SACRED LEGACY ARCHIVES™

Zhores Alferov

1930-03-15 – 2019-03-01

Рустам Минниханов встретился с членами Консультативного научного совета Фонда «Сколково»Credit: Рустем Кадыров

Life & Legacy

Zhores Ivanovich Alferov (15 March 1930 – 1 March 2019) was a Soviet and Russian physicist who contributed significantly to the creation of modern heterostructure physics and electronics. In 2000, Alferov shared the Nobel Prize in Physics for the development of the semiconductor heterojunction for optoelectronics. He also became a politician in his later life, serving in the State Duma as a member of the Communist Party from 1999.

Occupation & Career

physicist, politician, inventor

Education

Vladimir Ulyanov (Lenin) LETI Saint Petersburg State Electrotechnical University; Belarusian National Technical University

Faith & Community

atheism

Accomplishments, Inventions & Publications

USSR State Prize; Order of Lenin; Order of the October Revolution; Order of the Badge of Honour; Nobel Prize in Physics; Stuart Ballantine Medal; Order "For Merit to the Fatherland", 1st class; Order "For Merit to the Fatherland", 2nd class; Order "For Merit to the Fatherland", 3rd class; Order "For Merit to the Fatherland", 4th class; SPIE Gold Medal; Order of the Red Banner of Labour; Medal "Veteran of Labour"; A. S. Popov Gold Medal; Officer of the Legion of Honour; Order of Alexander Nevsky; Lenin Prize; Kyoto Prize in Advanced Technology; Jubilee Medal "In Commemoration of the 100th Anniversary of the Birth of Vladimir Ilyich Lenin"; Jubilee Medal Medal "In Commemoration of the 250th Anniversary of Leningrad"; Jubilee Medal "300 Years of the Russian Navy"; Order of Francisc Skorina; State Prize of the Russian Federation; honorary citizen of Saint Petersburg; Order of the Friendship of Peoples; Nizami Ganjavi Gold Medal; Global Energy Prize; Demidov Prize; Medal "In Commemoration of the 300th Anniversary of Saint Petersburg"; Order of Prince Yaroslav the Wise, 5th class; The Russian Federation Power Engineer Award; honorary doctor of the Voronezh State University; Honorary citizen of Vitebsk; Russian Federation Government Certificate of Honour; Nick Holonyak Jr. Award; honorary doctorate from INSA Toulouse; Ordo Sancti Constantini Magni; Joffe Prize; honorary citizen of Minsk; Certificate of Honor of the Council of Ministers of the Republic of Belarus; Certificate of Honor of the National Assembly of the Republic of Belarus; Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science; honorary member of the National Academy of Sciences of Azerbaijan

Legacy Highlights

Honors & Awards

A. S. Popov Gold Medal · Certificate of Honor of the Council of Ministers of the Republic of Belarus · Certificate of Honor of the National Assembly of the Republic of Belarus · Demidov Prize · Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science · Global Energy Prize · honorary citizen of Minsk · honorary citizen of Saint Petersburg · Honorary citizen of Vitebsk · honorary doctor of the Voronezh State University · honorary doctorate from INSA Toulouse · honorary member of the National Academy of Sciences of Azerbaijan · Joffe Prize · Jubilee Medal "300 Years of the Russian Navy" · Jubilee Medal "In Commemoration of the 100th Anniversary of the Birth of Vladimir Ilyich Lenin" · Jubilee Medal Medal "In Commemoration of the 250th Anniversary of Leningrad" · Kyoto Prize in Advanced Technology · Lenin Prize · Medal "In Commemoration of the 300th Anniversary of Saint Petersburg" · Medal "Veteran of Labour" · Nick Holonyak Jr. Award · Nizami Ganjavi Gold Medal · Nobel Prize in Physics · Officer of the Legion of Honour · Order "For Merit to the Fatherland", 1st class · Order "For Merit to the Fatherland", 2nd class · Order "For Merit to the Fatherland", 3rd class · Order "For Merit to the Fatherland", 4th class · Order of Alexander Nevsky · Order of Francisc Skorina · Order of Lenin · Order of Prince Yaroslav the Wise, 5th class · Order of the Badge of Honour · Order of the Friendship of Peoples · Order of the October Revolution · Order of the Red Banner of Labour · Ordo Sancti Constantini Magni · Russian Federation Government Certificate of Honour · SPIE Gold Medal · State Prize of the Russian Federation · Stuart Ballantine Medal · The Russian Federation Power Engineer Award · USSR State Prize

Church

atheism

Employer

Alferov Saint Petersburg National Research Academic University of the Russian Academy of Sciences · Russian Academy of Sciences

Organizations & Memberships

2nd State Duma of the Russian Federation · 3rd State Duma of the Russian Federation · 4th State Duma of the Russian Federation · 5th State Duma of the Russian Federation · 6th State Duma of the Russian Federation · 7th State Duma of the Russian Federation · Academy of Sciences of Moldova · Academy of Sciences of the USSR · Accademia Nazionale delle Scienze detta dei XL · Chinese Academy of Sciences · Commission on Pseudoscience · European Academy of Sciences · German Academy of Sciences at Berlin · Izborsk Club · Leibniz Society of Sciences · National Academy of Sciences · National Academy of Sciences of Armenia · National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine · Polish Academy of Sciences · Royal Academy of Engineering of Spain · Russian Academy of Sciences