Gennady Andreyevich Mesyats (Russian: Геннадий Андреевич Месяц, born 29 February 1936) is a Soviet and Russian physicist, founder of several scientific schools — high-current electronics and pulse electrophysics, one of the acknowledged world leaders in these areas.[1][2]
Gennady Mesyats | |
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Born | Gennady Andreyevich Mesyats 29 February 1936 |
Nationality | Russian |
Citizenship | Soviet Union Russia |
Alma mater | Tomsk Polytechnic University |
Known for | High-current electronics emission, Nanosecond pulse sources, Injection gas electronics, Ectons |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Physics of plasma |
Institutions | Lebedev Physical Institute |
Doctoral advisor | Lev Sena |
He has been a vice-president of the Russian Academy of Sciences since 1987 and a director of the Lebedev Physical Institute since 2004.