Sergey Bagayev (scientist)

Sergey Nikolayevich Bagayev (Сергей Николаевич Багаев; born 9 September 1941) is a Russian scientist, a specialist in the field of quantum electronics and laser physics, director of the Institute of Laser Physics (1992–2016). His h-index is 16.

Biography
Sergey Bagayev was born on September 9, 1941, in Novosibirsk.

In 1964, he graduated from the Faculty of Physics of the Novosibirsk Electrotechnical Institute (NETI).

In 1991, the scientist, together with Veniamin Chebotayev, participated in the creation of the Institute of Laser Physics, and in 1992, he became its director.

He heads departments and teaches at Novosibirsk State University, Novosibirsk State Technical University and Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology.

Scientific activity
Bagayev discovered new qualitative features of the absorption of laser radiation by a gas at low pressure.

Physicist is a member of the editorial boards of Russian and international journals: Quantum Electronics, Laser Physics, Applied Physics B: Lasers and Optics, Optical Review, Opto-Electronics Letters).

Awards
In 1998, the scientist received the Order of Friendship of Peoples and the State Prize. In 2004, he was made a Chevalier of the Legion of Honor for his outstanding contribution to scientific cooperation between Russia and France. In 2006, Bagayev was awarded the Order "For Merit to the Fatherland" of the IV degree.