Dr. Valerii M. Vinokur
Director of Materials Theory Institute and
Senior Scientist at Materials Science Division


Materials Science Division
Building 223
Argonne National Laboratory
Argonne, IL 60439
USA

phone: +1-630-252-3765
fax: +1-630-252-7777
e-mail: vinokur@anl.gov


curriculum vitae

education

1979Ph.D.: "Kinetic phenomena in dislocated crystals" at the Institute of Solid State Physics Acad. Sci.USSR
1973Diploma thesis with highest grade: "de Haas-Van Alphen effect in dislocated crystals"
1966-1973Moscow Institute of Steel and Alloys


professional experience

2001-presentDirector of Materials Theory Institute at MSD
1992-2000Coordinator of the Visiting Theory Program at Materials Science Division
1998-presentSenior Scientist at Materials Science Division
Argonne National Laboratory
1992-1998Scientist at Materials Science Division
Argonne National Laboratory
1988-1992Senior Scientist at the Theoretical Department of the Institute of Solid State Physics Ac. Sci. USSR
1990-1992Visiting Scientist at Materials Science Division
Argonne National Laboratory
1981-1987Scientific Researcher at the Theoretical Department of the Institute for Solid State Physics, Chernogolovka
1980-1981Postdoctoral experience at Low Temperature
Physics Laboratory of the ISSP
1973-1980Research Associate at the Dislocation Physics Laboratory of the Institute for Solid State Physics, Chernogolovka


short term visiting positions held

1987 (Sept.-Nov.)CRTBT-C.N.R.S., Grenoble, France
1988 (Nov.)Service de Physique du Solide CEA-Saclay, France
1989 (Sept.-Dec.)Kamerlingh Onnes Lab, Leiden University, Leiden, The Netherlands
1990 (Feb.-May)Theor. Physik, ETH, Zurich, Switzerland
1997 (May)Visiting Professor, École Normale Supérieure, Paris, France


awards, prizes, honors

2003Alexander von Humboldt Research Award
2003John Bardeen Prize for Theory of Superconductivity for the work on the Theory of Vortex Matter
1998Fellow of the American Physical Society
1998University of Chicago Distinguished Performance Award for playing a leading role in the development of the science of magnetic vortex effects in superconductors.
last update 2004-04-01