CURRICULUM VITAE of SERGEY B. POPOV ----------------------------------- PERSONAL DATA Born: 8 December 1971, Moscow, Russia Married: since 2000. ADDRESSES Office: 119992 Universitetskii pr. 13, Moscow, Russia +7 (495) 939-50-06 (phone) +7 (495) 932-88-41 (FAX) e-mail: polar@sai.msu.ru URL: http://xray.sai.msu.ru/~polar/ EDUCATION Moscow State University, Russia. Ph.D. in Astrophysics 1998 ("Population synthesis of X-ray sources after the burst of starformation and evolution of isolated neutron stars") Supervisor: Prof. V.M. Lipunov Moscow State University, Russia. M.S. in Astronomy 1995 ("A model of binary evolution after a starformation burst at the Galactic center") Supervisor: Prof. V.M. Lipunov 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; Prof. Roberto Turolla, University of Padua). During that period I had five long (and several short) visits to Italy. 1.) October 2002 - October 2004. Postdoc position at the Univesity of Padua. 2.) April-June 2002 (3 months). Universities of Como and Milan. 3.) October 2001 (1 month). University of Como. 4.) March-July 2000 (3 months). Universities of Como and Milan. 5.) January 1999 (1 month). Universities of Como and Milan. SELECTED RESEARCH TOPICS I) Isolated Neutron Stars and Black Holes (Period Evolution, Magnetic Field Decay, Accretion onto Isolated Neutron Stars). 1.) Accretion from the interstellar medium onto isolated neutron stars and black holes. 2.) Magnetorotational evolution of isolated neutron stars. 3.) Population synthesis of isolated neutron stars in the Galaxy. 4.) Local population of young isolated black holes. II) Binary Stars (Evolution of Close Binaries, Periods of Accreting Neutron Stars). 1.) Modeling the population of X-ray sources at the Galactic center: population synthesis of binary systems and spatial distribution of X-ray sources. 2.) Evolution of population of X-ray sources after the star formation burst: influence of the Initial Mass Function. 3.) Magneto-rotational evolution of neutron stars in pre-low mass X-ray binaries. Projects were (or are) supported by the grants from Russian Foundation for Basic Research, National Programms ``Astronomy'' and ``Universities of Russia'', ISSEP, RSCI, International Science Foundation, COSMION, INTAS and italian national foundations. 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.) Popular lectures for teachers of astronomy and public. Moscow planetarium, Sternberg Institute, etc. 1999 - until present 4.) High-school physics. High-school N548. Moscow, Russia September 1994- September 2002 5.) High-school astronomy. High-school N548. Moscow, Russia September 1993-September 2002 HONORS 1.) The "Dynasty" Foundation fellowship 2005 2.) Diplomas for popularizing science, Awarded by different Russian educational projects 2003 3.) Young Scientists Research Award, Awarded by RSCI Foundation 2002 4.) Young Scientists Research Award, Awarded by Moscow State University 2001 5.) Young Scientists Research Grant, Awarded by Russian Foundation for Basic Research 2001 6.) Young Scientists Research Award, Awarded by Moscow State University 2000 7.) Presidential Fellowship for Young Scientists, Russia, 2000-2003 8.) Young Scientists Research Award, Awarded by Moscow State University 1999 9.) The first prize for young scientists' oral presentations on the XXVII ITEP Winter school 1999 10.) Soros scolarship for post-graduates (ISSEP) 1998 11.) Soros scolarship for post-graduates (ISSEP) 1997 12.) Soros scolarship for post-graduates (ISSEP) 1996 13.) Young Scientists Research Award, Awarded by Department of Physics (Moscow State University) 1996 14.) Diploma for the best presentation on the astronomical section of the conference ``Leniskie Gori -- 95'' Awarded by Department of Physics (Moscow State University) 1995 LANGUAGE PROFICIENCY Russian (native), English (fluent), French (poor), Italian (poor). PUBLICATIONS AND PRESENTATIONS 1.) 35 publications in scientific journals and 2 in press, one large review published as a separate volume of "Trudy GAISH" ("Sternberg Astronomical Institute Transactions") [in Russian] 2.) More than 40 poster and oral presentations were at international conferences and schools including invited lectures. 3.) More than 50 publications in journals, newspapers and books popularizing science (in Russian). Full list of scientific publication is available at the URL: http://xray.sai.msu.ru/~polar/html/sci.html Five selected publications during last 5 years: 1. Bombaci I., Popov S.B. "On the nature of bimodal initial velocity distribution of neutron stars" Astron. Astroph. 2004, V.424, p.627 (astro-ph/0405250) 2. 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) 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. Popov S.B., Prokhorov M.E. "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).