Vladimir Veksler

Vladimir Veksler
Born	Владимир Иосифович Векслер (1907-03-04)March 4, 1907 Zhitomir, Volhynia Governorate, Russian Empire (now Ukraine)
Died	September 22, 1966(1966-09-22) (aged 59) Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Nationality	Soviet
Alma mater	Moscow Power Engineering Institute
Known for	synchrotron, proton accelerator, cosmic ray
Awards	Stalin Prize (1951) Atoms for Peace Award (1963) Lenin Prize (1959)
Scientific career
Fields	physics
Institutions	Lebedev Physical Institute Joint Institute for Nuclear Research Soviet Academy of Sciences
Doctoral advisor	Sergey Ivanovich Vavilov[1]
Doctoral students	Alexander Prokhorov[1]

Vladimir Iosifovich Veksler (Russian: Владимир Иосифович Векслер; Ukrainian: Володимир Йосипович Векслер; March 4, 1907 – September 22, 1966) was a Soviet experimental physicist who invented the microtron. He was head of the Nuclear Physics Department of the Academy of Sciences of the Soviet Union.