work_institution birth_place field known_for residence honours article_title name alma_mater
monash and technology -lrb- adjunct professor -rrb- university , csiro , pohang university of science bilohirsk , soviet union -lrb- now ukraine -rrb- materials science and engineering expertise development of new materials in physical metallurgy , materials modelling , and australia honorary doctorate from the russian academy of sciences yuri estrin
 yuri estrin -lrb- professor -rrb- institute the ussr of crystallography of the academy of sciences of
yuri estrin

yuri estrin was born and educated in the former soviet union , where he completed his university studies in physics and materials engineering in moscow with a high distinction .
he worked as a researcher at the institute of crystallography of the academy of sciences of the soviet union and received his phd degree from that institution in 1975 .
in 1977 , he briefly visited germany as an alexander von humboldt fellow .
after bureaucratic obstacles in leaving the soviet union in the leonid brezhnev years , estrin migrated to germany and ultimately moved to hamburg in 1981 with his wife , karin estrin .
in hamburg , at the newly established university of technology -lrb- tuhh -rrb- , he received his habilitation and became professor of physical metallurgy .
his son daniel estrin , was also born in hamburg .
estrin and his family migrated to western australia in 1992 , where he became professor in the department of mechanical and materials engineering at the university of western australia .
since then , estrin has held the chair in physical metallurgy at clausthal university of technology in germany and joined the department of materials engineering at monash university in melbourne , where he is currently employed as professor and director of the centre for advanced hybrid materials .
yuri estrin has received recognitions for his scientific achievements , including a humboldt award -lrb- 1999 -rrb- , a staudinger-durrer lecture at the swiss federal university of technology -lrb- 2011 -rrb- , and a world-class university professorship at seoul national university -lrb- 2009-2013 -rrb- .
estrin is also an adjunct professor at the pohang university of science and technology -lrb- korea -rrb- and nanjing university of science and technology -lrb- china -rrb- .
in 2013 , he won a grant of the russian government under the so-called ` megagrant ' scheme to establish research activities in hybrid nanostructured materials at moscow institute of steel and alloys .
he was awarded an honorary doctorate from the russian academy of sciences -lrb- 2008 -rrb- and was elected fellow of the australian academy of science -lrb- 2013 -rrb- .
estrin is the author of more than 450 publications focussing on nanomaterials including nanomechanics , light alloys , alloy design , thin films , hybrid materials and multimaterials as well as design of novel materials based on geometry principles .
estrin 's daughter , dr. masha niv , is an academic working in the area of bioinformatics .
