Aleksandre Taktakishvili, Associate Research Scientist

GEST Research Group:

Heliophysics and Solar System Divisions

GSFC Code:

674.0

Mailing Address:

Solar System Division
Building 21, Room 159
NASA GSFC, Code 674.0
Greenbelt, MD 20771 USA

Phone:

(301) 614-4521

Fax:

Email:

aleksandre.taktakishvili-1@nasa.gov

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Biography:

Dr. Aleksandre Taktakishvili is currently Associate Research Scientist in the University of Maryland, Baltimore County, Goddard Earth Sciences and Technology Center operated at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center. Dr. A. Taktakishvili received his PhD in theoretical physics from the Institute of Space Research, Moscow, Russia, in 1984 and his Doctor of Sciences Degree in 2001 in Abastumani Observatory (Georgia, former USSR). He worked in Abastumani Observatory for a number of years and then in Space Research Institute. In 2005 he joined the Community Coordinated Modeling Center at Space Weather Laboratory of NASA/GSFC to carry out his research in space weather modeling. Dr. Taktakishvili has been working on space weather models available at the CCMC and most recently on solar and heliosphere models. Dr. Taktakishvili's dissertations and research involved studies of the charged particle dynamics in Earth's magnetosphere, solar-terrestrial interactions and physics of space plasma. Dr. Taktakishvili participated in numerous space weather-related projects. He worked in close collaboration with observers and model developers. Dr. Taktakishvili is the main or co-author of more than 40 peer-reviewed scientific articles.