St Petersburg University scientists elected as Members and Corresponding Members of the Russian Academy of Sciences

Learn more: Minutes of the Rector’s meeting dated 6 June 2022.

As the results of the regular elections of the Russian Academy of Sciences show, among the elected Members are: Professor in the Department of Solid State Physics Eugeniius Ivchenko; Professor in the Department of Crystallography Sergei Krivovichev; Professor in the Department of General and Inorganic Chemistry Valentina Stolyarova; and Chief Research Associate in the Faculty of Physics Nikolay Rozanov.

Eugeniius Ivchenko is Professor at St Petersburg University and Doctor of Physics and Mathematics. He is one of the leading Russian specialists in the field of semiconductor physics. His research interests include: optical spectroscopy; the theory of excitons and the fine structure of low-dimensional excitons; and resonant photonic crystals and quasicrystals to name but a few. In 2010, he was awarded the medal of the Order of Merit for the Fatherland, 2nd class. In 2015, he received the Ioffe Prize of the Government of St Petersburg. In 2021, he was awarded the lapel pin ‘The Honorary mentor’ of the Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Russian Federation.

Sergei Krivovichev is Doctor of Geology and Mineralogy. He specialises in mineralogy, crystal chemistry, radiochemistry, and materials science. He has published more than 600 research articles in leading Russian and international journals. He is also the author and editor of 12 monographs. In 2008, he was awarded the Presidential Prize in Science and Innovation for Young Scientists. Sergei Krivovichev is the senior editor of the European Journal of Mineralogy. He is a member of the editorial boards of a number of other international and Russian journals. He also holds the position of the Vice President of the Russian Mineralogical Society and heads the Kola Science Centre of the Russian Academy of Sciences.

Valentina Stolyarova is Doctor of Chemistry. She is the author and co-author of 380 research papers, including two monographs, two patents, and seven reviews. She has repeatedly delivered guest lectures at leading international research centres. From 1993 to 1999, she worked as a visiting professor at the Royal Institute of Technology (Sweden) and as a consultant to the nuclear reactor safety department. Today, she heads the research group on high-temperature chemistry of oxide systems of materials. Under her guidance, chemists study the thermodynamic properties and evaporation processes of oxide systems and materials at high temperatures. Additionally, they focus on applied problems of considering high-temperature processes in the synthesis and operation of materials in such areas as metallurgy, nuclear technology, aviation, and space technology.

Nikolay Rozanov is Doctor of Physics and Mathematics. He is one of the leading Russian scientists in laser physics and nonlinear optics. He is one of the founders of the theory of spatial hysteresis, optical switching waves, spatial and space-time dissipative solitons in nonlinear optical and laser systems. He has developed a new approach to high-performance information processing, i.e. the discrete-analogue method to combine the accuracy and reliability of the discrete (digital) approach with the availability of parallel operations inherent in the analogue method. In 2007, Nikolay Rozanov was awarded the Rozhdestvensky Prize of the Russian Academy of Sciences for the cycle of works "Spatial hysteresis, switching waves and autosolitons in nonlinear optical and laser systems".

Four University scientists became Corresponding Members of the Russian Academy of Sciences. Among them are: Nikolai Tsvetkov, Head of the Department of Molecular Biophysics and Polymer Physics; Tatiana Trofimova, Professor in the Faculty of Medicine; Nikolay Kuznetsov, Head of the Department of Applied Cybernetics; and Dmitrii Arseniev, Chief Research Associate in the Department of Applied Cybernetics.

Nikolai Tsvetkov is Professor at St Petersburg University and Doctor of Physics and Mathematics. He is a specialist in physical chemistry of polymer and mesomorphic nanostructures in solutions and melts. He is the author and co-author of 122 research papers. His research interests include: self-organisation in polymer systems; molecular hydrodynamics; optics and electro-optics of solutions of biological and synthetic polymers; dendrimers; and structure and properties of polyelectrolytes and polymer-colloidal complexes.

Nikolai Tsvetkov has developed a systematic approach to the analysis of the properties of mesogenic polymers based on a comparison of the characteristics of individual macromolecules in dilute solutions with the properties of noematic mesophases. He has also solved the problem of the nature of the electro-optical effect in solutions of polymers in polar solvents and discovered the phenomenon of orientational correlation between the polymer chain and the dipole moments of the solvent molecules with a threshold nature.

Tatiana Trofimova is Professor and Doctor of Science (Medicine). She is the author of more than 400 publications, including 12 monographs, guides for doctors, books, reference books, seven inventions and patents. Her key research interest is neuroradiology. She is Head of the Research, Сlinical and Educational Centre "Diagnostic Radiology and Nuclear Medicine" at St Petersburg University. The Centre brings together leading experts and experienced academic staff in various fields of radiation diagnostics. Tatiana Trofimova is the chief freelance specialist in radiological and instrumental diagnostics of the Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation for the Northwestern Federal District and the Health Committee at St Petersburg. She was awarded the Prize of the Government of the Russian Federation in the field of education.

Nikolay Kuznetsov is Professor at St Petersburg University. He is one of the most highly cited researchers in the world according to the Web of Science. He is Head of the Department of Applied Cybernetics. He is the author and co-author of more than 400 publications, five monographs and ten intellectual property certificates. Since 2018, the Department of Applied Cybernetics has been regularly recognised as the leading scientific school (the Centre of Excellence) of the Russian Federation. In winter 2022, the St Petersburg University scientist entered the top 3 best mathematicians in Russia. In May, he was awarded the Medal of the Order "For Merit to the Fatherland", 2nd class. With the title of Corresponding Member, Nikolay Kuznetsov became the youngest scientist of the Academy in control theory.

Dmitrii Arseniev, Doctor of Engineering, is a member of the team of the leading scientific school (the Centre of Excellence) at St Petersburg University in mathematics and mechanics. He is a prominent specialist in adaptive control of stochastic computing processes. He is the author of more than 300 research and methodological works, including nine monographs. He has developed and mathematically formalised the theory of adaptive control of stochastic computational processes. He has also developed a new class of adaptive-stochastic methods with broad adaptive capabilities for ‘self-tuning’ of algorithms by controlling the process of optimising computational grids to improve the accuracy of calculations. He has also developed intelligent algorithms in the form of parallel computing with a deep degree of automation and effective computing resources.