birth_place nationality field work_institutions birth_date article_title name alma_mater
moscow russian plasma physics russian space research institute 1 june 1941 alexander v. zakharov
 alexander valentinovich zakharov moscow aviation institute moscow state university
alexander v. zakharov

alexander valentinovich zakharov -lrb- , born june 1 , 1941 -rrb- is a soviet and russian chief scientist and astronomer serving at the russian space research institute -lrb- iki -rrb- .
he was a lead scientist of the failed mars missions , mars 96 and fobos-grunt .
