Russian-American theoretical physicist
Arkady Vainshtein (Russian : Аркáдий Иóсифович Вайнштéйн ; born 24 February 1942) is a Russian and American Professor Emeritus of Theoretical physics who was awarded Pomeranchuk Prize (2005) and Sakurai Prize (1999) for theoretical physics.[ 1]
Biography
Vainshtein was born on 24 February 1942 in Novokuznetsk , Russia. He got his Ph.D. from Budker Institute of Nuclear Physics in Novosibirsk , Russia and master's degree from Novosibirsk University [ 2] where he became a Professor. He was the director of William I Fine Theoretical Physics Institute, University of Minnesota where he currently serves as the Gloria Becker Lubkin chair[ 1] and also holds a position as Professor since 1990. In 1997 he became a fellow at the APS [ 3] and two years later was awarded Sakurai Prize . In 2004 he started to work for Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics in Santa Barbara , California , and a year later was awarded Pomeranchuk Prize from the Institute for Theoretical and Experimental Physics , Moscow .[ 1] Professor Vainshtein was awarded the 2014 Julius Wess Award by The KIT Center Elementary Particle and Astroparticle Physics (KCETA)[ 4] and the 2016 Dirac Medal of the ICTP .[ 5]
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