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Igor Grekhov
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Igor Vsevolodovich Grekhov (Russian: Игорь Всеволодович Грехов, born 10 September 1934 in Smolensk) is a Soviet and Russian physicist and electrical engineer, full member of the Russian Academy of Sciences.[1] He is known as one of the founders of the power semiconductor device industry in the Soviet Union. His contributions to the field of pulsed power devices and converter technique were recognized by the awarding of the Lenin Prize, the two State Prizes and several State orders of Russia. He headed the laboratory at the Ioffe Physical Technical Institute in St. Petersburg over several decades.
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Igor Grekhov | |
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![]() Full member of the Russian Academy of Sciences (2017) | |
Born | (1934-09-10) September 10, 1934 (age 89) |
Citizenship | Russia |
Education | Bauman MSTU |
Known for | contribution to physics and engineering of power semiconductor devices |
Awards | Lenin Prize (1966) USSR State Prize (1987) State Prize of Russia (2002) |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Power electronics |
Institutions | Ioffe Institute |
Doctoral advisor | Vladimir Tuchkevich [ru] |
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