DR. EDWARD D. LOZANSKY

PRESIDENT

American University in Moscow and Kontinent USA

Lozansky@gmail.com

Dr. Edward Lozansky graduated from the Moscow Institute of Physics & Engineering, and received his Ph.D. in theoretical and mathematical physics from the Moscow Institute of Atomic Energy. After graduation he worked as a nuclear physicist in leading research institutions in Moscow and was also a Professor of Physics at the Military Tank Academy . In 1975 he lost all of his research and teaching positions for publicly criticizing Soviet foreign and domestic policies.

Subsequently, in 1976 Dr. Lozansky moved to the United States where he did research and taught at the University of Rochester, NY and American University in Washington , DC . He is the President of the American University in Moscow , the first private university in Russia which he founded in 1990 with Dr. Yuri Ossipian, at that time Gorbachev's science advisor and Gavriil Popov, former Mayor of Moscow.

Dr. Lozansky is founder and president of the World Russian Forum – an annual convention in U.S. Congress since 1981 to discuss the most important issues in U.S. - Russia relations and to promote the idea of U.S. – Russia strategic alliance.

Dr. Lozansky is the author of 14 books and over 400 articles in the areas of science and humanities. He is a Foreign Member of the Russian Academy of Social Sciences and Doctor Honoris Causa of several Russian and American universities. He is listed in the "Who is Who in the World", and "Who is Who in America ".