Dmitri Ivanenko

Dmitri Ivanenko
Born(1904-07-29)29 July 1904
Poltava, Russian Empire (present-day Ukraine)
DiedDecember 30, 1994(1994-12-30) (aged 90)
NationalityUkrainian
CitizenshipUSSR
Alma materLeningrad State University
Known forIvanenko–Landau–Kähler equation
Nuclear shell model
Proton–neutron model of the nucleus
Quantum spacetime
Quark star
Synchrotron radiation
Scientific career
FieldsTheoretical physics
Nuclear physics
Field theory
Gravitation
InstitutionsMoscow State University
Doctoral studentsArseny Sokolov
Gennadi Sardanashvily

Dmitri Dmitrievich Ivanenko (Ukrainian: Дмитро́ Дми́трович Іване́нко, Russian: Дми́трий Дми́триевич Иване́нко; July 29, 1904 – December 30, 1994) was a Soviet theoretical physicist of Ukrainian origin who made great contributions to the physical science of the twentieth century, especially to nuclear physics, field theory, and gravitation theory. He worked in the Poltava Gravimetric Observatory of the Institute of Geophysics of NAS of Ukraine, was the head of the Theoretical Department Ukrainian Physico-Technical Institute in Kharkiv, Head of the Department of Theoretical Physics of the Kharkiv Institute of Mechanical Engineering. Professor of University of Kharkiv, Professor of Moscow State University (since 1943).