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Mikhail Benilov
Full Professor and Chairman
of the
Department of
Physics
of
the
University
of
Madeira
Contacts:
e-mail:
benilov@uma.pt
Tel.: +351 291 705256
Portuguese
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Publications
Site
Interaction of
High-Pressure Arc
Plasmas with Thermionic
Cathodes
Education and Academic Degrees
June 1968 - graduated from the physical-mathematical school in Moscow
June 1974 - graduated from Moscow Institute for Physics and Technology, with Diploma with Honours
Sep. 1977 - completed postgraduate courses at the above Institute and at the Institute for Mechanics of Lomonosov Moscow State University
Nov. 1978 - degree of Candidate of Physical-Mathematical Sciences (Ph.D.) from Moscow Institute for Physics and Technology
June 1990 - degree of Doctor of Physical-Mathematical Sciences (this is an academic degree superior to Ph.D. which is similar, e.g., to Habilitation in Germany or to Doutor Agregado in Portugal) from the High Commission for Certification of the USSR Council of Ministers
Oct. 1997 - degree of Doutor Agregado from Instituto Superior Técnico da Universidade Técnica de Lisboa (Lisbon, Portugal)
Professional Career
1977/1990 - Institute for High Temperatures of the USSR Academy of Sciences, Moscow:
Oct. 1977 - Senior Engineer
Jan. 1979 - Junior Scientist
Apr. 1982 - Senior Scientist
May 1989 - Principal Scientist
1990/1993 - Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Germany:
Nov. 1990 - Research Fellow of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation
May 1992 - Research Scientist
1993/ - Universidade da Madeira, Portugal:
Feb. 1993 - Invited Full Professor
Nov. 2000 - Full Professor
Scientific Activity
Current research interests: plasma physics, computational physics, theory of nonlinear dissipative structures, kinetic theory of gases, and fluid dynamics.
Publications: 99 refereed papers, 51 conference papers, one review monograph.
Administrative Activities
Was the first Chairman of the Department of Physics of UMa (1996-1998). Was once again elected Chairman of the Department in 2000 and 2002, 2004.
Scientific Societies
Sociedade Portuguesa de Física, Institute of Physics
(Fellow), IEEE (Senior
Member).
Language Abilities
Russian (first language), Portuguese, English, German.
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