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Mikhail Katsnelson graduated from the Ural State University in 1977 and then worked (until 2002) at the Institute of Physics of Metals (Sverdlovsk, now Yekaterinburg), last position - Head. laboratory of the quantum theory of metals. At the same time, he worked at the Ural University in the departments of theoretical physics, mathematical physics and in the SUNC ("Lyceum"). Doctor of Physical and Mathematical Sciences, Professor, laureate of the Lenin Komsomol Prize (1988).

Since 2002 he has been living and working in Sweden (Uppsala, 2002-2004) and in the Netherlands (since 2004, professor and head of the condensed matter theory group at Radboud University, Nijmegen). Elected member of a number of academies (European Academy, Royal Netherlands Academy, Royal Scientific Society in Uppsala). Laureate of the Spinoza Prize (2013) and the Hamburg Prize for Theoretical Physics (2016), Knight of the Order of the Netherlands Lion (2011). One of the most cited authors on condensed matter theory.

Known mainly for his work on graphene and other two-dimensional materials, on the theory of magnetism and on the electronic structure of strongly correlated systems. He also deals with general issues of physics and natural science, including the foundations of quantum mechanics and statistical physics, the application of methods of statistical physics in biology, the nature of complexity.

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