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Born August 26, 1980.
Education
He graduated from the Chemistry Department of Moscow State University named after M.V. Lomonosov. Candidate of Chemical Sciences.
Career
2003-2008
As reported on the website of the Advanced Research Fund, since 2003 Maxim Vakshtein has been engaged in scientific activities, including in commercial organizations and a defense research institute.
In 2008, he headed a company specializing in the commercialization of research developments in the field of obtaining nanoparticles, nanocomposite materials and devices based on them.
2014-2019
Since 2014, he has been working at the Advanced Research Fund, overseeing projects in the field of nanotechnology, radiophotonics, quantum technologies and a promising electronic component base.
Since January 2019, Deputy Director General of the Fund. Since August 2024, Director General of the Advanced Research Fund.
2024: Appointment as CEO of the Advanced Research Fund
In August 2024, the president Russia Vladimir Putin signed a decree appointing Maxim Vakshtein as the new general director. Advanced Research Foundation (FPI) He took over. Andrey Grigoriev Wackstein previously worked as his deputy - head of information research.
The FPI, which was headed by Maxim Vakshtein in August 2024, promotes scientific research in the interests of Russia's defense and security, its goal is to achieve qualitatively new results in the military-technical sphere, including for the development of the armed forces and the production of special and dual-use products. Andrei Grigoriev has led the fund since February 2013.[1]