| Gennady A. Mesyats | |
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| Born |
29 February 1936 Kemerovo, Russia |
| Residence | Moscow |
| Citizenship |
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| Nationality | Russian |
| Fields | Physics of plasma |
| Institutions | Lebedev Physical Institute |
| Alma mater | Tomsk Polytechnic University |
| Doctoral advisor | Lev Sena |
| Doctoral students | Sergei Korovin |
| Known for | High-current electronics emission, Nanosecond pulse sources, Injection gas electronics, Ectons |
| Notable awards |
USSR State Prize (1978), Demidov Prize (2002) Global Energy Prize (2003) IEEE Marie Sklodowska-Curie Award (2012) |
Gennady Andreyevich Mesyats (Russian: Месяц, Геннадий Андреевич, February 29, 1936, Kemerovo, Russia) is a 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.
He was announced as the recipient of the IEEE Marie Sklodowska-Curie Award for 2012.