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Professor Petr E. Tovstik

Head of Department of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics,
Mathematics and Mechanics Faculty, Saint-Petersburg State University, Russia

Graduated from Leningrad State University in 1958
PhD (Physics&Math, Mechanics of Solids) from Leningrad State University in 1963
Dr.Sci. (Physics&Math, Mechanics of Solids) from Leningrad State University in 1968.
PhD thesis "Asymptotic method of solution of the spring vibration equations"
Dr.Sci. thesis "Free vibrations and buckling of thin elastic shells"

Work at St. Petersburg State University, Department of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics
• Senior Research Associate ()
• Assistant Professor (1968-1971),
• Full Professor (1974-present)
• Head of the Department (1978-present)

Honored Scientist of Russian Federation (1997)
Honored Professor of St.-Petersburg State University (2010)
Awards for Scientific Research from St. Petersburg State University (1971, 2002)
State Prize of Russian Federation for Scientific Research "Basic problems of the thin-walled constructions theory" (1998).

Member of the Russian National Committee for Theoretical Mechanics
Member of the American Mathematical Society
Editor of journal "Vestnik St.-Petersburg University. Mathematics”,
Head of the Thesis Board at St.-Petersburg University (theoretical mechanics, mechanics of solids, mechanics of fluid, gas and plasma).
Supervisor of 32 PhD and 9 Dr. of Sci. theses.
Author of 10 books and 260 journal and conference papers.

Scientific interests - theoretical mechanics, asymptotic methods, theory of thin-walled structures, mechanics of solids, nano-mechanics.

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