Valentin Franke

Valentin Franke
Валентин Франке
Franke in 2010
Born(1926-02-16)16 February 1926
Died31 January 2025(2025-01-31) (aged 98)
Alma materLeningrad State University
Known forOne of the authors of the FGKLS equation (Lindblad equation)
Scientific career
FieldsTheoretical physics
InstitutionsSaint Petersburg State University
Doctoral advisorYury Novozhilov

Valentin Alfredovich Franke (Russian: Валенти́н Альфре́дович Фрáнке; 16 February 1926 – 31 January 2025) was a Soviet and Russian theoretical physicist and academic. A Doctor of Sciences, he was professor of the High Energy & Elementary Particle at the Physics Department of Saint Petersburg State University.