Alexander Andreev

Alexander Fyodorovich Andreev (, 10 December 1939 – 14 March 2023) was a Russian theoretical physicist best known for explaining the eponymous Andreev reflection. Andreev was educated at the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology, starting in 1959 and graduating ahead of schedule in 1961, having been mentored by Landau.

From 1979, Andreev was a professor at the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology. He focused on the physics of superconductivity, quantum liquids and solids, surface phenomena, and magnetism.

Andreev was a vice-president of the Russian Academy of Sciences (1991–2013).

Prizes 1981 - Corresponding Member of USSR Academy of Sciences 1984 - Lomonosov Prize of Moscow State University 1986 - Lenin Prize (USSR) 1987 - Full member of USSR Academy of Sciences 1987 - Carus-Medal of German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina and Carus-Prize of Stadt Schweinfurt 1992 - Lorentz Professorship, Leiden University (the Netherlands) 1995 - Simon Memorial Prize, Institute of Physics (U.K.) 1996 - Honorary member of Ioffe Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences 1999 - Kapitza Gold Medal, Russian Academy of Sciences 2001-2002 - Jubilee Professor, Chalmers University of Technology (Sweden) 2002 - Foreign member of Finnish Academy of Science and Letters 2002 - Foreign member of Georgian Academy of Sciences 2003 - Independent Prize "Triumph" (Russia) 2004 - Pomeranchuk Prize 2004 - Doctorate honoris causa of Leiden University (the Netherlands) 2004 - Doctorate honoris causa of Kazan State University (Russia) 2005 - Honorary professor of Kyrgyz National University 2005 - Foreign member of Polish Academy of Sciences 2006 - 2008 - Foreign member of National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine 2011 - Demidov Prize of the Russian Academy of Sciences 2012 - Olli V. Lounasmaa Prize from Aalto University 2013 - Honorary Doctorate from Lancaster University.