Sergei Pyshkin (left) was a student of the renowned soviet physicist Aleksandr Prokhorov, who was awarded the 1964 Nobel prize for the invention of laser. Sergei, then a promising young scientist from Leningrad, moved to Moldova in 1968 where the new Academy of Sciences was created. There he built the first laser in Moldova, and founded his Laboratory of Laser Studies at the Institute of the Applied Physics, which he headed for many years. He became one of the youngest professors and for his achievement was awarded the State Prize of Moldova among many other awards and recognitions.
Sergei Pyshkin (left) was a student of the renowned soviet physicist Aleksandr Prokhorov, who was awarded the 1964 Nobel prize for the invention of laser. Sergei, then a promising young scientist from Leningrad, moved to Moldova in 1968 where the new Academy of Sciences was created. There he built the first laser in Moldova, and founded his Laboratory of Laser Studies at the Institute of the Applied Physics, which he headed for many years. He became one of the youngest professors and for his achievement was awarded the State Prize of Moldova among many other awards and recognitions.
