Alexander Andreev

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
Died14 March 2023(2023-03-14) (aged 83)
NationalityRussian
Alma materMoscow Institute of Physics and Technology
Known forAndreev reflection
AwardsDemidov Prize
Scientific career
FieldsSuperconductivity, quantum liquids and solids, surface phenomena and magnetism
InstitutionsInstitute for Physical Problems, Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology

Alexander Fyodorovich Andreev (Russian: Александр Фёдорович Андреев, 10 December 1939 – 14 March 2023)[1] was a Russian theoretical physicist best known for explaining the eponymous Andreev reflection.[2] 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.[3]

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).

  1. ^ Памяти Александра Федоровича Андреева (10.12.1939-14.03.2023) (in Russian)
  2. ^ Andreev, AF (1965). "Thermal Conductivity of the Intermediate State of Superconductors. II". Soviet Physics JETP. 20 (6).
  3. ^ 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.