Mikhail Strikhanov
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July 18, 1952 Krasnodar, Russian Federation |
| Residence | Russia |
| Alma mater | National Research Nuclear University MEPhI |
Mikhail Nikolaevich Strikhanov (Russian: Михаи́л Никола́евич Стриха́нов; born 18 July 1952) is a Russian physicist. Since 2007 he has been the rector of National Research Nuclear University MEPhI (Moscow Engineering Physics Institute).
Mikhail Strikhanov was born on July 18, 1952 in Krasnodar, Russia. In 1974 he graduated from MEPhI, where he studied theoretical nuclear physics. From 1974 to 1997 he worked in MEPhI as an assistant researcher, a senior teacher, associate professor and professor. In 1972–1997 Strikhanov served as Institute's prorector.
In 1998 Mikhail Strikhanov was appointed the Head of R&D Department in the Ministry of Education and Science. In 2003-2004 he served as Deputy Minister of Education of the Russian Federation.
In 2004-2007 he was Deputy Director of Department for Governmental S&T innovative policy of the Ministry of Education and Science of Russia. In 2007 Mikhail Strikhanov was elected rector of MEPhI. He was reelected in 2010 and 2014 (as recommended by MEPhI supervisory board).
Under his governance in 2007 MEPhI becomes one of the winners of the contest among universities applying innovative educational programs organized by Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation. In 2008 MEPhI was transformed into National Research Nuclear University (NRNU MEPhI). In 2013 MEPhI was selected as one of 15 winners of Russian academic excellence project (Project 5-100).
Laureate of the following Government Awards:
The scope of scientific interests includes nuclear physics, radiation material science, physics of nanostructures. Mikhail Strikhanov is a сo-author of more than 300 scientific works, author of several monographs. His citation index is 13834, the h-index is 59 (Web of Science, 2015). Hi is a current head of MEPhI’s research group in STAR experiment (detection of quark-gluon plasma) in Brookhaven National Laboratory of the USA.
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