29 Notable alumni of Novosibirsk State University

Oleg Georgievitch Postnov is a Russian author.

Vladimir Viktorovich Dubatolov is a Russian entomologist, lepidopterist, Doctor of Biological Sciences, full member of the Russian Entomological Society (since 1979), member of the European Lepidopterological Society (since 1998), curator of the insect collection of the Siberian Zoological Museum, leading researcher at the Institute of Systematics and Ecology of Animals SB RAS (Novosibirsk), leading researcher of the Zapovednoye Priamurye (in...

Andrei Anatolievič Voronkov is a Professor of Formal methods in the Department of Computer Science at the University of Manchester.

Oleg V. Minin was born on 22 March 1960 in Novosibirsk, Academytown, Russia. He is a Russian physicist, a corresponding member of the Russian Academy of Metrology, and a full professor of Physics at the Tomsk Polytechnic University. He is renowned for his contributions to creating new scientific directions, including THz 3D Zone plate, Mesatronics (mesoscale photonics), hyper cumulative shaped...

Vladimir Shiltsev is a Russian-American accelerator physicist, professor at NIU, in 1996-2024 - the Distinguished Scientist at Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory. He is best known for his works on particle colliders, invention of electron lenses, leadership in operation of the Tevatron Collider Run II, and numerous contributions to accelerator physics and accelerator technology. Shiltsev led the Tevatron collider department and...

Ivan Yuryevich Kulakov is a Russian geophysicist and artist.

Victor Sergeevich Fadin is a Russian physicist, well known for his contributions to theoretical physics and particle physics. He is a principal researcher at Budker Institute of Nuclear Physics (BINP) and professor of theoretical physics at Novosibirsk State University (NSU).

Alexander Nikolaevich Gorban was a scientist of Russian origin, working in the United Kingdom. He was a professor at the University of Leicester, and director of its Mathematical Modeling Centre. Gorban contributed to many areas of fundamental and applied science, including statistical physics, non-equilibrium thermodynamics, machine learning and mathematical biology.

Elena Vladimirovna Boldyreva is a Russian chemist. Boldyreva is a leading researcher at the Boreskov Institute of Catalysis in the Siberian Branch of Russian Academy of Sciences, and is Professor and Head of the Section of Solid State Chemistry at Novosibirsk State University.

Boris Zilber is a Soviet-British mathematician who works in mathematical logic, specifically model theory. He is an emeritus professor of mathematical logic at the University of Oxford.

Andrey Valeryevich Andreychenko is a Russian politician who served as a member of the State Duma of the 7th convocation between 31 May 2017 and 12 October 2021. Previously, he was a member of the Legislative Assembly of Primorsky Krai of the 6th convocation from 18 September 2016 to 24 May 2017.

Rūsiņš Mārtiņš Freivalds was a Latvian computer scientist and mathematician. He was celebrated for founding ultrametric algorithms and for fundamental contributions to the theory of computation, probabilistic algorithms, inductive inference, and quantum computing. He is best known for Freivalds' algorithm, a simple randomized procedure to check matrix multiplication in less time than recomputing it. He was a member of the...

Alena Valeryevna Ledeneva is a Russian academic known for her studies of corruption and informal practices in Russia, particularly blat. She is currently Professor of Politics and Society at the School of Slavonic and East European Studies (SSEES), University College London (UCL).

Svetlana Kirdina-Chandler is a Russian sociologist and economist. Scientific career began in the Novosibirsk School of Economic Sociology. Doctor of Social Sciences, PhD. Research interests: sociological theory, institutions, economic theory, the theory of institutional matrices, transients in Russian society. Author of over 160 scientific papers, the most important of which are devoted to the development and applications of the theory...

Vladimir Evgen'evich Zakharov was a Soviet and Russian mathematician and physicist. He was Regents' Professor of mathematics at The University of Arizona, director of the Mathematical Physics Sector at the Lebedev Physical Institute, and was on the committee of the Stefanos Pnevmatikos International Award. His research interests covered physical aspects of nonlinear wave theory in plasmas, hydrodynamics, oceanology, geophysics, solid...

Alexey Maksimovich Fridman was a Soviet and Russian physicist specializing in astrophysics, physics of gravitating systems and plasma physics. He discovered new types of instabilities in gravitating media, created the theory of planetary rings and predicted the existence of small Uranus satellites that were later discovered. He also developed the hydrodynamic theory of spiral structure in galaxies. Fridman worked at...

Victor Eduardovich Matizen is a Soviet and Russian film critic, president of the Russian Guild of Film Critics (2003–2011), chairman of the Council of Film Award White Elephant, curator of the site of the Guild kinopressa.ru.

Mikhail Petrovich Fedoruk — is a rector of Novosibirsk State University, Doctor of Physics and Mathematics.

Yury Leonidovich Yershov is a Soviet and Russian mathematician.

Anatoly Vaisser is a Soviet-born French chess player. Awarded the title Grandmaster by FIDE in 1985, he is four-time world seniors' champion.

Alexander Nikolayevich Skrinsky is a Soviet and Russian nuclear physicist.

Raissa L'vovna Berg was a Russian geneticist and evolutionary biologist.

Sergey Alekseenko is a Russian scientist known for his work in the fields of thermophysics and energy.

Efim Isaakovich Zelmanov is a Russian-American mathematician, known for his work on combinatorial problems in nonassociative algebra and group theory, including his solution of the restricted Burnside problem. He was awarded a Fields Medal at the International Congress of Mathematicians in Zürich in 1994.

Stepan Alexandrovich Pachikov is the co-founder of ParaGraph Intl., Parascript, Evernote Corp. among other software companies that contributed heavily to the development of Handwriting recognition and VRML technologies.

Alexander Ivanovich Tikhonov is a former Soviet-Russian biathlete. He is a four-time Olympic champion, winning his gold medals in relays.

Israel Shamir, also known by the names Robert David, Vassili Krasevsky, Jöran Jermas and Adam Ermash, is a Swedish writer and journalist, known for his ties to WikiLeaks and for promoting antisemitism and Holocaust denial. His son Johannes Wahlström is a spokesperson for WikiLeaks in Sweden.

Viktor Kharitonin is a Russian billionaire. He is known to be close to Russian Deputy Prime Minister Tatyana Golikova and her husband Viktor Khristenko.