Alexander Balankin

Alexander Balankin (born March 3, 1958) is a Mexican scientist o Roushie oreegin (Баланкин, Александр Сергеевич) whose wirk in the field o fractal mechanics Archived 2008-01-20 at the Wayback Machine an its ingineerin applications wan him the UNESCO Science Prize in 2005.

Alexander Balankin
Alexander Balankin in his Office (2008)
Born	(1958-03-03) 3 Mairch 1958 Moscow, Roushie
Residence	Mexico Ceety
Naitionality	Mexican an Roushie
Alma mater	Moscow Engineering Physics Institute.
Kent for	Research in fractal mechanics an its technological applications
Awairds	UNESCO Science Prize (2005), National Prize of Arts and Sciences (2002), Presea Lázaro Cárdenas (2005)
Scientific career
Fields	Physics
Institutions	National Polytechnic Institute o Mexico

Biografie

Early life an eddication

Alexander Balankin wis born in Moscow, Soviet Union. He graduatit frae Moscow Ingineerin Pheesics Institute in 1981. He haulds a Filosofie Doctorate in Pheesics an Mathematics frae Moscow Ingineerin Pheesics Institute (1986). Five years efter that, the Heicher Attestation Commission (USSR) awairdit him a Doctor o Science degree. In this period, he wis honoured wi the state prize o the Roushie Meenistry o Defence (1990) an aw an a prize frae the Academy o Sciences o the USSR in 1991. In addeetion he haes servit as Member o the Cooncil o the Union (umwhile-USSR) for the Pheesics o Materials Resistance an Fractur (Roushie, 1991–92). In 1992, Professor Balankin immigratit tae Mexico an in 2000 became a Mexican ceetizen.