Olga P. Verkhoglyadova

Ph.D. in theoretical physics

1989 - Kyiv University M.S. in space physics (Summa Cum Laude)

1992 - Ph.D. in theoretical physics (dual major in astrophysics)

PH.D. THESIS: Instabilities and spatial structures in cometary plasma tails.

1992-1995 - Research Associate, Kyiv University

1994-1995 - Associate Professor (part-time) at Kyiv Technical University

1995-1996 - Head of Space Physics Research Laboratory, Kyiv University

1996-1999 - Assistant Professor, Kyiv University

Since 1999 - Associate Professor at Astronomy and Space Phys. Dept., Physics Faculty, Kyiv University

e-mail: interball@univ.kiev.ua

Area of scientific interests:

Large-scale wave processes in space plasma. Formation of nonlinear wave structures

Awards and Fellowships:

1992 - Soros Foundation Grant awarded by the American Physical Society

1994 - The International Teacher Service’s English Language Course

1998-1999 - Fellowship for Distinguished Young Scientists awarded by the Council of Ministers of Ukraine

2001 - International Center for Theoretical Physics (ICTP, Trieste, Italy) Autumn College on Plasma Physics Fellowship

Membership in Professional Societies:

Since 1994 - Ukrainian Astronomical Association

Since 1995 - European Geophysical Society

Since 1996 - European Astrophysical Society

Since 2000 - COSPAR

Since 2002 - American Geophysical Society

Participation in International Conferences (since 2000):

• INTERBALL-Kyiv-2000, Kiev, Ukraine, 1-4.02.2000
• ICS-5 (International Conference on Substorms), St.- Petersburg, Russia, 16-20.05.00
• COSPAR – 2000 (Assembly of International Committee on Space Research), Warsaw, Poland, 16-23.07.2000
• S-RAMP conference on solar-terrestrial links, Sapporo, Japan, 2 – 6.10.2000
• International conference on remote sensing and satellite data processing, Moscow, Russia, 18 – 22.10.2000
• Visiting scientist at the JPL, Pasadena, USA, 20.12.2000 – 1.01.2001
• Visiting scientist at the Institute of Experimental Physics, Kosice, Slovakia, 16 – 27.01.2001
• COSPAR Colloquium, Konstancin, Poland, 5 – 10.02.2001
• EGS-2001 (Assembly of European Geophysical Union), Nice, France, 25.03 – 5.04.2001
• Autumn College on Plasma Physics at International Center for Theoretical Physics, Trieste, Italy, 8.10 – 3.11.2001.
• Visiting scientist at the JPL, Pasadena, USA, 24.12.2001- 1.02.2002
• EGS-2002 (Assembly of European Geophysical Union), Nice, France, 22.03 – 26.04.2002

Courses Taught:

1. Introduction to plasma physics
2. Satellite data processing
3. Magnetohydrodynamics
4. Nonlinear wave processes in plasma
5. Numerical simulation in space physics
6. Wave processes in unhomogeneous plasma
7. Solitary vortices

List of Selected Publications:

Papers:

• Kotsarenko, N.Ya., G.V.Lizunov, O.P. Verkhoglyadova, and K.I. Churyumov, Plasma- beam instabilities in comatary ionospheres, Russian Astronomical Journ. Lett., 18(1), 81-84 (1992).
• Kotsarenko, N.Ya., V.Pasko, O.P. Verkhoglyadova, and K.I. Churyumov, Theory of ray structure formation in cometary plasma tails, Russian Astronomical Journ. Lett., 19(9), 823-867 (1993).
• Verkhoglyadova, O.P., V.V. Grimalsky, Propagation of ion- sound solitons in unhomogeneous plasma, Ukrainian Phys. Journ., 39(1), 63- 67 (1994).
• Kotsarenko, N.Ya., O.P. Verkhoglyadova, and K.I. Churyumov, Three- dimensional model of ray structure formation in cometary plasma tails, Planet. Space Sci., 42 (9), 733-736 (1994).
• Verkhoglyadova, O.P., Paraboloidal model for formation of plasma envelopes and ray structures in the cometary ionosphere, Planet. Space Sci., 44, 4, 407-416 (1996).
• Verkhoglyadova, O.P., Ivchenko, V.N., Plasma regime identification technique using magnetospheric satellite measurements, Space Sci. and Technology, 4 (5/6), 18-27 (1998) (in Ukrainian).
• Verkhoglyadova, O.P., Ivchenko, V.N., K. Kudela., Lutsenko V.N., Slivka M., Approach to identification of the tail plasma regimes using INTERBALL-1 data, Czech. J. Phys., 49, 4a, 599-606 (1999).
• Panchenko, M.G., Verkhoglyadova, O.P., Comparison of empiric models of the inner Earth magnetosphere, Space Sci. and Technology, 5(1), 18-23 (1999) (in Ukrainian).
• Verkhoglyadova, O.P., Agapitov A., Ivchenko V.N., Romanov S.A., Yermolaev Yu.I., Study of vortices in the dawn plasma sheet using Interball-1 data, Interball in the ISTP Program, NATO Sci. Series C, Math and Phys. Sci., Kluwer, vol. 537, 265-276 (1999).
• Verkhoglyadova, O.P., Agapitov A., Andrushchenko A., Ivchenko V.N. et. al, Observation of vortical motions and compressional waves in the dawn low- latitude plasma sheet, Journ. Technical Phys., v. XL, 1, 325-328 (1999).
• Verkhoglyadova, O.P., Agapitov A., Andrushchenko A., Ivchenko V.N. et. al, Compressional wave events in the dawn plasma sheet observed by the Interball-1, Ann. Geophysicae,17, 1145-1154 (1999).
• Verkhoglyadova, O.P., Kudela. K., Lutsenko V.N., Romanov S.A., Slivka M., Plasma regime identification in the magnetotail using magnetic field and energetic particle measurements, Cosmic Research , 37, 6, 654-661 (1999) (in Russian).
• Burdo O.S., Cheremnykh O.K., Verkhoglyadova O.P., Study of ballooning modes in the inner Earth magnetosphere, Izvestya RAN. Physics, 64, 9, 1897- 1901(2000).
• Burdo O.S., Cheremnykh O.K., Verkhoglyadova O.P., Stability of ballooning modes in near- equatorial region of the Earth magnetosphere, Ukrainian Phys. Journ., 45, 7, 803- 811 (2000) (in Ukrainian).
• Verkhoglyadova O.P., Model of compressional waves in low-latitude plasma sheet of the Earth magnetosphere, Ukrainian Phys. Journ., 45, 12, 1431-1436 (2000) (in Ukrainian).
• Verkhoglyadova O.P., Ivchenko V.N., Agapitov A.V., Study of compressional waves and vortical motions in low- latitude plasma sheet using INTERBALL- 1 data, Izvestya RAN. Physics, 64, 9, 1893- 1896 (2000) (in Russian).
• Romanov, S.A., Klimov, S.I., Savin, S., et al., Observation of vortical structures in near- Earth plasma flows, Cosmic Research, 38, 5, 494 (2000) (in Russian).
• Agapitov A.V., Verkhoglyadova O.P., Ivchenko V.N., Compression waves in the Earth’s magnetosphere: interpretation of INTERBALL 1 observations, Space Sci. and Technology, 7 (5/6), 64- 70 (2001).
• Verkhoglyadova O.P., Agapitov A.V., Ivchenko V.N., Model of vortex tubes in the low-latitude plasma sheet of the Earth magnetosphere, Adv. Space Res., 28 (5), 801- 806 (2001).

Proceedings and Reports:

• Verkhoglyadova, O.P., N.Ya. Kotsarenko, Theory of stratification of cometary plasma, Contr. Papers 1996 Int. Congr. Plasma Physics, 246-249 (1994).
• Verkhoglyadova O.P., Zaliznyak Yu., Dynamics of solitary drift-wave vortices in inhomogeneous collisional plasma, Contr.papers Int. Symp. “Plasma‘97” , Poland, 1, 93-96 (1997).
• Burdo O.S., Cheremnykh O.K., Verkhoglyadova O.P., Ballooning modes instability in the space plasmas, Contr. Papers 1998 Int. Congr. Plasma Physics and 25th EPS Conf. Controlled Fusion and Plasma Physics., V22C, 1067-1070 (1998)
• Verkhoglyadova O.P., Ivchenko V.N., Romanov S.A., et al., Compressional ULF waves in the dawn plasma sheet observed by the Interball-Tail, Contr. papers 1998 Int. Congr. Plasma Physics and 25th EPS Conf.Controlled Fusion and Plasma Physics, V22C, 1134-1137 (1998)
• Burdo O.S., Cheremnykh O.K., Verkhoglyadova O.P., Stability of ballooning modes in the inner magnetosphere, Kinematics and Physics of the Celestial Bodies., Appendix N3, 510- 513 (2000).
• Verkhoglyadova O.P., Kudela. K., Lutsenko V.N., Romanov S.A., Slivka M., Using magnetotail variability in plasma regime identification, Proc. International Conference on Substorms (ICS-5), St. Petersburg, 16-20 May, 2000. - ESA SP – 443, 599-602 (2000)
• Verkhoglyadova O.P., INTERBALL Project: a review of preliminary results.- Messenger of the National Space Agency of Ukraine, 1, 41- 47 (2001) (in Ukrainian).

Textbooks:

• Verkhoglyadova O.P., Numerical simulation in space physics, Kiev University (1998), 40pp.
• Verkhoglyadova O.P., Wave processes in unhomogeneous space plasma, Kiev University (2001), 69 pp.