Research Interests
- Extrasolar planets: Stellar-planetary interactions, habitability, search algorithms, exoplanetary magnetospheres
- Planetary Magnetospheric/atmospheric/surface physics: Io-Jupiter electrodynamic interaction, Mercury, Earth paleo-magnetosphere, exoplanets
- Solar/stellar physics: Solar/stellar activity and winds; Dynamics of solar/stellar plasma-magnetic structures; flares; prominences; CMEs; waves
- Radio astronomy: radiation mechanisms, data analysis
- Plasma physics: MHD and kinetic theories in application to astrophysical and aerospace problems
- Laboratory astrophysics: experimental study of space plasma processes
- Scientific research management: Project coordination; EU FP6, FP7, Horizon 2020; European Research Area (ERA) and Research Infrastructures
CAREER SUMMARY
1989-1999: Research Scientist, Institute of Applied Physics, Russian Academy of Sciences, Nizhny Novgorod, RU; (full-time)
1999-2001: Senior Research Fellow, Max-Planck-Institut für Extraterrestrische Physik, Garching, DE (fellowship; full-time)
2001-2014: Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Space Research Institute, Austrian Academy of Sciences, Graz, Austria (full-time)
Since 2014: Research Scientist, Space Research Institute, Austrian Academy of Sciences, Graz, Austria (permanent; full-time)