Igor Grekhov, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Igor Grekhov

Soviet physicist

Date of Birth: 10-Sep-1934

Place of Birth: Smolensk, Smolensk Voivodeship, Russia

Profession: physicist

Nationality: Russia

Zodiac Sign: Virgo

Igor Vsevolodovich Grekhov (Russian: ????? ???????????? ??????, born 10 September 1934 in Smolensk) is a Soviet and Russian physicist and electrical engineer, full member of the Russian Academy of Sciences.
He is known as one of the founders of the power semiconductor device industry in the Soviet Union.
His contributions to the field of pulsed power devices and converter technique were recognized by awarding the Lenin Prize, the two State Prizes and several State orders of Russia.
During several decades he headed the laboratory at the Ioffe Physical Technical Institute in St.
Petersburg.