7 Notable alumni of ITMO University
Updated: June 07, 2026 EliteDegrees
ITMO University is 1123st in the world, 1st in North America, and 13st in the United States by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 7 notable alumni from ITMO University sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff. Many individuals affiliated with ITMO University won Nobel Prizes for Peace, in Physics, Chemistry, Physiology or Medicine, and Economics.
1. Galina Ivanovna Tsukanova
1942-2014 (aged 72)
physicist
Galina Ivanovna Tsukanova was a Soviet and Russian scientist and engineer. She received a PhD in Engineering Science in 1969, in addition to being a senior scientist, docent, and USSR State Prize holder.
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2. Gennady Korotkevich
1994-. (aged 32)
computer scientist
programmer
Gennady Korotkevich is a Belarusian competitive sport programmer who has won major international competitions since the age of 11, as well as numerous national competitions. Widely regarded as the greatest competitive sport programmer of all time, his top accomplishments include six consecutive gold medals in the International Olympiad in Informatics as well as the world championship in the 2013 and...
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3. Askar Akayev
1944-. (aged 82)
economist
mathematician
politician
Askar Akayevich Akayev is a Kyrgyz former politician who served as President of Kyrgyzstan from 1990 until being overthrown in the March 2005 Tulip Revolution.
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4. Pavel Belov
1977-. (aged 49)
physicist
university teacher
Pavel Aleksandrovich Belov, is a Russian physicist, who is the head of The International Research Centre for Nanophotonics and Metamaterials at ITMO University and dean of the School of Engineering of New Uzbekistan University in Tashkent, Uzbekistan.
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5. Mikhail Mikhaylovich Rusinov
1909-2004 (aged 95)
physicist
Mikhail Mikhailovich Rusinov was a Russian scientist specialising in optics. He co-founded the USSR Science School of Computational Optics and discovered several optical phenomena, including aberration vignetting (1938), projection centre distortion (1957), and existence of second-order aberration (1986). The phenomenon of projection centre distortion became the basis for engineering photometry.
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6. Gennadiy Nikolaevich Dulnev
1927-2012 (aged 85)
academic
Gennadiy Nikolaevich Dulnev Professor, PHd. Was LITMO University elected chancellor. Professor of Computational Thermal Physics and Electrophysical Monitoring Department of ITMO. A member of Russian Academy of Natural Sciences
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7. Nadezhda A. Agaltsova
1938-. (aged 88)
scientist
Nadezhda Alekseyevna Agaltsova is a Russian scientist. In 1982 she won the Lenin Prize for the development of wide-angle aerial survey lenses for cartographic purposes.
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