Evgeny Velikhov

Evgeny Velikhov
Evgeny Velikhov
Евгений Велихов
	Velikhov in 2011
Born	February 2, 1935 (age 89); Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Nationality	Russia
Citizenship	Soviet Union; Russia
Alma mater	M.V. Lomonosov Moscow State University
Awards	Hero of Socialist Labour (1985); Lenin Prize (1984); State Prize of the Russian Federation (2003); Global Energy Prize (2006); Orders of Lenin ; Order of Merit for the Fatherland ; Order of Courage ; Order of the Red Banner of Labour
	Scientific career
Fields	Nuclear physics
Institutions	Kurchatov Institute; Russian Academy of Sciences; Soviet Academy of Sciences; Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology; Public Chamber of Russia
Academic advisors	Alexander Prokhorov
	Evgeny Velikhov's voice Velikhov's on the Echo of Moscow program, 1 June 2006

Evgeny Pavlovich Velikhov (Russian: Евгений Павлович Велихов; born 2 February 1935) is a physicist and scientific leader in the Russian Federation.^[1] His scientific interests include plasma physics, lasers, controlled nuclear fusion, power engineering, and magnetohydrodynamics (high-power pulsed MHD generators). He is the author of over 1500 scientific publications and a number of inventions and discoveries.

He currently holds the post of president of the Kurchatov Institute (named after Igor Kurchatov) and first Secretary (head) of the Civic Chamber of the Russian Federation. He is a member of the Russian Academy of Sciences and has been the vice-president of the Academy of Sciences of the Soviet Union.