Gennady Alexeyevich Leonov (Russian: Геннадий Алексеевич Леонов; February 2, 1947[1] in Leningrad, Soviet Union – April 23, 2018) was a Russian scientist, Correspondent Member of the Russian Academy of Sciences (since 2006),[1] Professor at the Saint Petersburg State University,[2] Doctor of Sciences.
Laureate of the 1986 USSR State Prize and 2012 Aleksandr Andronov Russian Academy of Sciences Prize.
[1] He graduated from the Leningrad State University in 1969.
Since 1988, he served as Dean of the Faculty of Mathematics and Mechanics of the Saint Petersburg State University.
He was a foreign member of the Finnish Academy of Science and Letters (2017).