Prof. Sergej Zilitinkevich

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*      Official Information

*      Favorite Links

*      Contact Information

*      Current Projects

*      Biographical Information

 

Official Information

Affiliation

Marie Curie Chair of Boundary-layer Physics.

Division of Atmospheric Sciences, Department of Physical Sciences,

University of Helsinki.

P.O. Box 64, 00014 Helsinki, Finland

(Kumpula, Physicum, Gustaf Hallstromsgata 2, 4th floor).

 

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Favorite Links

*      Nansen Environmental and Remote Sensing Centre

*      Uppsala University, Department of Earth Sciences

 

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Contact Information

Finnish Meteorological Institute. Erik Palmenin Aukio 1,

P.O. Box 503, 00101 Helsinki, Finland.

Phone +358-(0)9-1929-4678 (office),

+358-(0)40-5154-391 (mobile),

Fax +358-(0)9-1929-4129,

E-mail: Sergej.Zilitinkevich@fmi.fi

 

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Current Projects

*      EU-FUMAPEX research project

*      COST-728

 

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Biographical Information

 

Education and grades

Graduated from: Faculty of Physics, Leningrad State University, USSR (1959)

Ph.D.: Leningrad State Hydrometeorological University, USSR (1964)

Dr. Sci.: P.P. Shirshov Institute of Oceanology, Acad. Sci., USSR (1970)

Professor of Geophysics: Presidium of the Acad. Sci., USSR (1972)

Professor of Meteorology: Uppsala University, Sweden (1997)

 

Professional record

Until 1991 - Russia. In 1966 has founded the Leningrad Branch of the Institute of Oceanology, Acad. Sci. Positions: Director of the above Branch and Professor of Geophysics at the Hydrometeorological University

Jan.-Dec. 1991 - Denmark. Visiting Professor: RISØ National Laboratory, Roskilde

1992-1997 - Germany. Visiting Professor: Dept of Marine Research at Hamburg University, Max Planck Institute for Meteorology, Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research, Institute for Hydrophysics at GKSS Research Centre

1998-2003 - Sweden. Professor and Chair of Meteorology: Department of Earth Sciences, Uppsala University

Since 2004 - Finland. Marie Curie Chair of Boundary-layer Physics: Division of Atmospheric Sciences, University of Helsinki

 

Main fields of research

Environmental physics and fluid mechanics

 

Publications and participation in conferences

8 books and more than a hundred papers in peer reviewed journals, 2-3 invited lectures at international conferences per year.

List of publications

List of conferences

 

Supervision of PhD programmes

10 dissertation in atmospheric and water sciences; former students work in Russia (4), Germany (1), Sweden (2), Norway (1), Canada (1), USA (1)

 

Lecturing

Created and gave to students seven different university courses within meteorology, oceanography, geophysics and science management - in Russia, Germany and Sweden; gave a dozen short courses on boundary-layer physics at international summer schools and numerous invited lectures at European and American universities

 

Co-ordination of international projects

LAND-3 "Protection of Coastal Marine Environment in the Southern Mediterranean Sea" (1.5 million $), ICSC-World Lab (Switzerland) and Ettore Majorana Centre (Italy), 1992-1993

INTAS 94-2255 "Modelling and Parameterisation of Convective Heat/Mass Transfer with Due Regard for Coherent Structures in the Atmospheric Boundary Layer", 1994-1997

INTAS 96-1692 "Modelling and Parameterisation of the Convective Heat/Mass Transfer over Rough Surfaces", 1997-1999

EU - SFINCS (Surface Fluxes in Climate System) - EU Contract ENV4-CT97 0573 (responsible for theoretical research), 1997-2000

SIDA SRP-2000-036 South-African - Swedish Research Partnership: "Non-local turbulent transport in weather prediction and air pollution modelling" 2001-2003

Swedish Institute / New Visby Programme "Applied environmental modelling and impact assessment" (Uppsala University - Moscow University) 2002-2005

 

Membership

Committee for the Vilhelm Bjerknes Medal (European Geophysical Society)

Associate editor, Environmental Fluid Mechanics (international journal)

Editorial Board of the Bulgarian Geophysical Journal (Bulgaria)

Board of the C.-G. Rossby International Meteorological Institute (Sweden)

Consulting Editor, American Biographical Institute (USA)

Co-ordination Board of NERC Centre for Polar Observation and Modelling (UK)

Steering Committee for ENVIROMIS-SSA and Environ-RISKS FP6 Projects

 

Biographical notes published by

International Biographical Centre, Cambridge, England

Dictionary of International Biography, 24th Ed. 1996; 29th Ed. 2001; Men of Achievement, 16th Ed. 1996; Outstanding People of the 20th Century, 2nd Ed. 2000; Outstanding People of the 21st Century, 1st Ed. 2001; 2000 Outstanding Intellectuals of the 20th Century, 2000; 2000 Outstanding Intellectuals of the 21st Century, 1st Ed. 2001; 2nd Ed. 2003; 2000 Outstanding Scholars of the 21st Century, 1st Ed. 2001; Who’s Who in the 21st Century, 1st/2nd Eds. 2001/2002

American Biographical Institute, Raleigh, NC, USA

5000 Personalities of the World, 1996; Internat. Directory of Distinguished Leadership, 6th Ed. 1997; 500 Leaders of Science, 2003; The Contemporary Who is Who, 2002/2003

Marquis Who’s Who, NJ, USA

Who's Who in the World, 17th to 20th Eds. (2000, 2001, 2002, 2003); Who's Who in Science and Engineering, 6th Ed. 2002-2003

Barons Who's Who, USA

The Europe 500 Leaders for the New Century, 2000

The Institute for the Advancement of Positive Global Solutions, Irvine, CA, USA

500 Distinguished Professors of the BWW Society, 2003

 

Honors and awards

Vilhelm Bjerknes Medal 2000 of the European Geophysical Society

Member of Academia Europaea (Earth and Cosmic Sciences Section)

Fellow of the Royal Meteorological Society (UK)

Honorary Foreign Member of the Geophysical Society of Georgia

Distinguished Professor of BWW Society / Institute for Advancement of Positive Global Solutions (USA)

Marie Curie Chair of Boundary-Layer Physics (EU-Commission, 2004)

 

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Last revised: 28.8.2007