Vladimir Lipunov

Vladimir Lipunov
Vladimir M. Lipunov. Moscow, Moscow State University, 3.3.2017
Born
Vladimir Mikhailovich Lipunov

17 August 1952
CitizenshipRussia
Alma materMoscow State University
Known forMaster Global Robotic Telescopes Net
AwardsLaureate of the All-Union Competition of the Society "Znanie" (1987); M.V. Lomonosov Prize of Moscow State University (2002); Honored Educator of the Higher School of the Russian Federation (2006)
Scientific career
FieldsAstrophysics
InstitutionsMoscow State University
Sternberg Astronomical Institute
Academic advisorsYakov Borisovich Zel'dovich

Vladimir Mikhailovich Lipunov (Russian: Владимир Михайлович Липунов; born August 17, 1952, in Raichikhinsk, Amur Oblast) is a Soviet and Russian astrophysicist, Professor of the Moscow State University, Doctor of Physical and Mathematical Sciences (1991), a member of the International Astronomical Union (1993) and the European Astronomical Society (1993). He is also a science fiction writer under the pseudonym Vladimir Khlumov (Russian: Владимир Хлумов) and a member of the Union of Russian Writers.