Alexandr Olemskoi (1949-2011)

Professor Alexandr Ivanovich Olemskoi, prominent Ukrainian scientist, Doctor of Physical and Mathematical Sciences passed away on August 3, 2011. An outstanding Physicist, a recipient of the Order of Merit in Science and Technology (Ukraine), foreign member of the Russian Academy of Natural Sciences, he made essential contributions to the theory of structural phase transitions in non-equilibrium condensed matter, statistical theory of hierarchical systems, supersymmetrical theory of disordered systems, statistical theory of complex self-similar and self-organized systems.