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Mikhail Voloshin

1953 – 2020

Russian physicist

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Lived 1953 – 2020 (aged 66). Mikhail Voloshin was a Russian and American physicist and university teacher.

Mikhail "Misha" Voloshin (May 14, 1953, Bucharest, Romania – March 20, 2020) was a Russian and American theoretical physicist. Voloshin graduated from physics class of Moscow State School 57 in 1970. Voloshin started working at ITEP in 1976 and accordingly earned his Ph.D. in 1977. In 1983 he received a Soviet medal and an award in physics. Beginning in 1990, he taught quantum physics at the William I Fine Theoretical Physics Institute, a division of the University of Minnesota College of Science and Engineering. In 1997 elected a fellow of the American Physical Society. In 2001 he was awarded J.J. Sakurai Prize for Theoretical Particle Physics and in 2004 he was awarded the Alexander-von-Humboldt Award.

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Important facts

Birth century
Education
Moscow State School 57, MIPT Department of General and Applied Physics
Employers
University of Minnesota, Institute of Theoretical and Experimental Physics
Awards
Fellow of the American Physical Society; Sakurai Prize; Humboldt Prize
Also known as
Mikhail B. Voloshin

Contemporaries

People whose lives overlapped Mikhail Voloshin's

Frequently asked questions

Who was Mikhail Voloshin?

Russian physicist

When was Mikhail Voloshin born?

Mikhail Voloshin was born on 14 May 1953 in Bucharest.

When did Mikhail Voloshin die?

Mikhail Voloshin died on 20 March 2020 in United States.

What was Mikhail Voloshin's occupation?

Mikhail Voloshin was a physicist and university teacher.

What nationality was Mikhail Voloshin?

Mikhail Voloshin was Russian and American.

Sources & further reading

· Wikipedia: Mikhail Voloshin

· Wikidata: Q1930238

· DBpedia: Mikhail Voloshin

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