Vladimir E. Zakharov
| Vladimir Zakharov | |
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In his office, 2003
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| Born |
August 1, 1939 Kazan, USSR |
| Residence | United States |
| Nationality | Russian |
| Fields | Physics |
| Institutions |
Landau Institute for Theoretical Physics University of Arizona Lebedev Physical Institute |
| Alma mater | Novosibirsk State University |
| Doctoral advisor | Roald Sagdeev |
| Doctoral students | Sergei Manakov |
| Known for | Theoretical physics |
| Notable awards | Dirac Prize (2003) |
Vladimir Evgen'evich Zakharov (Russian: Влади́мир Евге́ньевич Заха́ров) (born August 1, 1939) is a Soviet and Russian mathematician and physicist. He is currently Regents' Professor of mathematics at The University of Arizona and director of the Mathematical Physics Sector at the Lebedev Physical Institute. Zakharov's research interests cover physical aspects of nonlinear wave theory in plasmas, hydrodynamics, oceanology, geophysics, solid state physics, optics, and general relativity.
Zakharov was awarded the Dirac Medal in 2003 for his contributions to the theory of turbulence, with regard to the exact results and the prediction of inverse cascades, and for "putting the theory of wave turbulence on a firm mathematical ground by finding turbulence spectra as exact solutions and solving the stability problem, and in introducing the notion of inverse and dual cascades in wave turbulence."
Vladimir Zakharov is also a poet. He has published several books of poetry in Russia and his works regularly appear in periodicals. A collection of his poetry in an English translation The Paradise for Clouds was published in the UK in 2009.
Vladimir Zakharov was born in Kazan, Russian SFSR in 1939, to Evgeniy and Elena Zakharov, an engineer and a schoolteacher. He studied at the Moscow Power Engineering Institute and at the Novosibirsk State University, where he received his specialist degree in physics in 1963 and his Candidate of Sciences degree in 1966, studying under Roald Sagdeev. Vladimir Zakharov is married, he has 3 sons. Also, he writes poems and his works were published in Novy Mir in 1990-s and 2000-s.
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