Vladislav V. Shevchenko

Position: Head of Department of Lunar and Planetary Research, Sternberg State Astronomical Institute, Moscow University, Doctor of Physics and Mathematics.

Education: 1982, Moscow University, - Doctor of Physics and Mathematics, topic of the dissertation: "Photometric investigations of the Moon on the base of space surveys"; 1969, Moscow University, - Candidate of Physics and Mathematics, topic of the dissertation: "Physical mapping of the Moon on the base of photometric data"; High education - 1964, Moscow Institute of Geodesy, Cartography and Aerophotosurvey, speciality - astronomer-geodesist.

Employment: 1978 - present time - Head of Department of Lunar and Planetary Research, Sternberg State Astronomical Institute, Moscow University. 1970 - 1978 - senior research worker of Department of Physics of the Moon and Planets, Sternberg State Astronomical Institute. 1964 - 1978 - research worker of Department of Physics of the Moon and Planets, Sternberg State Astronomical Institute.

Social activities: 1978 - present time - Chairman of the Lunar Task Group of the International Astronomical Union's Working Group for Planetary System Nomenclature, member of the Working Group. 1991-1995 - member of the Task Committee on Lunar Base Structures of American Society of Civil Engineers. 1978-1997 - Chairman of the Lunar and Mercury Working Group of Astronomical Council, Russian Academy of Sciences. 1989-1993 - member of International Design for Extreme Environment Association (IDEEA). 1993-1997 - Editorial Board member of "Solar System research" (Periodical of Russian Academy of Sciences) . 1990-1997 - Editorial Board member of "The Earth and the Universe" (Periodical of Russian Academy of Sciences). Member of International Astronomical Union (Commission 16). Member of Astronomical Society (International). Member of International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics. Member of COSPAR.

1994 - Extraterrestrial Resources of Near-Earth Space. - Course of lectures.- Seminar for High-School Teachers. Space Education Program. - Institute of Space Policy. Moscow. The Seminar was supported by Russian Space Agency (RSA).

1994 - Solar System News. Extraterrestrial Resources. - Course of lectures.- Winter School for teachers of astronomy from Russian universities. The School was supported by Astronomical Society (International). Lipetzk. Russia.

1993 - The Earth in Space: Problems of Global Ecology. - Course of lectures for cosmonaut educational group. - Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center. Moscow.

1993 - Problem of Extraterrestrial Resources and Future Exploration of Mars. - Course of lectures and design project "Martian bases" (In English). - International Space Summer School. Moscow Aviation Institute (MAI).

1993 - Educational Aspects of the Moon Exploration and Utilization Programs. - Teaching Aid. - Institute of Space Policy. Moscow. Sponsor: Russian Space Agency (RSA).

1992 - Extraterrestrial Resources and Contemporary Space Recearch. - Course of lectures for cosmonaut educational group. - Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center. Moscow.

1992 - Astronomy and Extraterrestrial Resources (In English). - Invited lecture. - Universite Paul Sabatier. Toulouse. France.

1992 - Astronomy and Extraterrestrial Resources (In English). - Invited lecture. - University of Oslo. Norway.

1991 - Extraterrestrial Resources and Contemporary Space Recearch. - Course of lectures for cosmonaut educational group. - Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center. Moscow.

1991 - Problems of Construction on the Moon (In English). - Educational Design Project for International Design for Extreme Environment Association (IDEEA). Houston. USA.

1990 - Astronomy and Extraterrestrial Resources (In English). - Invited lecture. - Sasakawa International Center for Space Architecture. University of Houston. USA.

1990 - The Earth and the Moon - Contemporary Problems of Astronomy, Geophysics and Astrophysics (In English). - Invited lecture. - Universite Paul Sabatier. Toulouse. France.

1989 - Astronomy and Space Research (In English). - Invited lecture.- Sonneberg Observatory of Academy of Sciences. Germany.

1988 - A Soviet View of a Lunar Base (In English). - Invited lecture. - Sasakawa International Center for Space Architecture. University of Houston. USA.

1988 - A Soviet View of a Lunar Base (In English).- Invited lecture. - University of California at Los Angeles. USA.

1985 - 1970 - Participation in seminars and cources of lectures in field of astronomy and space recearch in universities of Soviet Union, Mongolia, Bulgaria, Hungary.

1995 - Participation in Special Issues on Man and Moon. Lunar Structures. - Journal of the British Interplanetary Society (See List of publications).

1994 - Participation in International Aerospace Congress, Moscow, Russia. Paper: "Lunar Materials for Space Constructions".

1993 - Participation in International Scientific-Practical Conference "Business Men and Economical Utilization of Space".Moscow, Russia. Paper: "Economy, Ecology and Extraterrestrial Natural Resources". 1991 - Chairman of the Conference "The Scientific Problems of Creating a Lunar Base". Moscow. USSR.

1991 - Participation in American-Russian-Japanese Workshop on D - He-3 Based Reactor Studies. Kurchatov IAE, Moscow, Russia. Paper: "Remote Sensing Soil Enriched by Helium-3 on the Moon"(In English).

1988 - Plenary paper "A Soviet View of a Lunar Base" (In English). The Second Symposium on Lunar Bases and Space Activities of the 21^st Century. L. Johnson Space Center - Lunar and Planetary Institute. Houston. USA.

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Publications

TO THE DISCOVERY OF THE "SOUTH POLE - AITKEN " BASIN.

V. I. Chikmachev and V.V. Shevchenko,
Sternberg State Astronomical Institute, Moscow University, Universitetsky 13, Moscow, 119899 , Russia,
MICROSYMPOSIUM 34, Topics in Comparative Planetology October 8-9, 2001, Moscow, Russia

GENERALIZED TOPOGRAPHY OF THE LUNAR SOUTH POLE – AITKEN BASIN.

V.I.Chikmachev, S.G.Pugacheva and V.V.Shevchenko, Sternberg State Astronomical Institute, Moscow University, Moscow, chik@sai.msu.ru
Brown University - Vernadsky Institute Microsymposium 40, 2004, Moscow, Russia

AN ORIGIN FOR THE SOUTH POLE-AITKEN BASIN THORIUM. V.I.

Chikmachev, S.G.Pugacheva, Sternberg State Astronomical institute. Moscow University, Moscow, chik@sai.msu.ru.
Brown University - Vernadsky Institute Microsymposium 42, October 10-12, 2005, Moscow, Russia

Photograph album

Contact information

Sternberg State Astronomical Institute, Moscow University, 13 Universitetsky prospect, 119899 Moscow