Serge Fedorovich Timashev (Russian: Сергей Федорович Тимашев, born September 29, 1937, in

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) is a Russian

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performing research for USPolyResearch. He is best known for his work in flicker-noise

spectroscopy Spectroscopy is the field of study that measures and interprets electromagnetic spectra. In narrower contexts, spectroscopy is the precise study of color as generalized from visible light to all bands of the electromagnetic spectrum. Spectro ...

(extraction of information from chaotic signals),

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(

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), kinetics of chemical processes (diffusion in energy space),

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(

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), and Earth/space science (mechanism of global changes and

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Biography

Timashev holds MS in

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from the

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(1960),

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from the Institute of Theoretical and Experimental Physics (

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, 1966), and

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in physics and

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from the Institute of Semiconductor Physics (

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, 1975). His major job track record includes senior researcher (1969 to 1979) at the Institute of Physical Chemistry,

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, Moscow; head of

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(1979 to present) at the

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, Moscow; professor in

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(1990 to 1994) at the

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;

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in physics (1997 to present) at the

Peoples' Friendship University of Russia The Patrice Lumumba Peoples' Friendship University of Russia (Russian language, Russian: Российский университет дружбы народов имени Патриса Лумумбы), also known as RUDN University and until 1 ...

; senior researcher (2005 to present) at USPolyResearch.

Scientific achievements

Timashev developed a flicker-noise spectroscopy method for extracting information from the chaotic signals produced by complex systems, which can be used for analyzing and predicting the behavior of these systems (

earthquake prediction Earthquake prediction is a branch of the science of geophysics, primarily seismology, concerned with the specification of the time, location, and magnitude of future earthquakes within stated limits, and particularly "the determination of par ...

, EKG evaluation, Parkinsonian tremor signal evaluation, random electrochemical processes, etc.) He discovered the phenomenon of switching conductivity for surface-modified

ion exchange Ion exchange is a reversible interchange of one species of ion present in an insoluble solid with another of like charge present in a solution surrounding the solid. Ion exchange is used in softening or demineralizing of water, purification of ch ...

polymeric membranes A polymer () is a substance or material that consists of very large molecules, or macromolecules, that are constituted by many repeating subunits derived from one or more species of monomers. Due to their broad spectrum of properties, both ...

and electropervaporation effect. He also described the role of chemical and solar factors in the

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evolution. The total number of papers and books published by him is more than 300. He currently serves on the Editorial Advisory Boards of Russ. J. Phys. Chem., Russ. J. Electrochem., Colloid J., and J. Water Chem. Technol.

Honors and awards

Timashev received

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Government's Prize in Science and Technology (1995), Ernest Oppenheimer Memorial Trust (WD Wilson Visiting Fellowship, South Africa, 1996), and Russian Federation's Distinguished Scientist (1998).

References

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