Background
Vainshtein was born on February 24, 1942 in Novokuznetsk, Russia.
physicist university professor
Vainshtein was born on February 24, 1942 in Novokuznetsk, Russia.
He got his Doctor of Philosophy from Budker Institute of Nuclear Physics in Novosibirsk, Russia and Master"s degree from Novosibirsk University where he became a Professor.
He was the director of William I Fine Theoretical Physics Institute, University of Minnesota where he currently serves as the Gloria Becker Lubkin chair and also holds a position as Professor since 1990. In 1997 he became a fellow at the Australian Psychological Society and two years later was awarded Sakurai Prize.
In 2004 he started to work for Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics in Santa Barbara, California and a year later was awarded Pomeranchuk Prize from the Institute for Theoretical and Experimental Physics, Moscow. Professor Vainshtein was awarded the 2014 Julius Wess Award by The KIT Center Elementary Particle and Astroparticle Physics (KCETA).
