GEST: Lipatov, Alexander

My basic research interests concern numerical simulation in astrophysical and laboratory plasmas: 1) Development and application of the advanced multiscale simulation codes including the hybrid and the Complex Particle Kinetic concepts; 2) Global multidimensional multiscale multifluid and hybrid (fluid-kinetic) simulations of the interaction of the solar wind with the magnetosphere of the planets - the Earth, Venus, Mars, comets, moons (Titan "Cassini" mission, "Europa" mission) etc.; 3) Hybrid/kinetic multiscale simulation of turbulent processes, particle heating and acceleration at the front of collisionless shocks and magnetic field reconnection in the plasma systems with reversed magnetic field configuration, with application to solar flares, magnetosphere of the planets, bow shocks, interplanetary shocks and the termination shock; 4) Hybrid simulation of the (plasma and dust) beam propagation in plasma; 5) Boltzmann (kinetic/fluid) global simulation of the interaction of atoms from the local interstellar medium with the heliosphere (including charge exchange and photoionization processes); 6) Kinetic simulation of the solar wind plasma with spacecraft ("Solar Probe$^+$" mission).

Biography:

Dr. Alexander S. Lipatov came to GEST as a Visiting Senior Research Scientist in the Goddard Visiting Fellow Program in January 2007; in January 2008, he became a Senior Research Scientist at GEST. Dr. Lipatov received an MS (1969), a Candidate of Sciences (PhD) (1972) in Physics and Mathematics from Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology, and a Doctor of Sciences in Physics and Mathematics, from Space Research Institute (IKI) Russian Academy of Sciences, in 1988. He has occupied the following professional positions: Space Research Institute Russian Academy of Sciences: 1972-1984 Research Scientist; 1984-1991 Senior Scientist; 1991-1996 Lead Scientist/Professor, Dialogue Science, A.A. Dorodnitsyn Computing Center (Institute) Russian Academy of Sciences: 1997-present time Lead Scientist/Professor. Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology, Department of Problems of Physics and Energetics: 1973-1990 Assistant Professor; 1990-1992 Associate Professor; 1990-1993 Deputy Head of Basic Chair (Subfaculty) "Space Physics" (including "Space Physics", "Astrophysics" and "Computational Physics" basic specialities); 1993-present Professor. He also worked as long term visiting professor (1992-2006): East-West Space Science Center, Space and Plasma Physics Group, Univ. of MD at College Park; Max-Planck Institut für Extraterrestrische Physik, Berlin, Germany; Bartol Research Institute, University of Delaware; Max-Planck Institut für Aeronomie/Institut für Sonnensystemforschung, Germany; Institut für Theoretische Physik, Technische Universität Carolo-Wilhelmina Braunschweig, Germany; Department of Atmospheric, Oceanic and Space Sciences, University of Michigan; Department of Physics, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada. Dr. Lipatov's research interests include the hybrid/Boltzmann simulation of the global interaction of the plasma flow with the moons, comets, and the planets with weak own magnetic field and a strong ionosphere, as well as the collisionless shocks and magnetic field reconnection in the plasma systems with reversed magnetic field configuration.