Vladimir Fortov (1946-2020) *74

Vladimir Fortov was a Russian physicist who served as director of the Joint Institute for High Temperatures (1992–2013) and as president of the Russian Academy of Sciiences (2013–2017). His research was in thermal physics, shock waves and plasma physics. Fortov studied physics at the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology, graduating in 1968. In 1971, he received his Candidate of Sciences degree, and in 1976 the Doctor of Sciences degree. He was a professor at the same university from 1982. Between 1971 and 1986 Fortov was employed at the Institute of Chemical Physics in Chernogolovka, and between 1986 and 1992, still being a part-time researcher at the same institution, he was also employed by the Joint Institute for High Temperatures. In 1992, he was appointed the director of this institute.

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