Background
Kagan, Yuri Moiseevich was born on July 6, 1928 in Moscow. Son of Moisey Alexandrovich and Rachill Solomonovna (Chazrevina) Kagan.
Kagan, Yuri Moiseevich was born on July 6, 1928 in Moscow. Son of Moisey Alexandrovich and Rachill Solomonovna (Chazrevina) Kagan.
Candidate of science, Kurchatov Institute, Moscow, 1954. Doctor of Science, Kurchatov Institute, Moscow, 1959. Doctor (honorary), Munich Technology University, 1990.
Doctor (honorary), Uppsala University, Sweden, 1996.
Researcher, Kurchatov Institute, 1950-1954;
senior scientist, Kurchatov Institute, 1954-1962;
head theory division, Kurchatov Institute, since 1962;
full professor physics, Physical Engineering Institute, Moscow, since 1962. Morris Loeb lecturer Harvard University, Boston, 1988, 96. Honorary van der Waals professor Amsterdam (The Netherlands) U., 1990, Emil Warburg lecturer Bayreuth (Germany) U., 1992, Jacob Wallenberg lecturer Uppsala (Sweden) U., 1992.
Visiting professor College de France, 1993.
Member American Physical Society, Russian Academy of Sciences, Academy Europaea, Hungarian Physical Society, Hungarian Academy of Sciences (foreign).
Married Tatjana Nikolaevna Virta, November 1958. 1 child, Maxim.