Background
Vikhnin, Valentin Semenovich was born on April 20, 1947 in Kiev, Ukraine. Son of Semen Markovich Vikhnin and Zora Chrisoforovna Vikhnina.
Vikhnin, Valentin Semenovich was born on April 20, 1947 in Kiev, Ukraine. Son of Semen Markovich Vikhnin and Zora Chrisoforovna Vikhnina.
Degree in physics, Kiev State University, 1970. Doctor of Philosophy in physics and mathematics, Ukrainian Academy of Sciences, Kiev, 1974. Doctor of Science in physics and mathematics, Armed Forces Ioffe Physical Technology Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, St. Petersburg, 1990.
Junior researcher Institute Semiconductors, Kiev, 1974—1983, senior researcher, 1983—1984, Armed Forces Ioffe Physical Technology Institute, St. Petersburg, 1984—1991, leading researcher, since 1991. Professor physics department State University, St. Petersburg, 1993—2000. Visiting professor physics University Osnabrueck, Germany, 1992—1999, 2002—2003, 2005—2006, professor, Germany, 2000—2001, Merkator professor, Germany, 2004.
Visiting professor Jozef Stefan Institute, Ljubljana, Slovenia, 2004. Visw. research professor University Puerto Rico, Mayaguez, 1998—2006.
Fellow: St. Petersburg Physical Society.
Married Olga Ivanovna Vorobieva, March 10, 1990. 1 child Maria.