Alexander Andreev

{{Short description|Russian theoretical physicist (1939–2023)}}

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| name = Alexander Andreev

| native_name = Александр Андреев

| native_name_lang = ru

| birth_date = {{birth date|df=yes|1939|12|10}}

| birth_place = Leningrad, Russian SSR, USSR

| death_date = {{death date and age|df=yes|2023|03|14|1939|12|10}}

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| nationality = Russian

| fields = Superconductivity, quantum liquids and solids, surface phenomena and magnetism

| workplaces = Institute for Physical Problems, Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology

| known_for = Andreev reflection

| alma_mater = Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology

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| awards = Demidov Prize

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Alexander Fyodorovich Andreev ({{langx|ru|Александр Фёдорович Андреев}}, 10 December 1939 – 14 March 2023)[https://gpad.ac.ru/%D0%BF%D0%B0%D0%BC%D1%8F%D1%82%D0%B8-%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%BA%D1%81%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B4%D1%80%D0%B0-%D1%84%D0%B5%D0%B4%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B8%D1%87%D0%B0-%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B4%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%B5/ Памяти Александра Федоровича Андреева (10.12.1939-14.03.2023)] {{in lang|ru}} was a Russian theoretical physicist best known for explaining the eponymous Andreev reflection.{{cite journal| author=Andreev, AF| title=Thermal Conductivity of the Intermediate State of Superconductors. II| journal=Soviet Physics JETP| year=1965| volume=20| number=6}} Andreev was educated at the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology, starting in 1959 and graduating ahead of schedule in 1961, having been mentored by Landau.{{Cite journal|author=Abrikosov, AA|display-authors=et al |title=Aleksandr Fedorovich Andreev (on his 70th birthday)| journal=Physics-Uspekhi | year=2010| volume=53|issue=1|page=103 | doi=10.3367/ufne.0180.201001j.0109|bibcode=2010PhyU...53..103A|s2cid=121681375 }}

From 1979, Andreev was a professor at the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology. He focused on the physics of superconductivity, quantum liquids and solids, surface phenomena, and magnetism.

Andreev was a vice-president of the Russian Academy of Sciences (1991–2013).