CURRICULUM VITAE

Name:         Alexei A. Vasiliev

Office Address:     Space Research Institute,
                               Profsoyuznaya 84/32, Moscow 117997, Russia

Born: 1963, Moscow region


Education:
1981-1987    student at Moscow State University, Department of Physics (diploma with honor)

1987-1990    Graduate student at Space Research Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences

Degrees:
1991                First Doctor Degree (Ph.D.) in theoretical physics.
                       Space Research Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences

Thesis:  "On the origin of stochastic dynamics in a magnetic field in systems possessing a small number of degrees of freedom"
                Advisor: Prof. G. M. Zaslavsky

 

2012                Second Doctoral Degree (Doctor of Sciences) in theoretical physics

                       Space Research Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences

Thesis:  "Resonant phenomena in dynamics of charged particles in electromagnetic fields of complex configurations"



Professional Positions:
1990-1992        Junior Scientific Researcher
1992-1998        Researcher
1998-2014      Senior researcher at Space Research Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Laboratory of Nonlinear and Chaotic dynamics

2014-present    Head of laboratory of “Theoretical hydrophysics, nonlinear and nonequilibrium processes in space media” at Space Research Institute

 

2007, 2008, 2009, 2013, 2016, 2018  - Temporary (one to three months) research positions at Centre de Physique Theorique, Lumini Marseilles, France



Participation in scientific projects:
1993-1995     Chaotic and regular motion of passively advected particle in viscous hydrodynamic flows, International  Science Foundation Grants MQK000, MQK300, Principal investigator
1994-1998    Hamiltonian dynamics and bifurcations, INTAS Grants 93-339, 93-339ext, investigator
1997-1998     Origin of complex behavior in several applied problems, in particular those involving fast forcing and break down of adiabatic invariance, U.S. CIVILIAN RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION (CRDF) Grant RM1-184, investigator
1999-2001    Hyperbolicity and diffusion in Hamiltonian systems, INTAS Grant 97-10771, investigator
1999-2001    Dynamics in comet environment, JURRISS NRA: 98-OSS-08, investigator
2001-2003    Chaotic motion and stability in conservative and near-conservative systems, INTAS Grant 00-221, investigator
2003-2005    Averaging of perturbations in nonlinear resonant systems, Russian foundation for basic research Grant 03-01-00158, investigator
2006-2008  Problems of asymptotical analysis of slow-fast systems' dynamics, Russian foundation for basic research Grant 06-01-00117, investigator

2008-2010    Physical mechanisms and conditions of origin of quasistable structures in plasma and their influence on kinetic and electrodynamical properties of turbulent plasma, Russian foundation for basic research Grant 08-02-00201, investigator

2009-2011    Passages through resonances and capture into resonances in nonlinear systems, Russian foundation for basic research Grant 09-01-00333, investigator

2013-2015      Resonant phenomena in systems with fast and slow motions, Russian foundation for basic research Grant 13-01-00251, investigator

2014-present   Self-organization and acceleration in space plasmas, Russian science foundation Grant 14-12-00824, investigator

 

 

Teaching

 

2010- present  Lecture course “Introduction to nonlinear dynamics and chaos” for master students of Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology

2014-present   Lecture course “Introduction to the 20-th century physics” for bachelor students of Joint HSE/NES Bachelor of Arts Programme.


 

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