| Yuri Gulyayev | |
| Birth Name: | Yuri Vasilyevich Gulyayev |
| Birth Place: | Tomilino, Moscow oblast, Soviet Union |
| Citizenship: | Soviet Union, Russia |
| Nationality: | Russian |
| Fields: | Physics |
| Workplaces: | Institute of Radio-engineering and Electronics Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology |
| Alma Mater: | Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology |
| Known For: | Predicted and studied new type of surface acoustic waves known as Bleustein-Gulyaev waves |
| Awards: | USSR State Prize (1974,1984), State Prize of the Russian Federation (2006) |
Yuri Vasilyevich Gulyayev (Russian: Юрий Васильевич Гуляев) — (born 18 September 1935 in Tomilino, Moscow Oblast) is a Soviet and Russian physicist and inventor, Full Member and Member of the Presidium of Russian Academy of Sciences (1992), head of the Semiconductor Electronics chair in the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology (1971). Yuri Gulyayev works in the field of solid-state physics, radiophysics, electronics, computer science and medical electronics. Gulyayev is a pioneer in the fields of modern physics: acousto-electronics, acousto-optics, spin wave electronics.[1]
In 1995, the International Astronomical Union named the asteroid 1976 YB2 as 6942 Yurigulyaev.[2]