| C.V. |
Birth date: |
March 1, 1943 |
Place of birth: |
Tashkent, Uzbekistan, USSR |
Citizenship: |
Russian |
Family status: |
married to Gyusal Sunyaev born in Tashkent, USSR; has three sons and one daughter; all born in Moscow (1971, 1978, 1981 and 1988) |
Work addresses:
Max-Planck-Institut für Astrophysik
Karl-Schwarzschild-Str. 1
85748 Garching
Germany
and
Space Research Institute
Russian Academy of Sciences
Profsoyuznaya 84/32
Moscow, 117997,
Russia
Education and scientific degrees:
1960 - 1966 |
student of Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology |
1966 - 1968 |
Ph.D. student at Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology |
1968 |
Candidate of Sciences - (equivalent of Ph.D. degree) from Moscow State University (astrophysics) |
1973 |
Doctor of Sciences (astrophysics), degree from Moscow University.
This degree is required in Russia to become full professor. |
Positions:
1968 - 1971 |
Junior Scientific Researcher, Institute of Applied Mathematics, USSR Academy of Sciences, Moscow |
1971 - 1974 |
Senior Scientific Researcher, Institute of Applied Mathematics, USSR Academy of Sciences, Moscow |
1974 - 1982 |
Head of the Laboratory of Theoretical Astrophysics, Space Research Institute, USSR Academy of Sciences, Moscow |
1975 - 2001 |
Full Professor of Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology |
1982 - 2002 |
Head of the High Energy Astrophysics Department, Space Research Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences |
1992 -- |
Chief Scientist, Space Research Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences |
1995 -- |
Scientific Member of Max-Planck Institute for Astrophysics |
1996 -- |
Director of Max-Planck Institute for Astrophysics |
Editorial Boards:
1979 - 2003 |
Editor-in-Chief, Astrophysics and Space Physics Reviews |
1985 -- |
Editor-in-Chief, Astronomy Letters |
1988 -- |
Member of Editorial Board, Space Science Reviews |
1995 -- |
Member of Advisory Board, Kluwer Scientific Publisher |
Specialization:
main field |
Theoretical astrophysics, cosmology, high energy astrophysics, X-ray astronomy, space research |
other fields |
Interaction of matter and radiation under astrophysical conditions |
Professional Honors, Awards:
1989 |
Bruno Rossi Prize, American Astronomical Society |
1991 |
Basic Sciences Award of International Academy of Astronautics |
1991 |
John Lindsay Memorial Award for Science from NASA Goddard Space Flight Center |
1995 |
Gold Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society |
1995 |
Robinson Prize in Cosmology from Newcastle University |
1998 |
Sir Massey Gold Medal and Award from the Royal Society and COSPAR |
2000 |
Catherine Bruce Gold Medal from the Astronomical Society of Pacific |
2000 |
State Prize of Russia for scientific results of the GRANAT Orbital Observatory |
2002 |
Alexandr Friedmann Prize in Gravitation and Cosmology from Russian Academy of Sciences |
2003 |
Heineman Prize in Astrophysics from American Astronomical Society and American Institute of Physics |
2003 |
Gruber Cosmology Prize and Gold Medal from Peter Gruber Foundation and International Astronomical Union |
Membership in Academies:
1984 - 1992 |
Corresponding member of USSR Academy of Sciences |
1992 -- |
Full member of Russian Academy of Sciences |
1991 -- |
Foreign Associate of USA National Academy of Sciences |
1991 -- |
Member of Academia Europaea |
1988 -- |
Member of International Academy of Astronautics |
1992 -- |
Foreign Associate of American Academy of Arts and Sciences, Boston |
1995 -- |
Scientific Member of Max-Planck Society |
2003 -- |
Member of German Academy of Natural Scientists Leopoldina |
2004 -- |
Member of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences |
Membership in Professional Societies:
1968 -- |
Member of International Astronomical Union |
1986 - 1994 |
COSPAR (ICSU Committee on Space Research) vice-president |
1991 -- |
Member of European Astronomical Society |
1991 - 1993 |
Vice-president of European Astronomical Society |
1992 -- |
Honorary member of American Astronomical Society |
1993 -- |
Member of the American Physical Society |
1993 -- |
Foreign Fellow of the Royal Astronomical Society |
Visiting and Honorary positions; Lecturerships:
1990 - 1994 |
Adjunct Professor of Columbia University |
June 1992 |
Visiting Professor of University of Virginia |
July 1992 |
Visiting Scientist of Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics |
Dec. 1992 |
Regent Professor of the University of California, Berkeley |
1990 -- |
Honorary member of Bashkortostan Academy of Sciences |
1992 -- |
Honorary member of Tatarstan Academy of Sciences |
July - Aug. 1993 |
Fairchild Distinguished Scholar of California Institute of Technology |
June, Dec. 1993,
May 1994, Apr. 1995 |
Bearden Distinguished Professor of the Johns Hopkins University |
1999 -- |
Honorary Professor of Ludwig-Maximillian University, Munich |
2000 -- |
Honorary Professor of Kazan State University, Russia |
Oct. - Dec. 2001, April, Dec., 2003 |
Gordon Moore Distinguished Scholar of California Institute of Technology |
Feb. 2002 |
Scott Lecturer, Cavendish Laboratory, Cambridge University |
May 2002 |
Bruno Rossi Lecturer, Massachussets Inst. of Technology |
April 2004 |
Oort Professor, Leiden University |
March 2005 |
Sackler Lecturer on Astrophysics, Harvard University |
March - April 2005 |
Visiting scientist, Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton |
April 2005 |
Bishop Lecturer on Astrophysics, Columbia University |
Oct. 2005 |
Karl Jansky Lecturer, National Radiastronomy Observatory |
May 2006 |
Sackler Lecturer on Astrophysics, University of Toronto |
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