Victor L'vov
russian-Israeli physicist
Victor S. L'vov (Russian: Виктор Сергеевич Львов, Hebrew: ויקטור לבוב) is a Russian-Israeli physicist most known for his contributions to the advanced theories and applications of wave and hydrodynamic turbulence, as well as nonlinear phenomena in various physical systems, including plasma, superfluids, classical environmental flows, and solid states. He has authored about 280 publications in academic journals, including Nature Physics and Physical Review, and has written three books: Nonlinear Spin Waves (in Russian), Kolmogorov Spectra of Turbulence I: Wave Turbulence (in collaboration with V. Zakharov and G. Falkovich), and Wave Turbulence under Parametric Excitation: Applications to Magnets.
Education
L'vov completed his M.Sc. in Theoretical Physics from University of Leningrad in 1966 followed by a Ph.D. in Physics and Math from the Institute for Semiconductors at Leningrad. Later in 1974, he obtained his D.Sc. degree in physics from the Institute of Nuclear Physics at Novosibirsk.
Career
In 1968, L'vov joined the Institute for Semiconductors in Leningrad as a junior research associate, serving until 1970. From 1970 to 1973, he was a senior research associate at the Institute of Nuclear Physics in Novosibirsk. In 1970, he also became an assistant professor in theoretical physics at Novosibirsk University, a position he held until 1974. This was followed by an appointment as an associate professor in theoretical physics.
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