Gennady Mesyats

Gennady Andreyevich Mesyats (, born 29 February 1936) is a Soviet and Russian physicist, founder of several scientific schools — high-current electronics and pulse electrophysics, one of the acknowledged world leaders in these areas.

He has been a vice-president of the Russian Academy of Sciences since 1987 and a director of the Lebedev Physical Institute since 2004.

Honours and awards Order "For Merit to the Fatherland", 1st class (2024) Order "For Merit to the Fatherland", 2nd class (2006) Order "For Merit to the Fatherland", 3rd class (1999) Order "For Merit to the Fatherland", 4th class (1996) Lenin Komsomol Prize (1968) Jubilee Medal "In Commemoration of the 100th Anniversary of the Birth of Vladimir Ilyich Lenin" (1970) Order of the Red Banner of Labour (1971) USSR State Prize (1978) Order of the Badge of Honour (1981) Order of Lenin (1986) Dyke Award (1990) State Prize of the Russian Federation for Science and Technology (1998) Demidov Prize (2002) Global Energy Prize (2003) Legion of Honour (2008) Order of Honour (2011) IEEE Marie Sklodowska-Curie Award (2012) Order of Alexander Nevsky (2021)