherlands)
- 2004 - Doctorate honoris causa of Kazan State University (Russia)
- 2005 - Honorary professor of Kyrgyz National University
- 2005 - Foreign member of Polish Academy of Sciences
- 2006 - John Bardeen Prize [de]
- 2008 - Foreign member of National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine
- 2011 - Demidov Prize of the Russian Academy of Sciences
References
- Памяти Александра Федоровича Андреева (10.12.1939-14.03.2023) (in Russian)
- Andreev, AF (1965). "Thermal Conductivity of the Intermediate State of Superconductors. II". Soviet Physics JETP. 20 (6).
- Abrikosov, AA; et al. (2010). "Aleksandr Fedorovich Andreev (on his 70th birthday)". Physics-Uspekhi. 53 (1): 103. Bibcode:2010PhyU...53..103A. doi:10.3367/ufne.0180.201001j.0109. S2CID 121681375.
- Академику Андрееву Александру Федоровичу - 70 лет! / RAS, 10 December 2009 (in Russian)
- "Pomeranchuk Prize". Archived from the original on 16 December 2014. Retrieved 10 October 2018.
- "John Bardeen Prize". Archived from the original on 23 June 2020. Retrieved 16 December 2014.
- 1939 births
- 2023 deaths
- Soviet physicists
- Russian physicists
- Full Members of the USSR Academy of Sciences
- Full Members of the Russian Academy of Sciences
- Members of the Finnish Academy of Science and Letters
- Members of the Georgian National Academy of Sciences
- Members of the Polish Academy of Sciences
- Academic staff of the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology
- Demidov Prize laureates
- Recipients of the Lenin Prize
- Recipients of the Order "For Merit to the Fatherland", 3rd class
- Recipients of the Order "For Merit to the Fatherland", 4th class
- Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology alumni
- Scientists from Saint Petersburg