Lev Gor'kov

Lev Petrovich Gor'kov (Лев Петрович Горьков; 14 June 1929 – 28 December 2016) was a Russian-American research physicist internationally known for his pioneering work in the field of superconductivity. He was a professor of physics at Florida State University in Tallahassee, Florida, and a program director in Condensed Matter at the National High Magnetic Field Laboratory. He was one of the Magnet Lab's founding scientists.

Gor'kov was born in Moscow and received his academic training when he was at Moscow State University, after which he entered Kapitza Institute For Physical Problems, and eventually joined the Landau Institute for Theoretical Physics.

In 1966, he was awarded the Lenin Prize, Russia's highest award for scientific achievement, in recognition of his groundbreaking work on superconductivity. In 1981, he received Bardeen Prize (with Alexei Abrikosov and Vitaly Ginzburg).

In 1992, less than a year after the collapse of the Soviet Union, he left Moscow for the United States at age 63.

In 2004, he was a co-recipient of the prestigious Eugene Feenberg Award, given to recognize researchers who have advanced the field of many-body physics. In 2005, he became an elected member of the National Academy of Science, one of the very highest honors that can be bestowed on any U.S. scientist or engineer.

He belonged to the last generation of scientists who were direct disciples of Soviet theorist Lev Landau. Gor’kov’s contributions to physics reflect the unique style of the Landau Institute.

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