Alexander S. Sigov, Full Member of the Russian Academy of Sciences (RAS), Doctor of Sciences (Physics and Mathematics), Professor, President of MIREA – Russian Technological University, 78, Vernadskogo pr., Moscow, 119454, Russian Federation.
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E-mail: sigov@mirea.ru
Phone: +7 499 600-80-80 ext. 25050
Alexander S. Sigov is a Soviet and Russian physicist, Full Member of the RAS, specialist in the fields of solid state physics, solid state electronics, and materials physics.
Education and Academic Career
Alexander S. Sigov graduated with honors from the Physical Faculty at the M.V. Lomonosov Moscow State University, the Department of Quantum Theory, in 1968. He finished the Candidate of Sciences training at the Physical Faculty of the M.V. Lomonosov Moscow State University in 1971. He was subsequently allocated to MIREA, where he has been working ever since. Alexander S. Sigov received his Candidate of Sciences degree in 1972. His dissertation was titled “Statistical and dynamic properties of domain boundaries with transversal connections in thin ferromagnetic films.” Alexander S. Sigov received his Doctor of Sciences degree in 1985. His dissertation was titled “Influence of defects on physical properties of crystals near structural and magnetic phase transitions.” Alexander S. Sigov obtained his Professor title in 1988. Between 1985 and 1998, he held the position of the Dean of the Department of Electronics and Optoelectronic Devices at MIREA. Between May 1998 and June 2013, he was the Rector of MIREA.
In 2006, Alexander S. Sigov was elected as the Corresponding Member of the RAS, the Division of Information Technologies and Computing Systems. In 2011, he became the Full Member of the RAS. Since June 2013, Alexander S. Sigov has been the President of RTU MIREA.
Research Interests
Alexander S. Sigov’s research interests focus on the physical properties of low-dimensional systems and/or systems with structural disorder, as well as on the design of functional nano- and microelectronic devices based on them.
Alexander S. Sigov is a member of the Science Committee of the Russian Security Council and the Chairman of the Science Council of the RAS on Physics of Ferroelectrics and Dielectrics. He is also a member of the Bureau of the United Council of the RAS on Condensed Matter Physics and a member of the European Physical Society, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), and Institute of Engineering and Technologies.
Alexander S. Sigov is the Editor-in-Chief of the following scientific journals: Electronics, Nanomaterials and Nanostructures, and Russian Technological Journal. He is the Deputy Editor-in-Chief of the Integrated Ferroelectrics journal and a member of the editorial boards of the following international and Russian journals: Bulletin of the Russian Academy of Sciences: Physics, Nano- and Microsystems Technology, Engineering Education, Photonics, and Tonkie Khimicheskie Tekhnologii [Fine Chemical Technologies], among others.
Publications and Academic Advising
Alexander S. Sigov has authored and co-authored more than 400 scientific publications, 18 books and tutorials, and 34 inventions. He has supervised 25 Candidate of Sciences dissertations, while 17 of his students went on to receive the Doctor of Science degrees.
Awards
Alexander S. Sigov has been awarded numerous prizes and honors, including:
– The title of the Honored Science Worker of the Russian Federation (1997) for his services to the country and long-standing fruitful work aimed at training highly skilled scientists;
– The State Prize of the Russian Federation in the field of Science and Technology (2003) for the work titled “Scientific and technological bases for design of multicomponent materials and group technologies of cold and hot cladding;”
– M.V. Lomonosov Prize in the field of Science and Education (2003);
– The Order “For Merit to the Fatherland,” IV class (2006) for the contribution to Science and Education;
– The Prize of the Government of the Russian Federation in the field of Education (2008) for the applied scientific tutorial titled “Methodology of formation of an active position among youth in education in the period of Russia’s transition to sustainable development;”
– The Prize of the Government of the Russian Federation in the field of Science and Technology (2011) for the development of effective algorithms for data processing and creation of fail-safe integrated computing systems, devices, and components for improving aircraft safety;
– The Order of Honor (2016) for the contribution to science, education, training of qualified specialists, and long-standing conscientious work.
