Alexander Sakharov

Alexander S. Sakharov was born in Moscow, Russia, in 1947. He received the M.S. degree in physics from Moscow State University, Moscow, in 1970, and the Ph.D. degree in physics and mathematics from the Lebedev Physical Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, in 1980. He is currently a Senior Research Associate with the A.M. Prokhorov General Physics Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow. His current research interests include the theory and simulations of breakdown phenomena, plasma microwave heating, and particle acceleration in plasma.