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Elena Aleksandrovna Kolganova

Vice-Director of the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research

Doctor of Science in Physics and Mathematics

Date and place of birth:
22 December 1965, Zhigulevsk, Kuibyshev (now Samara) Region, USSR

Education, academic degrees and titles:

  • 1983–1988 Kalinin (now Tver) State University (KSU/TSU, Kalinin/Tver Region, USSR), Faculty of Physics
  • 1988–1991 PhD studies at Tver State University
  • 1997 Candidate of Science in Physics and Mathematics (“Resonances and bound states in quantum three-body systems”, BLTP JINR)
  • 2006 Associate Professor in Theoretical Physics
  • 2021 Doctor of Science in Physics and Mathematics (“Triatomic systems at ultra-low energies in the Faddeev approach”, BLTP JINR)

Professional activity:

  • 1988–1993 Junior Researcher, Assistant at the Department of Theoretical Physics, Tver State University
  • 1993–2002 Junior Researcher, Researcher, Senior Researcher at the Laboratory of Information Technologies (formerly Laboratory of Computing Techniques and Automation), JINR
  • Since 2005 Associate Professor, Professor at the Department of Fundamental Problems of Microworld Physics, Dubna State University
  • 2003–2021 Senior Researcher at the Bogoliubov Laboratory of Theoretical Physics, JINR
  • 2021–2023 Head of the Human Resources and Records Management Department, JINR
  • 2023–2026 Leading Researcher at the Bogoliubov Laboratory of Theoretical Physics, JINR
  • Since 2025 Rector of the International School on Theoretical Physics of BLTP JINR
  • Since 2026 Vice-Director of JINR

Scientific and organizational activity:

  • Since 1997 Member of organizing committees of a number of international conferences
  • 2012–2015 Member of the Scientific and Technical Council of BLTP JINR
  • 2013–2023 Scientific Secretary of the Scientific and Technical Council of JINR
  • 2023–2026 Chairperson of the Scientific and Technical Council of JINR
  • Since 2024 Deputy Editor-in-Chief of the journal Natural Science Review

Educational activity:

  • Lectures and tutorials in mathematical modeling and numerical methods at Dubna State University
  • Supervising diploma theses and PhD dissertations

Scientific interests:

  • Few-body quantum problem
  • Scattering processes and resonances
  • Van der Waals systems
  • Efimov states
  • Nuclear structure
  • Collective models
  • Numerical methods

Scientific publications:

Author and co-author of more than 100 scientific publications

Awards and prizes:

  • 2006 Laureate of the First JINR Prize in Theoretical Physics
  • 2016 Honorary Diploma of the Head of Dubna
  • 2021 Letter of Appreciation from the Governor of the Moscow Region
  • 2024 Title “Honorary Worker of Science and High Technologies of the Russian Federation”
  • 2025 Honorary Diploma of the Moscow Regional Duma
Elena Aleksandrovna Kolganova
Vice-Director of JINR
Elena A. KOLGANOVA
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