New honorary members of the AFO

As of July 2016, the American Physical Society (APS) has more than 53 thousand members not only from the United States, but also from all over the world. Each year, no more than 0.5% of the total membership of the society is nominated as honorary members (Fellows of the American Physical Society) in recognition of their special achievements in a particular field of physics in the form of original scientific publications, innovative applications of physical knowledge in various fields science and technology, significant contribution to the teaching of physics or active ongoing participation in the organization of various APE events.

Among the newly elected honorary members of the AFO in 2017, we see, in particular, the following names:

Aleksandrov, Alexander V (Oak Ridge National Laboratory, USA);
Belonoshko, Anatoly B (Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden);
Burov, Alexey (Fermilab, USA);
Chernyshev, Alexander L (University of California — Irvine, USA);
Frenkel, Anatoly I (Stony Brook University and Brookhaven National Laboratory, USA);
Gurarie, Victor (University of Colorado — Boulder, USA);
Malkov, Mikhail A (University of California — San Diego, USA);
Mostovoy, Maxim (University of Groningen, Netherlands);
Pogorelov, Nikolai (University of Alabama — Huntsville, USA);
Sanov, Andrei (University of Arizona, USA);
Shchur, Lev N (Landau Institute for Theoretical Physics RAS — Chernogolovka; National Research University Higher School of Economics — Moscow, Russia).

Thus, out of approximately two hundred new nominees, 11 (or 5.5%) are with Russian roots. Of these, only one is currently working in Russia - Lev Nikolaevich Shchur from the ITF. Landau and National Research University Higher School of Economics.

Taking this opportunity, regardless of their place of work and residence, I would like to wholeheartedly congratulate all the nominees on their well-deserved recognition.

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www.aps.org/programs/honors/fellowships/archive-all.cfm