Background
Alpert, Yakov Lvovich was born on March 1, 1911 in Zhitomir, Ukraine, Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics. Son of Lev M. and Gitla Alpert. came to the United States, 1988.
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Yakov Lvovich Alpert
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Yakov Lvovich Alpert, Ukrainian, Russian, American Physicist, consultant, researcher. Recipient various awards Government of Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics and Academy Sciences Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics and Research.grantee, 1945-1975; overseas scholar St. John's College, Cambridge (England) University, 1988; science visitor Cavendish laboratories, 1988.
Education
Doctor of Philosophy, Academy Sciences Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics, Moscow, 1941; D Physical Mathematics Science, Academy Sciences Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics, Moscow, 1948; D honoris causa, U. Orleans, France, 1982.
Career
Radio technician, Radio Communication Institute, Moscow, 1931-1934;
laboratory assistant, science collaborator, Academy Sciences Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics, 1935-1943;
senior scientist, group head Lebedev Physical Institute, Academy Sciences Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics, 1943-1951;
chief laboratory, department director Institute Institute Terrestrial Magnetism, Ionosphere and Radio Wave Propagation, Academy Sciences Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics, 1952-1987;
senior scientist, principal investigator, Harvard Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Boston, since 1988. Research consultant American Telephone & Telegraph Company Bell laboratories, Murray Hill, New Jersey, since 1989. Regents lectr.UCLA and University of California, San Diego, 1989.
Visiting scientist Ecole Polytechnic, Paris, 1990.
Achievements
Membership
Member New York Academy Sciences (life honorary 1982, 1st Gimprich Fellowship Found.fellow 1991).
Connections
Married Svetlana Alpert, September 8, 1972.
Awards
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Recipient various awards Government of Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics and Academy Sciences Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics and Research.grantee, 1945-1975. Overseas scholar St. John's College, Cambridge (England) University, 1988. Science visitor Cavendish laboratories, 1988.Recipient various awards Government of Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics and Academy Sciences Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics and Research.grantee, 1945-1975. Overseas scholar St. John's College, Cambridge (England) University, 1988. Science visitor Cavendish laboratories, 1988.