Valery Godyak

Valery Godyak
Валерий Годяк
Born (1941-06-08) June 8, 1941
EducationLeningrad Technical University (M.S.)
Lomonosov University (Ph.D.)
Awards
Scientific career
FieldsPlasma physics
Thesis (1968)

Valery Antonovich Godyak (born June 8, 1941 in Czernowitz) is a Russian-American physicist who specializes in plasma physics. As a scientist, he made fundamental contributions to the understanding of radio frequency (RF) induced discharges in plasmas as well as in associated nonlinear phenomena. As an industrial physicist, he developed induction lamps such as the Icetron-Endura RF lamp and received honors from companies such as Osram Sylvania and Siemens.