Vladimir E. Fortov#
| Sadly, this member passed away. | |
| Membership Number: | 1778 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | PHYSICS & ENGINEERING SCIENCES |
| Elected: | 1998 |
| Main Country of Residence: | RUSSIA |
Vladimir E. Fortov passed away November 29, 2020.
Positions Held
- 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
- Basic properties of matter under extreme conditions
Honours and Awards
- 1997 L.P. Karpinsky Prize in Physics and Chemistry
- 1999 P. Bridgeman Prize for Achievements in High Pressure Physics and Technology
- 2002 Max-Plank Award for Physics
- 2003 Alfven Prize of European Physical Society
- 1991 Member of Rassian Academy of Sciences
- Head of Power Engineering Division of RAS
- 1998 Member of European Academy of Sciences
- 2000 Member of the International Academy of Astronautics
- 2000 Member of the Max Plank Society
- 2001 Fellow of American Physical Society
- 2002 Foreign Member of the National Academy of Engineering, USA
- 2003 Foreign Fellow of the Royal Engineering Academy, England
- 2004 Member of the Royal Academy of Engineering Sciences, Sweden
