Yaroslav Mikhaylovich Blanter (; born 19 November 1967) is a Russian

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, an expert in the field of

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and

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. As of 2011, he is a professor at the

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Biography

Blanter was born in Moscow. In 1984, he graduated from the Second physico-mathematical school of Moscow. In 1990, he graduated from the physicochemical department of the

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in the field of

. Until 1992, he took post-graduate courses at the same institute. In 1992, he defended his thesis and received the Candidate of physico-mathematical sciences degree. The subject of the thesis concerned the development of the quantum effects in the kinetic properties of the electronic systems at the topological transition. From 1990 to 1994, he taught

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, the theory of normal and superconducting metals, classical and

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. From 1989 to 1993, he also taught mathematics at the 43rd School of Moscow. In 1995, supported by the

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, he obtained a position at the Institute of Condensed Matter Theory in

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. From 1996 to 2000, he held a position at the

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. From 2000 to 2007, he was an associate professor at the

. In 2007, he became a senior associate professor there.CV
at the TU Delft official website In 2002, he was one of three members of the organizing committee of the

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Advanced Research Workshop "Quantum Noise in Mesoscopic Physics", held in

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, the Netherlands. From 2007 to 2011, he was an active contributor with administrator permissions in the

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and a member of its Arbitration Committee.Идут на поправку
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(Russian edition), № 51, 2010 Jan. ''

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'' noted Blanter's role in the deletion of an English Wikipedia hoax previously listed for almost four years.

Selected works

Blanter has published over 100 works in several scientific journals. His

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is 22.Courtesy of the ISI Web of Knowledge

Books

* Nazarov, Yuli V.; Blanter, Yaroslav M.; ''Quantum Transport: Introduction to Nanoscience'', Cambridge University Press, 2009. .

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Blanter, Yaroslav 1967 births Living people Academic staff of the Delft University of Technology National University of Science and Technology MISiS alumni Scientists from Moscow Russian physicists Russian Wikimedians Russian emigrants to the Netherlands Wikipedia people

Biography

Selected works

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Books

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