Background
Kavokin, Alexey Vitalievich was born on March 7, 1970 in Leningrad, Russia. Son of Vitaly Pavlovich and Nina Norairovna (Madatova) Kavokin.
Kavokin, Alexey Vitalievich was born on March 7, 1970 in Leningrad, Russia. Son of Vitaly Pavlovich and Nina Norairovna (Madatova) Kavokin.
He graduated from the Saint St. Petersburg Polytechnical University in 1991. He graduated from the Ioffe Physico-Technical institute in 1993, with a Doctor of Philosophy in physics and mathematics, supervisor Professor East.L. Ivchenko.
He was a Professor at the Blaise Pascal University (Clermont-Ferrand, France, 1998 – 2005). He is a Professor at the University of Southampton (Southampton, United Kingdom, 2005 – present). In July 2010, he co-founded the Mediterranean Institute of Fundamental Physics with the support of Doctor Giuseppe Eramo and was appointed scientific director
Since 2011 he is the head of the Spin Optics Laboratory at the University of Saint St. Petersburg.
He is an expert in solid state optics and semiconductor physics.
He was a member of staff of the Ioffe Physico-Technical institute (1992 – 2000).
Married Maria Rudolfovna Vladimirova, December 26, 1992 (divorced May 20, 1999). 1 child, Nikita.