Andrey A. Varlamov (born 25 April 1954) is an Italian condensed matter physicist of Ukrainian origin, who works on

superconductivity Superconductivity is a set of physical properties observed in superconductors: materials where Electrical resistance and conductance, electrical resistance vanishes and Magnetic field, magnetic fields are expelled from the material. Unlike an ord ...

, fluctuation phenomena,

graphene Graphene () is a carbon allotrope consisting of a Single-layer materials, single layer of atoms arranged in a hexagonal lattice, honeycomb planar nanostructure. The name "graphene" is derived from "graphite" and the suffix -ene, indicating ...

physics, and

thermoelectricity The thermoelectric effect is the direct conversion of temperature differences to electric voltage and vice versa via a thermocouple. A thermoelectric device creates a voltage when there is a different temperature on each side. Conversely, when ...

. He is a principal investigator at the Institute of Superconductors, Oxides and Other Innovative Materials and Devices ( SPIN-CNR) in

Rome Rome (Italian language, Italian and , ) is the capital city and most populated (municipality) of Italy. It is also the administrative centre of the Lazio Regions of Italy, region and of the Metropolitan City of Rome. A special named with 2, ...

, Italy.

Early life and education

Andrey Varlamov was born on 25 April 1954 in

Kyiv Kyiv, also Kiev, is the capital and most populous List of cities in Ukraine, city of Ukraine. Located in the north-central part of the country, it straddles both sides of the Dnieper, Dnieper River. As of 1 January 2022, its population was 2, ...

Ukraine Ukraine is a country in Eastern Europe. It is the List of European countries by area, second-largest country in Europe after Russia, which Russia–Ukraine border, borders it to the east and northeast. Ukraine also borders Belarus to the nor ...

. In 1971 he graduated from Kyiv Natural Science Lyceum No. 145. The same year, he was admitted to the

Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology (MIPT; , also known as PhysTech), is a public university, public research university located in Moscow Oblast, Russia. It prepares specialists in theoretical physics, theoretical and applied physics, ...

and got his master's degree

cum laude Latin honors are a system of Latin phrases used in some colleges and universities to indicate the level of distinction with which an academic degree has been earned. The system is primarily used in the United States. It is also used in some Sout ...

from the Landau Institute six years later. Immediately after, he started the Ph.D. program under the supervision of A.A. Abrikosov at the

Moscow Institute of Steel and Alloys The National University of Science and Technology (MISiS) () is a public technological university in the field of steelmaking and metallurgy, based in Moscow, Russia. It was established in 1918 as a part of the Moscow Mining Academy. In 1930 ...

and received his Ph.D. in

condensed matter Condensed matter physics is the field of physics that deals with the macroscopic and microscopic physical properties of matter, especially the solid and liquid phases, that arise from electromagnetic forces between atoms and electrons. More gen ...

physics Physics is the scientific study of matter, its Elementary particle, fundamental constituents, its motion and behavior through space and time, and the related entities of energy and force. "Physical science is that department of knowledge whi ...

in 1980. At the same university he was awarded his Habilitatus (Doctor of physical and mathematical sciences) in 1988.

Professional career

From 1981 to 1999 he worked as a researcher, senior researcher (1985), associated (1987) and full professor (1990) at the Department of Theoretical Physics in

. In 1993 he became an invited fellow at the Condensed Matter Theory Group of

Argonne National Laboratory Argonne National Laboratory is a Federally funded research and development centers, federally funded research and development center in Lemont, Illinois, Lemont, Illinois, United States. Founded in 1946, the laboratory is owned by the United Sta ...

in United States and then starting from 1996 worked as an invited professor at first at the University of Rome Tor Vergata and then from 1997 to 2000 held the same position at both

University of Bordeaux The University of Bordeaux (, ) is a public research university based in Nouvelle-Aquitaine in southwestern France. It has several campuses in the cities and towns of Bordeaux, Dax, Gradignan, Périgueux, Pessac, and Talence. There are al ...

and the

University of Florence The University of Florence ( Italian: ''Università degli Studi di Firenze'') (in acronym UNIFI) is an Italian public research university located in Florence, Italy. It comprises 12 schools and has around 50,000 students enrolled. History The f ...

. From 1999 to 2005 he was a visiting professor at the

University of Minnesota The University of Minnesota Twin Cities (historically known as University of Minnesota) is a public university, public Land-grant university, land-grant research university in the Minneapolis–Saint Paul, Twin Cities of Minneapolis and Saint ...

and the

Pavia Pavia ( , ; ; ; ; ) is a town and comune of south-western Lombardy, in Northern Italy, south of Milan on the lower Ticino (river), Ticino near its confluence with the Po (river), Po. It has a population of c. 73,086. The city was a major polit ...

. At the

University of Rome Tor Vergata University of Rome Tor Vergata, also known as the University of Tor Vergata (), is a public research university located in Rome, Italy. Located in the southeastern suburb of Rome, the university combines a liberal arts tradition with emphasis on ...

he is an adjunct professor to this day. Since 1999 he works as a research director at the Institute of Superconductors, Oxides and other Innovative Materials and Devices of the Italian National Research Council ( SPIN-CNR). In 2018 Andrey Varlamov and Andreas Glatz had written a what became known as the ''Perfect Pizza'' equation.

Honorable titles

In 2009 he was elected as correspondent member of the Istituto Lombardo Accademia di Scienze e Lettere Brera. In 2011 he was awarded the degree of ''Doctor of Honoris Causa'' at the Bogolyubov Institute for Theoretical Physics. In 2014 he was honored with the degree of ''Doctor of Honoris Causa'' at the Mediterranean Institute of Fundamental Physics. Since 1985 he is a member of the Editorial Board (1986-1992 vice-editor-in-chief) of the popular scientific journal for students '' Kvant'' of the

Russian Academy of Sciences The Russian Academy of Sciences (RAS; ''Rossíyskaya akadémiya naúk'') consists of the national academy of Russia; a network of scientific research institutes from across the Russian Federation; and additional scientific and social units such ...

Awards

*1971 – First Prize in the Vth

International Physics Olympiad The International Physics Olympiad (IPhO) is an annual physics competition for high school students. It is one of the International Science Olympiads. The first IPhO was held in Warsaw, Poland in 1967. Each national delegation is made up of a ...

(IPhO) *1986 –

Lenin Komsomol Prize Lenin Komsomol Prize () was a Soviet Union, Soviet annual award for the best works in science, engineering, literature or art carried out by young authors of age not exceeding 33 years. Komsomol was the abbreviated name of The Communist Union of ...

in Physics (USSR State Prize for young scientists) *2015 – Le

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Grand Public for the book ''Le kaleidoscope de la Physique'' (in co-authorship with Attilio Rigamonti and Jacques Villain) *2018 – Bogolyubov Prize of the Bogolyubov Institute for Theoretical Physics, Ukraine

Books

*1984 – ''Энциклопедический словарь юного физика'' *1987/2002/2005/2014/2017 - ''Удивительная физика'' *1997 – ''Fisica, che meraviglia!'' *1997 – ''Fluctuation Phenomena in High Temperature Superconductors'' *2001/2004/2012 ''Wonders of Physics'' *2002/2009 – ''The Physics of Superconductors'' *2005/2009 – ''Theory of Fluctuations in Superconductors'' *2007 – ''Теория флуктуаций в сверхпроводниках'' *2007 – ''Magico Caleidiscopio della Fisica'' *2011 – ''Fundamentals of Superconducting Nanoelectronics'' *2011 – ''Maravillas De La Fisica'' *2014 – ''Wonders of Physics'' (Chinese) *2014 – ''Le kaleidoscope de la Physique'' *2016 – ''Wonders of Physics I'' (Japanese) *2017 – ''Wonders of Physics II'' (Japanese) *2020 – ''Несамовита фізика. Скрипка, піца, вино і надпровідність'' *2023 – ''The Kaleidoscope of Physics''

References

Publications

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Varlamov, Andrey 1954 births Living people Scientists from Kyiv 20th-century Italian physicists Landau Institute for Theoretical Physics alumni Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology alumni Academic staff of the University of Bordeaux Academic staff of the University of Florence University of Minnesota faculty Academic staff of the University of Pavia Academic staff of the University of Rome Tor Vergata 21st-century Italian physicists Soviet physicists