A Universal Tool to Generate Scientific Knowledge. Interview with E. Levichev, Director of the SKIF

After the decades of work at the forefront of science, the Budker Institute of Nuclear Physics continues to create synchrotron radiation sources, colliders, and other installations meant for world discoveries. Right now, the scientists are focused on a new record: they continue building a synchrotron radiation source with unique parameters. What will SKIF, a multipurpose megascience installation for knowledge and technology of the future, be like? Evgeny Borisovich Levichev is Doctor of Physical and Mathematical Sciences, Corresponding Member of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Deputy Director for Research at the Institute of Nuclear Physics of the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, and Director of the SKIF Center.