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EDUCATION
BS in Astronomy, 1993, Moscow State University
Advisor : Dr. M.V.Sazhin
Senior Thesis : Contribution of Tully Groups to the Soft X-ray Background.
MS in Physics & Math, 1993, Moscow State University
Advisor : Dr. M.V.Sazhin
Thesis : Gravitational Radiation from a Candidate Cosmic String in the Region 0249-18.
PhD in Physics with specialization in Astronomy, University of Alabama, December 1998
Advisor : Dr. R.E. White III
Dissertation: Abundance Gradients in Clusters of Galaxies
CURRENT RESEARCH INTERESTS
Origin and evolution of galaxy clusters and groups and, in particular, of
the intracluster medium (ICM); Clusters of galaxies as tools for cosmology;
Intracluster gas bulk motions; Cluster merging and Dark Matter properties;
ICM energetics; Fossil groups;
Heavy element injection mechanisms in clusters and groups; Interaction of galaxies with the ICM; Supernovae explosion
mechanisms; Sunyaev-Zel'dovich effect; Clustering properties of extragalactic objects;
RESEARCH POSITIONS
1989 --> Summer Research Assistant , Astronomytchesky
Basa Crimea, USSR.
1993 - 1998 --> Research Assistant,
University
of Alabama.
1999 - 2002 -->
Postdoctoral Research Fellow, University
of Michigan.
2003 - 2009-->
Assistant Research Scientist , University
of Michigan.
2009 - current-->
Visiting Assistant Research Scientist , University
of Michigan
HONORS
1988--> Conference award for outstanding work in variable stars,
"Non-Stationary Stars" conference, Odessa, USSR.
1987-1993 -->BA and MSc Fellowship , Moscow State University, USSR.
1992 -->Fellowship awarded by the Center of CosmoParticle Physics
(COSMION) for the investigation of the consequences of the existence of
axions as Dark Matter, Moscow State University, USSR.
1993 -->PhD Fellowship awarded by Moscow State University, USSR and
by the National Institute of Space Research (INPE), Brazil.
PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES
American Astronomical Society
American Physical Society
American Association for the Advancement of Science
Michigan Center for Theoretical Physics
OTHER DEGREES
1980-1982 --> Associate-Technical degree in Industrial Mechanics
- Federal Center for Technological Education
- Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
1983 --> Microprocessor Technician,
Federal
Center for Technological Education - Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
1992 --> Portuguese-Russian translator, Moscow
State University, USSR.
2006 --> Private Pilot - Glider, Federal Aviation Administration,
Kittyhawk Soaring Club, Manchester, MI, US.
MISCELLANEA
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Computer Languages:
Perl, Fortran, Basic, PHP, MySQL, JavaScript, C
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Natural Languages:
Portuguese (native), English, Spanish, Russian, German (operational)
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