Anatoly Alexandrovich Alexandrov (; born 7 April 1951), , is a Russian applied physicist and a design engineer who is the rector of the

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Biography

Anatoly Alexandrov graduated from Bauman Moscow State Technical University (MSTU) in 1975. Several years after graduation he worked at MSTU as an engineer. In 1982 was promoted to Design Engineer, then Head of Logistics, then to the position of deputy director of Development and Studies, and later the Chief Engineer of the MSTU Experimental Plant. Shortly after starting the postgraduate studies (in 1984), he switched to the

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career and did not complete his

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thesis. In 1991, he was appointed as the Director of MSTU Experimental Plant. Since 2010 he became a member of the

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Council. In 2004, he was awarded

degree, and two years later - a

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degree. In 2010, Anatoly Alexandrov was elected a Rector of MSTU. In 2022, he signed the Address of the Russian Union of Rectors, which called to support

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in his invasion of Ukraine.

Accusations of academic fraud

The analysis of

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thesis of Anatoly Alexandrov performed by

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has demonstrated the presence of plagiarism and other forms of academic fraud.Analysis of Anatoly Alexandrov's thesis (in Russian)
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References

External links

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Krasvremya

Page on the website of the University Rector
{{DEFAULTSORT:Alexandrov, Anatoly Alexandrovich Living people 1951 births Academic staff of Bauman Moscow State Technical University People from Izyaslav Russian physicists Bauman Moscow State Technical University alumni Recipients of the Order "For Merit to the Fatherland", 4th class Recipients of the Order of Honour (Russia) Russian university and college faculty deans