Background
Flegontov, Yury Alexandrovich was born on August 13, 1929 in Chita, Siberia, Russia. Son of Alexandr Abramovich Shapiro and Elena Petrovna Flegontova.
Flegontov, Yury Alexandrovich was born on August 13, 1929 in Chita, Siberia, Russia. Son of Alexandr Abramovich Shapiro and Elena Petrovna Flegontova.
Doctor of Philosophy, Staten Island Vavilov Optical Institute, St. Petersburg, Russia, 1965. Doctor Physics, Staten Island Vavilov Optical Institute, St. Petersburg, Russia, 1984.
Engineer, S.I. Vavilov Optical Institute, 1956-1959; junior researcher, S.I. Vavilov Optical Institute, 1959-1967; senior researcher, S.I. Vavilov Optical Institute, 1967-1991; leading researcher, S.I. Vavilov Optical Institute, since 1991; professor theoretical physics, S.I. Vavilov Optical Institute, since 1991.
Member Russian Optical Society (organizing), St. Petersburg Physical Society (board directors since 1991, award 1992), New York Academy of Sciences.
Married Maja Borisovna Eskina, October 26, 1956. Children: Dmitry, Ekaterina.