Alferov, Zhores Ivanovich

1930 - Alferov was born in Vitebsk, Belarus, USSR on the 15th of March.

1952 - He graduated from the Department of Electronics of V.I. Ulyanov Electrotechnical Institute in Leningrad.

1953 - He was a staff member of the Physico-Technical Institute.

1953-1964 - He became a Junior Researcher.

1961 - He earned scientific degree: a candidate of sciences in technology in Ioffe Institute.

1962 - He worked in the area of III-V semiconductor heterostructures.

1964-1967 - He became a Senior Researcher.

1967-1987 - He became the head of the laboratory.

1970 - He earned scientific degree: a doctor of sciences in physics and mathematics in Ioffe Institute.

1972 - He was elected a corresponding member of the USSR Academy of Sciences and received the Lenin Prize.

1973 - He took over the chair of optoelectronics at the St. Petersburg State Electrotechnical University.

1979 - He was elected an Academy's full member.

1984 - He was awarded the USSR State Prize.

1987 - He was a director in the Physico-Technical Institute.

1988 - Alferov was appointed to the Dean of the Faculty of Physics and Technology at the St. Petersburg Technical University.

1989 - He became a Vice-President of the USSR Academy of Sciences.

1999 - He was awarded the Demidov Prize.

2000 - Received the Novel Prize in Physics.

2001 - Received the Kyoto Prize.