Director of the Dzhelepov Laboratory of Nuclear Problems
Vadim Alexandrovich Bednyakov, Doctor of Physics and Mathematics.
Date and place of birth:
31 October 1957, Moscow, USSR.
Education and degrees:
- 1975–1981 Student of the Physics Department, Moscow State University
- 1985 Candidate of Sciences (Physics and Mathematics), PhD Thesis: “Development of the parton picture of nucleons in deep inelastic processes”, Laboratory of Theoretical Physics, JINR (Supervisor: Prof. P.S. Isaev)
- 1999 Doctor of Sciences (Physics and Mathematics), Thesis: “Study of the possibility of detecting supersymmetry in the rare processes and cosmology”, Laboratory of Nuclear Problems, JINR
Professional career:
- 1981–2001 Probation Researcher, Junior Researcher, Researcher, Senior Researcher of the Dzhelepov Laboratory of Nuclear Problems (DLNP), JINR
- 2001–2009 Chief of the Sector of Theoretical Studies of Interaction of Elementary Particles and Atomic Nuclei, DLNP
- 1993–2009 Scientific Secretary, DLNP
- Since 2004 Coordinator of JINR’s participation in the programme of physics research with the ATLAS detector
- 2009–2013 Deputy Director, DLNP
- 2010–2013 Deputy Chief Scientific Secretary of JINR
- Since 2013 Director, DLNP
Scientific and organizational activity:
- 2002–2007 Member of the BLTP Dissertation Council, JINR
- Since 2000 Member of DLNP Dissertation Council, JINR
- Since 1993 Member of the DLNP Science & Technology Council, JINR
- 2006–2008 Member of the LPP Science & Technology Council, JINR
- Since 2008 Member of the VBLHEP Science & Technology Council, JINR
- Since 2004 Member of the Editorial Board of the journal “Physics of Atomic Nuclei”, JINR
- Since 2013 Member of the Editorial Board of the journal “Physics of Elementary Particles and Atomic Nuclei”, JINR
- 1997–2005 Organizer of six conferences on the new physics in non-accelerator experiments – NANP (together with S.G.Kovalenko and V.B.Brudanin)
- Since 2012 Scientific Secretary of the Council on Neutrino Physics and Astrophysics, Russian Academy of Sciences
Educational activity:
Permanent supervision of diploma works and of theses.
Publication of scientific and popular science literature. Translation into Russian and publication in Russia of textbooks by German scientist Prof. H.V. Klapdor-Kleingrothaus Non-Accelerator Particle Physics (1997) and Astroparticle Physics (2000).
Scientific interests:
- Physics of elementary particles beyond the Standard Model.
- Physics of neutrino and rare processes.
- Problem of dark matter registration.
- Searching for the manifestations of new physics (including supersymmetry) with extremely high collider energies, and in low-energy processes and astrophysics.
- Conducting physics research at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) with the ATLAS detector.
Scientific publications:
Author of more than 450 personal papers and reviews on elementary particle physics, dark matter problem, and neutrino physics. Co-author of about 260 papers within the ATLAS Collaboration. Author of a number of popular science articles.
JINR prizes and State awards:
- JINR prizes for the years 1985, 1998, 2005
- 2007 Veteran of Atomic Engineering and Industry
- 2009 Certificate of Honour of the Russian State Corporation on Atomic Energy
- 2013 Certificate of Honour and Medal of the Moscow Region Government
- 2013 Certificate of Honor of the Dubna Administration