Serge Fedorovich Timashev (Russian: Сергей Федорович Тимашев, born September 29, 1937, in Irbit, Sverdlovsk Oblast, Soviet Union) is a Russian scientist performing research for USPolyResearch.
He is best known for his work in flicker-noise spectroscopy (extraction of information from chaotic signals),[1][2][3][4] physical chemistry (membrane processes),[5][6] kinetics of chemical processes (diffusion in energy space),[7][8] quantum physics (semiconductors),[9] and Earth/space science (mechanism of global changes and evolution).
Timashev developed a flicker-noise spectroscopy method[12] for extracting information from the chaotic signals produced by complex systems, which can be used for analyzing and predicting the behavior of these systems (earthquake prediction, EKG evaluation, Parkinsonian tremor signal evaluation, random electrochemical processes, etc.
)[1][2][3][4] He discovered the phenomenon of switching conductivity for surface-modified ion exchange polymeric membranes and electropervaporation effect.
[citation needed] Timashev received Russian Federation Government's Prize in Science and Technology (1995), Ernest Oppenheimer Memorial Trust (WD Wilson Visiting Fellowship, South Africa, 1996), and Russian Federation's Distinguished Scientist (1998).