Mikhail Kovalchuk Director, Russian Research Center "Kurchatov Institute"

Dr. Mikhail Kovalchuk is the Director of the Kurchatov Institute and the Director and Deputy Chairman of the Shubnikov Institute of Crystallography. He's also the acting vice-president of RAS since June 2007.

1946 - Born in Leningrad (now St. Petersburg)
1970 - Graduates, Physics Faculty, Leningrad State University
1988 - PhD in physics and mathematics
1997 - Chairman, National Conference on X-Radiation, Synchrotron Radiation, Neutrons and Electrons in the Study Of materials, and National Conference on Crystal Growing
1998 - Professor, A.V. Shubnikov Institute of Crystallography, Russian Academy of Sciences
1999 - Director, A.V. Shubnikov Institute of Crystallography, Russian Academy of Sciences
2000 - Corresponding Member, Russian Academy of Sciences
2001 - Executive Secretary, Presidential Council for Science, Technology and Education
2005 - Director, Russian Research Centre, Kurchatov Institute, Moscow
2007 - Acting Vice-President, Academy for Nanotechnologies, Russian Academy of Sciences