Address and Contact Information

Department of Physics,
4-183 CCIS
University of Alberta
Edmonton,
Alberta T6G 2E1
CANADA

Telephone: 1-780-492-1075
Telefax: 1-780-492-0714

Email: vfrolov@ualberta.ca

Born 1946 October 7 in Moscow, Russia. Married has a son. Dual Citizenship: Canada (country of residence) and Russia. 

Education

·         High school, Moscow, Russia, 1964

·         B.A. in Physics, Moscow State University, Russia, 1968

·         M.S. in Theoretical Physics, Moscow State University, Russia, 1970

·         PhD in Theoretical Physics, Lebedev Physics Institute, Moscow, Russia, 1973

·         Habilitation in Physics ( this is the highest academic qualification a scholar can achieve by his or her own pursuit
  in many countries in Europe), Lebedev Physics Institute, Moscow, Russia, 1984

Professional Experience

·         Assistant and associate Professor (Junior Researcher and Researcher), Lebedev Physics Institute, Moscow, Russia, 1973-1984

·         Leading Scientist, Lebedev Physics Institute, Moscow, Russia, 1984-1992

·         The Lecturer and (later) Part-time Professor, Ginzburg’s Chair of Problems of Physics and Astrophysics, 1981-1992

·         Visiting Professor, Copenhagen University, Denmark, 1992-1993

·         Killam Chair, Professor of Physics, University of Alberta, 1993-present

·         Visiting Professor, Tours University, France, 2006, 2012

·         Visiting Professor, University of Juiz de For a, Brazil, 2008

·         Visiting Professor, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan, 2000

·         Visiting Professor, Yukawa Institute for Theoretical Physics, Kyoto, Japan, 2011

Other Evidence of Impact and Contributions

·         Fellow, Canadian Institute for Advanced Research, Cosmology and Gravity program, 1993-2002

·         Member, Canadian Institute for Advanced Research, Cosmology and Gravity program, 2002-2009

·         Immigration Achievement Award in Science, Canada, 1996

·         Member of Theoretical Physics Institute, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada, 1993-present

·         Member of Applied Mathematics Institute, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada, 1994-2000

·         Affiliate member, Perimeter Institute, Waterloo, Canada, 2000-present

·         Fellow, Institute of Physics, London, England, 2006-2011

·         Member of the board, Gravity, Cosmology and Theoretical Physics network of PITP, 2003-2008

·         Member, Grant Selection Committee, NSERC, Canada, 1998-2001

·         Member of the Editorial board of the Journal “Classical and Quantum Gravity”, 2004-2011

·         Member of the Advisory Panel of the Journal “Classical and Quantum Gravity”, 2011-present

·         Editor, International Journal of Modern Physics D, 2004-2008