Usoskin, Ilya | |
Birth Date: | 17 January 1965 |
Birth Place: | Leningrad, USSR |
Fields: | Astrophysics, Solar Physics, Cosmic Rays |
Workplaces: | University of Oulu (1999–present) |
Thesis Title: | Solar activity changes and modulation of cosmic rays[1] |
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Thesis Year: | 2000 |
Known For: | Space Climate, Solar Physics, Miyake events |
Spouse: | Inna Usoskina |
Education: | Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University (MSc 1988) Ioffe Institute (Candidate of Sciences 1995) University of Oulu (PhD 2000) |
Ilya G. Usoskin is a Finnish astrophysicist who is a professor at University of Oulu and head of Cosmic Ray Station at Sodankylä Geophysical Observatory. He is a Vice President of the International Astronomical Union since 2021.[2] [3]
In 1982, Ilya Usoskin graduated from the Saint Petersburg Lyceum 239[4] with intensified study of physics and mathematics, in parallel with Grigory Perelman.Then he became a student at the Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University and finished it as an MSc in physics (Space Physics) in 1988.
Since 1988, he worked as a junior researcher in the field of Astrophysics at the Ioffe Institute, where he obtained the Candidate of Sciences degree in astrophysics in 1995.[5] During 1997–1999, he was a postdoctoral researcher at the INFN Milano working on the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer experiment. [6] Since 2000, he has been a staff of the University of Oulu—head of the Oulu Cosmic Ray station. [7]
In 2000, he got PhD in Space Physics,[1] in 2002, he became a Docent, and a full Professor in 2012.[8]
Usoskin works in the fields of Solar Physics, Cosmic Rays, Heliosphere and Space Climate. He has co-authored more than 400 research publications with tens of thousands of citations.[14] [15]
His main research achievements include: