CURRICULUM VITAE of SERGEY B. POPOV ----------------------------------- PERSONAL DATA Born: 8 December 1971, Moscow, Russia Married: since 2000. ADDRESS Office: 119991 Universitetskii pr. 13, Moscow, Russia +7 (495) 939-50-06 (phone) +7 (495) 932-88-41 (FAX) e-mail: polar (at) sai.msu.ru; sergepolar (at) gmail.com URL: http://xray.sai.msu.ru/~polar/ EDUCATION Moscow State University, Russia. Doctor of science (habilitation) degree in Astrophysics 2011 "Magnetorotational evolution and population synthesis of isolated neutron stars" 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, Leading Researcher (full time) June 2012 - until present 2.) Sternberg Astronomical Institute, Moscow, Senior Researcher (full time) April 2008 - June 2012 3.) Sternberg Astronomical Institute, Moscow, Researcher (full time) March 2000 - April 2008 4.) University of Padua, Department of Physics, PostDoc October 2002 - October 2004 5.) Sternberg Astronomical Institute, Moscow, Junior researcher (full time) April 1998 - March 2000 6.) Sternberg Astronomical Institute, Moscow, Junior researcher (part time) January 1998 - April 1998 7.) 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 Milano-Bicocca; Prof. Roberto Turolla, University of Padua). During that period I had several long (and several short) visits to Italy. Since 2004 I am collaborating with german scientists (University of Jena, MPE, Rostock). Since 2007 I collaborate with scientists working in Poland (Wrozlaw). Since 2008 - with Spanish scientists. Several shorts visits to Poland, Germany and Spain had been made, too. 1.) October - December 2011 (2 months). University of Padua. 2.) October - December 2009 (2 months). University of Cagliari 3.) September - December 2008 (3 months). University of Padua. 4.) September - December 2007 (4 months). Observatory of Cagliari (Italy). 5.) October-December 2006 (3 months). University of Como (Italy) and University of Jena (Germany). 6.) October-November 2005 (1 month). University of Rostock and MPE (Germany) 7.) October 2002 - October 2004. Postdoc position at the Univesity of Padua. 8.) April-June 2002 (3 months). Universities of Como and Milan. 9.) October 2001 (1 month). University of Como. 10.) March-July 2000 (3 months). Universities of Como and Milan. 11.) 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 and neutron stars. 5.) Origin of magnetars, relation of magnetars to regions of starformation. 6.) Evolution and observational appearance of magnetars. 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. 4.) ULXs. 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, Dynasty Foundation, Cariplo Foundation and italian national foundations. TEACHING EXPERIENCE Three students got their diploma under my supervision. 1.) A course of lectures at the Moscow State University (January-May 2011) "Modern phenomenology of neutron stars and black holes" 2.) Visiting professor. University of Cagliari (October - December 2009) 3.) A course of lectures at the Moscow State University (January-May 2009) "Modern phenomenology of neutron stars and black holes" 4.) A serie of lectures at the Einstein Institute in Golm, Germany; University of Cagliari, University of Liege (Autumn 2008) 5.) A course of lectures at the Moscow State University (January-May 2008) "Modern phenomenology of neutron stars and black holes" 6.) A course of lectures at the university of Cagliari (October 2007) "Modern phenomenology of neutron stars and black holes" 7.) A course of lectures at the Dosctoral programme in ECT*, Italy (August 2007). "Compact stars phenomenology" 8.) A course of lectures at the summer school in Pushchino (July 2007) "Observations of black holes" 9.) Invited lectures at international schools (July 2004 Erice, Italy; August 2004, August 2006, August 2008 Dubna, Russia) 10.) Occasional lectures and seminars in Theoretical and General Astrophysics. Department of Physics Moscow State University 1996-until present 11.) Popular lectures for teachers of astronomy and public. Moscow planetarium, Sternberg Institute, etc. 1999 - until present 12.) High-school physics. High-school N548. Moscow, Russia September 1994- September 2002 13.) High-school astronomy. High-school N548. Moscow, Russia September 1993-September 2002 GRANTS, FELLOWSHIPS, HONORS 1.) Young Scientists Research Award, Awarded by Moscow State University 2010 2.) INTAS Fellowship 2007-2008 3.) Young Scientists Research Award, Awarded by Moscow State University 2006 4.) Cariplo Foundation Fellowship 2006 5.) The "Dynasty" Foundation fellowship 2005-2007 6.) Diplomas for popularizing science, Awarded by different Russian educational projects 2003 7.) Young Scientists Research Award, Awarded by RSCI Foundation 2002 8.) Young Scientists Research Award, Awarded by Moscow State University 2001 9.) Young Scientists Research Grant, Awarded by Russian Foundation for Basic Research 2001 10.) Young Scientists Research Award, Awarded by Moscow State University 2000 11.) Presidential Fellowship for Young Scientists, Russia, 2000-2003 12.) Young Scientists Research Award, Awarded by Moscow State University 1999 13.) The first prize for young scientists' oral presentations on the XXVII ITEP Winter school 1999 14.) Soros scolarship for post-graduates (ISSEP) 1998 15.) Soros scolarship for post-graduates (ISSEP) 1997 16.) Soros scolarship for post-graduates (ISSEP) 1996 17.) Young Scientists Research Award, Awarded by Department of Physics (Moscow State University) 1996 18.) 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 CITATION About 100 publications in scientific journals and conference proceedings, a large review published as a separate volume of "Trudy GAISH" ("Sternberg Astronomical Institute Transactions") [in Russian], another large review published in Physics-Uspekhi Total citation count (according to NASA ADS) >700. Hirsch index - about 15. Full list of scientific publication is available at the URL: http://xray.sai.msu.ru/~polar/html/sci.html Five selected publications during last 3 years: 1. A. Chashkina, S. B. Popov "Magnetic field estimates for accreting neutron stars in massive binary systems and models of magnetic field decay" New Astronomy vol. 17, pp. 594-602 (2012) (arXiv: 1112.1123) 2. S.B. Popov, R. Turolla "A strongly magnetic neutron star in the SMC Be/X-ray binary SXP 1062 ?" MNRAS vol. 421 pp. L127-L131 (2012) (arXiv: 1112.2507) 3. S.B. Popov, R. Turolla "Initial spin periods of neutron stars in supernova remnants" Ap&SS vol. 341, pp. 457-464 (2012) (arXiv: 1204.0632) 4. P.A. Boldin, S.B. Popov "Evolution of isolated neutron stars till accretion. The role of initial magnetic field" MNRAS vol. 407 pp. 1090-1097 (2010) (arXiv: 1004.4805) 5. S.B. Popov, J.A. Pons, J.A. Miralles, P.A. Boldin, B. Posselt "Population synthesis studies of isolated neutron stars with magnetic field decay" MNRAS vol. 401 pp. 2675-2686 (2010) (arXiv: 0910.2190) Five selected original papers during the career: 1. Popov S.B., Colpi M., Treves A., Turolla R., Lipunov V.M., Prokhorov M.E. ``The Neutron Star Census'' ApJ V. 530, p. 896, 2000 (astro-ph/9910114) 2. Popov S.B., Colpi M., Prokhorov M.E., Treves A., Turolla R. ``Young isolated neutron stars from the Gould Belt'' A&A vol. 406, pp. 111-117 (2003) (astro-ph/0304141) 3. S.B. Popov, H. Grigorian, R. Turolla, D. Blaschke ``Population synthesis as a probe of neutron star thermal evolution'' A&A Vol. 448, pp.327-334 (2006) (astro-ph/0411618) 4. S.B. Popov, B.E. Stern ``Soft gamma repeaters outside the Local group'' MNRAS vol. 365, pp. 885-890 (2006) (astro-ph/0503532) 5. S.B. Popov, J.A. Pons, J.A. Miralles, P.A. Boldin, B. Posselt ``Population synthesis studies of isolated neutron stars with magnetic field decay'' MNRAS vol. 401, pp. 2675-2686 (2010) (arXiv: 0910.2190) ADMINISTRATIVE DUTIES Member of the Scientific Council of the Sternberg Astronomical Institute June 2012 - until present MEMBERSHIPS International Astronomical Union member (since 2009). Euro-Asian Astronomical Society member (since 1994). Euro-Asian Association for Astronomy Teachers member (since 1998).