Alexander G. Voronovich was born in Moscow, Russia. He received the degree in physics and the Ph.D. degree in theoretical and methematical physics from Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology, Moscow, Russia, in 1972 and 1975, respectively, and the Doctor of Science degree in theoretical and mathematical physics from the Acoustical Institute, Moscow, in 1988.
From 1975 to 1979, he was a Junior Research Scientist with the Acoustical Institute. In 1980, he joined the P. P. Shirshov Institute of Oceanology, Moscow, as a Senior Research Scientist, and became a full Professor of Physics at the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology in 1991. From 1989 to 1993, he was Head of the Laboratory of Acoustical Waves Propagation in the Ocean at the P. P. Shirshov Institute of Oceanology. He is currently an Oceanographer at the Environmental Technology Laboratory, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Boulder, CO. His research interests include wave scattering from rough surfaces, ocean acoustics, geophysical hydrodynamics, internal waves, and linear and nonlinear theories of wave propagation.
Dr. Voronovich is a fellow of the Acoustical Society of America.