e-mail: vo @ sao.ru FAX: (+7)-87878-46315

Place of birth: Novgorod the Great, Russia

Education

• Applied to the Leningrad University 1982
  
• Graduated Leningrad University 1987
  
• Candidate of Sciences (PhD level) 1993 SAO, St.Petersburg
  (dissertation ''Methods of investigation of radio sources in the near-zenith mode of RATAN-600'')
  
• Doctor of Sciences (like German Habilitation) 2005 ASC LPhI , Moscow
  (dissertation ''Methods and results of observational radio cosmology'')
  

Career/Employment

1987-1989 Young Researcher, SAO
1989-1992 Junior Scientist, SAO
1989-1993 Postgraduate student, SAO (Superviser - Prof. Yu.Parijskij )
1992-1995 Scientific Researcher
02.1995-03.1995 Visiting scientist, MIT, USA (coll. with B.Burke)
1995-2006 Senior Scientist, SAO
since 1997 Member of International Astronomical Union
10.1999-11.1999 Visiting scientist, INAOE , Mexico (coll. with V.Chavushyan and H.Tovmassyan)
05.2002-02.2004 Guest Professor, Teoretisk Astrofysik Center (TAC), Copenhagen
09.2004-10.2004, 11.2004-12.2004 Visiting scientist, NBI, Copenhagen (coll. with P.R.Christensen, P.Naselsky and I.Novikov)
01.2005-02.2005 Visiting scientist, Imperial College, London (coll. D.Novikov)
06.2006-07.2006 Visiting scientist, NBI, Copenhagen (coll. with P.R.Christensen, P.Naselsky and I.Novikov)
since 2006 Leading Scientist, SAO
11.2007-12.2007 Visiting scientist, NBI, Copenhagen (coll. with P.R.Christensen and P.Naselsky)
03.2009-04.2009 Visiting scientist, NBI, Copenhagen (coll. with P.R.Christensen and P.Naselsky)
04.2010-05.2010 Visiting scientist, NBI, Copenhagen (coll. with P.Naselsky and P.R.Christensen)
10.2010 Visiting scientist, NBI, Copenhagen (coll. with P.Naselsky, P.R.Christensen and Discovery Center)
11.2011-12.2011 Visiting scientist, NBI, Copenhagen (coll. with P.Naselsky and P.R.Christensen)

Scientific interests

• Radio cosmology
• Search for distant radio galaxies
• Radio sources identification
• Cosmic Microwave background radiation
• Development of Gauss-Legendre Sky Pixelization (GLESP) for CMB maps
• Deep radio surveys
• Development of the CATS database
• Development of the SED informational system ("Evolution of radio galaxies")
• Algorithms and software design , e.g. FADPS

Human activities

• Astrophysical schools
  The 1st Astrophysical School "Traektoria", 2016 (in Russian) of "Traektoria" Foundation (the official School site is here )
  The 7th School of modern astrophysics, 2011 (in Russian) "Observational and Theoretical Cosmology"
• Radio astronomical seminar (1988-2002)
• Students
• Prepared lectures
• Popular Science [in Russian]

Scientific papers

• Publications
• Proceedings
• Preprints
• Abstracts
• Scientific reports
• Miscellaneous

Miscellaneous

• How to reach SAO
• Bus time table Cherkessk-Zelenchukskaya and back