{{Short description|Russian theoretical physicist (1939–2023)}} {{Family name hatnote|Fyodorovich|Andreev|lang=Eastern Slavic}} {{Use dmy dates|date=March 2023}} {{Infobox scientist | name = Alexander Andreev | native_name = Александр Андреев | native_name_lang = ru | birth_date = {{birth date|df=yes|1939|12|10}} | birth_place = Leningrad, Russian SSR, USSR | death_date = {{death date and age|df=yes|2023|03|14|1939|12|10}} | death_place = | alt = | caption = | fields = Superconductivity, quantum liquids and solids, surface phenomena and magnetism | workplaces = Institute for Physical Problems, Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology | known_for = Andreev reflection | alma_mater = Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology | doctoral_advisor = <!--(or | doctoral_advisors = )--> | doctoral_students = | awards = Demidov Prize }}

'''Alexander Fyodorovich Andreev''' ({{langx|ru|Александр Фёдорович Андреев}}, 10 December 1939 – 14 March 2023)<ref>[https://gpad.ac.ru/%D0%BF%D0%B0%D0%BC%D1%8F%D1%82%D0%B8-%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%BA%D1%81%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B4%D1%80%D0%B0-%D1%84%D0%B5%D0%B4%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B8%D1%87%D0%B0-%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B4%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%B5/ Памяти Александра Федоровича Андреева (10.12.1939-14.03.2023)] {{in lang|ru}}</ref> was a Russian theoretical physicist best known for explaining the eponymous Andreev reflection.<ref name="andreev1965thermal">{{cite journal| author=Andreev, AF| title=Thermal Conductivity of the Intermediate State of Superconductors. II| journal=Soviet Physics JETP| year=1965| volume=20| number=6}}</ref> Andreev was educated at the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology, starting in 1959 and graduating ahead of schedule in 1961, having been mentored by Landau.<ref>{{Cite journal|author=Abrikosov, AA|display-authors=et al |title=Aleksandr Fedorovich Andreev (on his 70th birthday)| journal=Physics-Uspekhi | year=2010| volume=53|issue=1|page=103 | doi=10.3367/ufne.0180.201001j.0109|bibcode=2010PhyU...53..103A|s2cid=121681375 }}</ref>

From 1979, Andreev was a professor at the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology. He focused on the physics of superconductivity, quantum liquids and solids, surface phenomena, and magnetism.

Andreev was a vice-president of the Russian Academy of Sciences (1991–2013).

==Prizes== *1981 - Corresponding Member of USSR Academy of Sciences *1984 - Lomonosov Prize of Moscow State University<ref>[http://ras.ru/news/shownews.aspx?id=b91c66c9-1aa9-4408-b7f0-c8d195c0903c&print=1 Академику Андрееву Александру Федоровичу - 70 лет!] / RAS, 10 December 2009 {{in lang|ru}}</ref> *1986 - Lenin Prize (USSR) *1987 - Full member of USSR Academy of Sciences *1987 - Carus-Medal of German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina and Carus-Prize of Stadt Schweinfurt *1992 - Lorentz Professorship, Leiden University (the Netherlands) *1995 - Simon Memorial Prize, Institute of Physics (U.K.) *1996 - Honorary member of Ioffe Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences *1999 - Kapitza Gold Medal, Russian Academy of Sciences *2001-2002 - Jubilee Professor, Chalmers University of Technology (Sweden) *2002 - Foreign member of Finnish Academy of Science and Letters *2002 - Foreign member of Georgian Academy of Sciences *2003 - Independent Prize "Triumph" (Russia) *2004 - Pomeranchuk Prize<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.itep.ru/rus/in_rus.shtml?..%2Feng%2Fppw2004.html |title=Pomeranchuk Prize |access-date=10 October 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141216192502/http://www.itep.ru/rus/in_rus.shtml?..%2Feng%2Fppw2004.html |archive-date=16 December 2014 |url-status=dead }}</ref> *2004 - Doctorate honoris causa of Leiden University (the Netherlands) *2004 - Doctorate honoris causa of Kazan State University (Russia) *2005 - Honorary professor of Kyrgyz National University *2005 - Foreign member of Polish Academy of Sciences *2006 - {{ill|John Bardeen Prize|de}}<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://physics.illinois.edu/about/bardeen/winners.asp |title=John Bardeen Prize |access-date=16 December 2014 |archive-date=23 June 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200623083622/https://physics.illinois.edu/about/bardeen/winners.asp |url-status=dead }}</ref> *2008 - Foreign member of National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine *2011 - Demidov Prize of the Russian Academy of Sciences *2012 - Olli V. Lounasmaa Prize from Aalto University<ref>{{Cite web |title=Olli V. Lounasmaa Memorial Prize |url=https://www.aalto.fi/en/ovl-memorial-prize |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250123193351/https://www.aalto.fi/en/ovl-memorial-prize |archive-date=23 January 2025 |access-date=2025-10-07 |website=Aalto University |language=en |url-status=live }}</ref> *2013 - Honorary Doctorate from Lancaster University.<ref>{{Cite web |last=University |first=Lancaster |title=Honorary Graduates July 2013 {{!}} Lancaster University |url=https://www.lancaster.ac.uk/news/articles/2013/honorary-graduates-july-2013/ |access-date=2025-03-27 |website=www.lancaster.ac.uk |language=en}}</ref>

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