| Gennady Mesyats | |
| Native Name: | Геннадий Месяц |
| Native Name Lang: | ru |
| Birth Name: | Gennady Andreyevich Mesyats |
| Birth Date: | 29 February 1936 |
| Birth Place: | Kemerovo, West Siberian Krai, RSFSR, Soviet Union |
| Citizenship: | |
| Nationality: | Russian |
| Field: | Physics of plasma |
| Work Institution: | Lebedev Physical Institute |
| Alma Mater: | Tomsk Polytechnic University |
| Doctoral Advisor: | Lev Sena |
| Known For: | High-current electronics emission, Nanosecond pulse sources, Injection gas electronics, Ectons |
Gennady Andreyevich Mesyats (ru|Геннадий Андреевич Месяц, born 29 February 1936) is a Soviet and Russian physicist, founder of several scientific schools — high-current electronics and pulse electrophysics, one of the acknowledged world leaders in these areas.[1] [2]
He has been a vice-president of the Russian Academy of Sciences since 1987 and a director of the Lebedev Physical Institute since 2004.