Dmitry Livanov

Dmitry Livanov has held a variety of roles in his life. He began his career in science in the field of theoretical physics and will be remembered for several widely publicized articles in the field of superconductivity and the physics of metals for which he was awarded the Golden Medal of the Russian Academy of Sciences for Young Scientists. After developing his own course on solid-state physics and writing his own textbook, Dmitry became heavily involved in teaching. Within the following...See more

Dmitry Livanov has held a variety of roles in his life. He began his career in science in the field of theoretical physics and will be remembered for several widely publicized articles in the field of superconductivity and the physics of metals for which he was awarded the Golden Medal of the Russian Academy of Sciences for Young Scientists. After developing his own course on solid-state physics and writing his own textbook, Dmitry became heavily involved in teaching. Within the following decade, Dmitry climbed the ranks from Associate Professor to Chancellor of the Moscow State Institute of Steel and Alloys (MISiS) and during that time he did a great deal to make MISiS into a modern-day European scientific and technical university. While holding the position of Minister of Education and Science of the Russian Federation, he worked from 2012 to 2016 on reforming Russia's system of science and education. However, regardless of the capacity in which he works or the position heholds, Dmitry remains, first and foremost, a scientist with creative drive and a rational perspective on the world. See less