CURRICULUM VITAE of SERGEY B. POPOV (august 2004) ----------------------------------- PERSONAL DATA Born: 8 December 1971, Moscow, Russia Married ADDRESSES Office: 119992 Universitetskii pr. 13, Moscow, Russia +7 (095) 939-50-06 (office), +7 (095) 323-58-14 (home), +7 (095) 932-88-41 (FAX) e-mail: polar@sai.msu.ru URL: http://xray.sai.msu.ru/~polar/ EDUCATION Moscow State University, Moscow Russia. Ph.D. in Astrophysics 1998 ("Population synthesis of X-ray sources after the burst of starformation and evolution of isolated neutron stars") Moscow State University, Moscow Russia. M.S. in Astronomy 1995 ("A model of binary evolution after a starformation burst at the Galactic center") SCIENTIFIC EMPLOYMENT 1.) Sternberg Astronomical Institute, Moscow, Researcher (full time) March 2000 until present 2.) University of Padua, Department of Physics, PostDoc October 2002 - October 2004 3.) Sternberg Astronomical Institute, Moscow, Junior researcher (full time) April 1998 - March 2000 4.) Sternberg Astronomical Institute, Moscow, Junior researcher (part time) January 1998 - April 1998 5.) Sternberg Astronomical Institute, Moscow, Junior researcher (part time) April 1995 - August 1995 LONG SCIENTIFIC VISITS AND INTERNATIONAL COLLABORATION Since 1998 I participate in collaboration with several Italian scientific groups (prof. Aldo Treves, University of Como; prof. Monica Colpi, University of Milan-Bicocca; dr. Roberto Turolla, University of Padua). During that period I had four long (and several short) visits. 1.) April-June 2002 (3 months). Universities of Como and Milan. 2.) October 2001 (1 month). University of Como. 3.) March-July 2000 (3 months). Universities of Como and Milan. 4.) January 1999 (1 month). Universities of Como and Milan. We worked on four projects (population synthesis of isolated neutron stars, log N - log S distribution of isolated neutron stars, ultra-strong elelctric fields and vacuum breakdown, close-by young compact objects). Results were published in 10 articles (including conference proceedings and accepted papers). RESEARCH EXPERIENCE I) Isolated Neutron Stars (Period Evolution, Magnetic Field Decay, Accretion onto Isolated Neutron Stars). 1.) Accretion from the interstellar medium onto isolated neutron star. 2.) Magnetorotational evolution of isolated neutron stars. 3.) Evolution of isolated neutron stars with the magnetic field decay. 4.) Spatial distribution of luminosity of accreting isolated neutron stars and balck holes in the Galaxy. 5.) Population synthesis of isolated neutron stars in the Galaxy II) Binary Stars (Evolution of Close Binaries, Periods of Accreting Neutron Stars). 1.) Determination of stellar wind velocities in X-ray pulsars. 2.) Investigation of the population of X-ray sources at the Galactic center: population synthesis of binary systems and spatial distribution of X-ray sources. 3.) Evolution of population of X-ray sources after the star formation burst: influence of the Initial Mass Function. 4.) Esimates of magnetic fields of X-ray pulsars from their spin characteristics and flux variations. 5.) Magneto-rotational evolution of neutron stars in pre-low mass X-ray binaries III) Others 1.) Isolated black holes. Accretion. Evolution. All projects were supported by the grants from Russian Foundation for Basic Research, National Programms ``Astronomy'' and ``Universities of Russia'', ISSEP, International Science Foundation, COSMION and INTAS. TEACHING EXPERIENCE 1). Invited lectures at international schools (July 2004 Erice, Italy; August 2004 Dubna, Russia) 2.) Occasional lectures and seminars in Theoretical and General Astrophysics. Department of Physics Moscow State University 1996-until present 3.) Occasional popular lectures for teachers of astronomy and public. Planetarium, Sternberg Institute etc. 1999 - until present 4.) High-school astronomy. High-school N548. Moscow, Russia Sep 1993-Sep 2002 5.) High-school physics. High-school N548. Moscow, Russia Sep 1994- Sep 2002 HONORS 1.) Several diplomas for popularizing science, Different Russian educational projects 2003 2.) Young Scientists Reseach Award, RSCI Foundation 2002 3.) Young Scientists Reseach Award, Moscow State University 2001 4.) Young Scientists Reseach Grant, Russian Foundation for Basic Research 2001 5.) Young Scientists Reseach Award, Moscow State University 2000 6.) Prezidential Fellowship for Young Scientists, Russia, 2000-2003 7.) Young Scientists Reseach Award, Moscow State University 1999 8.) The first prize for young scientists' oral presentations on the XXVII ITEP Winter school 1999 9.) Soros scolarship for post-graduates (ISSEP) 1998 10.) Soros scolarship for post-graduates (ISSEP) 1997 11.) Soros scolarship for post-graduates (ISSEP) 1996 12.) Young Scientists Research Award, Department of Physics Moscow State University 1996 12.) Diploma for the best presentation on the astronomical section of the conference `Leniskie Gori -- 95'' Department of Physics Moscow State University 1995 SKILLS Computer Languages: Fortran, Trefor, Basic, C (less experience). Platforms: UNIX, DOS, LINUX, Windows (less experience). Language Proficiency: Russian (native), English (fluent), French (poor), Italian (poor). PUBLICATIONS AND PRESENTATIONS 1.) 36 publications in scientific journals and 2 in press, one large review published as a separate volume of "Trudy GAISH" ("Sternberg Astronimical Institute Transactions") [in Russia] 2.) More than 40 poster and oral presentations were given at international conferences and schools including invited lectures. 3.) More than 50 publications in journals, newspapers and books popularizing science (in Russian). Five selected publications during last 5 years: 1. Popov S.B., Colpi M., Prokhorov M.E., Treves A., Turolla R. "Young isolated neutron stars from the Gould Belt" Astron. Astroph. 2003, V. 406, p. 111 (astro-ph/0304141) 2. Popov S.B., Prokhorov M.E. "Astrophysics of isolated neutron stars: radioquiet neutron stars and magnetars" Trudy GAISH (Sternberg Astronomical Institute Transactions) 2003, V. 72, pp. 1-84 [in Russian] 3. Prokhorov M.E., Popov S.B., Khoperskov A.V. "Period distribution of old accreting isolated neutron stars" Astron. Astroph. 2002 V.382, p.1000 (astro-ph/0108503) 4. Popov S.B., Colpi M., Treves A., Turolla R., Lipunov V.M., Prokhorov M.E. "The Neutron Star Census" ApJ 2000, V.530, p. 896 (astro-ph/9910114) 5. S.B. Popov and M.E. Prokhorov "ROSAT X-ray sources and exponential field decay in isolated neutron stars" Astron. Astroph. 2000, V. 357, p. 164 (astro-ph/9908212) MEMBERSHIPS Euro-Asian Astronomical Society member (since 1994). Euro-Asian Association for Astronomy Teachers member (since 1998).