Editorial Team

Dr. Valentina I. Abramenko is a leading solar physicist at the Crimean Astrophysical Observatory. Her research focuses on the turbulent and fractal nature of the Sun's magnetic field to understand solar activity and improve flare forecasting.

She developed fundamental methods for studying electric currents and current helicity in solar active regions, which are widely used in dynamo modeling. Her work with the world's largest solar telescopes has revealed key properties of magnetic elements and flux dispersion on the smallest observable scales. Read more...

As Head of the Department of Variable Stars, Dr. Nikolay N. Kiselev designed and built several polarimeters and carried out research in the field of photoelectric and imaging polarimetry and photometry of comets, asteroids and stars. He was responsible for the building of the Sanglok Observatory (Tadjikistan) equipped with the 1-m reflecting telescope. Read more...

Dr. Petr P. Petrov 's work focuses on non-stationary processes in young solar-mass stars. He co-developed the concept of magnetic activity in T Tauri stars and has conducted extensive spectroscopic studies of accretion processes, stellar magnetospheres, and fuor outbursts in young stellar objects. Read more...

Dr. Alexander E. Volvach is a leading radio astronomer whose research focuses on active galactic nuclei, supermassive black holes, and cosmic masers. He has pioneered the study of binary black hole systems as sources of AGN energy release and created a unique long-term AGN variability database. Under his direction, the RT-22 telescope was integrated into global VLBI networks, enabling advanced studies in geodynamics, solar system objects, and space debris tracking. Read more...

Scientific Adviser on Radio Astrophysics: Institute of Solar-Terrestrial Physics SD RAS, 2017 to Present. Deputy Director: Institute of Solar-Terrestrial Physics SD RAS, 2007 to 2017. Head of Department : Institute of Solar-Terrestrial Physics SD RAS, 1999 to 2007. Scientific worker: Institute of Solar-Terrestrial Physics SD RAS, 1973 to 1999. Read more...

Research Interests and activities: Plasma astrophysics and space physics. Waves and oscillations in the solar corona: observations and theory. Magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) seismology of the solar corona. Mechanisms for solar coronal heating. Solar and stellar flares. Space weather. Nonlinear wave theory.

2007 DSc (Doctor of Science, higher doctorate, analogue of Habilitation), University of Warwick, UK. 1993 PhD (kandidat fiziko-matematicheskih nauk degree) in Plasma Physics, Applied Physics Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences, N. Novgorod, Russia. 1989 State Diploma in Radiophysics, School of Radiophysics, Lobachevsky’s State University of Gorky, Gorky (Nizhny Novgorod from 1990), Russia. Read more...

Dr. Pevtsov is a Full Astronomer (equivalent to Full Professor with tenure) at the US National Solar Observatory (NSO). He is an NSO’s Associate Director, and the Director for the NSO’s Integrated Synoptic Program (NISP). Dr. Pevtsov is a member of the American Astronomical Society (AAS), the American Geophysical Union (AGU), the International Astronomical Union (IAU), and the Committee on Space Research (COSPAR).

Research Interests: Solar Magnetic Fields and Helicity; Sunspots: Evershed flow, oscillations; Corona: heating, XBPs and CBPs, coronal holes, CMEs; Chromosphere: filaments, Moreton waves; Sun-as-a-star; Space Weather and Space Climate. Read more...