♦ Personal
Name Zinovy Malkin
Born on 6 October 1950 in Leningrad (now St. Petersburg), Russia
Married, three sons, two grandsons
♦ Affiliation
Principal researcher
Laboratory of Radioastronomy Research
Pulkovo Observatory
♦ Address
Pulkovo Observatory
Pulkovskoe Sh., 65
St. Petersburg 196140
Russia |
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Tel.: +7-(812)-363-7442
Fax: +7-(812)-704-2427
| E-mail: malkin@gaoran.ru, zmalkin@zmalkin.com |
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♦ Education and academic degrees
| 1998 |
Doctor of Science degree (eq. DSc, Habilitation) in Astrometry;
dissertation: "Conventional and satellite methods for maintenance of time and coordinate systems" |
| 1995 |
Senior Researcher degree (eq. Dozent) in Astrometry |
| 1985 |
Candidate of Science degree (eq. PhD) in Astrometry;
dissertation: "Investigation of the Pulkovo FZT2 and prospects for improving the accuracy of results of observations",
advisor: Dr. Vitaly Naumov |
| 1972 |
Graduated from the
Leningrad (now St. Petersburg) State University,
Faculty of Mathematics and Mechanics,
Department of Astronomy;
diploma thesis: "Investigation of the near-diurnal wobble term in the observations
of bright zenith stars at the Poltava Observatory", advisor: Dr. Vadim Gubanov |
♦ Employment history
♦ Main current research interests
- Astrometry
- Earth's rotation
- Space geodesy and geodynamics
♦ Publications
Author of 334 papers (135 as sole and 63 as the first author),
including 98 peer-reviewed papers (41 as sole and 7 as the first author).
Complete list of publications and presentations includes more than 500 items.
Number of citations: in ADS - 2345, in Google Scholar - 2727.
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♦ Professional Activities
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General membership
Current activities
Past activities
- Steering Committee member of IAG Commission 1 "Reference Frames" (2019-2023)
- Chair of IAG Sub-Commission 1.4 "Interaction of Celestial and Terrestrial Reference Frames" (2019-2023)
- Member of IAG WG 1.4.1 "Improving and unification of geophysical and astronomical modeling for better consistency of reference frames" (2019-2023)
- Member of IAG WG 1.4.2 "Improving VLBI-based ICRF and comparison with Gaia-CRF" (2019-2023)
- Vice President of IAU Commission A2 "Rotation of the Earth" (2018-2021, elected)
- Member of Organizing Committee of IAU Commission A2 "Rotation of the Earth" (2018-2021, elected)
- Steering Committee member of IAG Commission 1 "Reference Frames" (2015-2019)
- Chair of IAG Sub-Commission 1.4 "Interaction of Celestial and Terrestrial Reference Frames" (2015-2019)
- Member of IAG WG 1.4.1 "Consistent realization of ITRF, ICRF, and EOP" (2015-2019)
- Member of IAG WG 1.4.2 "Impact of geophysical and astronomical modeling on reference frames and their consistency" (2015-2019)
- Member of IAG WG 1.4.3 "Improving VLBI-based ICRF and link to the Gaia-based CRF" (2015-2019)
- Member of Organizing Committee of IAU Commission A2 "Rotation of the Earth" (2015-2018, IAG representative)
- Member of IVS WG 8 on Galactic Aberration (2015-2019)
- Member of IAU/IAG Joint WG on Theory of Earth Rotation and Validation (2013-2020)
- Member of IAU Division A WG on Third Realization of International Celestial Reference Frame (2012-2020)
- Member of IAU Commission 31 "Time" (2012-2015)
- Member of IAU Commission 8 "Astrometry" (2011-2015)
- Chair of IAG WG 1.4.1 "Geophysical and Astronomical Effects and the Consistent Determination of Celestial and Terrestrial Reference Frames" (2011-2014)
- Member of IAG WG 1.4.2 "Colocation on Earth and in Space for the Determination of the Celestial Reference Frame" (2011-2014)
- Member of IAG WG 1.4.3 "Realization of Celestial Reference Frames" (2011-2014)
- Member of IVS Task Force on UT1 Intensives (2010-2017)
- Chair of IAG WG 1.4.1 "Theoretical Aspects of the Celestial Reference System and Systematic Effects in the CRF Determination" (2008-2011)
- Member of IAG WG 1.4.2 "Realization of Celestial Reference Frames" (2008-2011)
- Member of IAG WG 1.4.3 "Interaction Between Celestial and Terrestrial Reference Frames" (2008-2011)
- Member of IERS/IVS WG "Second Realization of the ICRF" (2006-2010)
- Member of IVS VLBI2010 Committee/VGOS Technical Committee (2005-2016)
- Member of IERS WG "EOP prediction" (2005-2009)
- Member of IAG GGOS WG "Ground Networks and Communication" (2005-2008)
- Associate member of IGS (2005-2013)
- Member of IVS WG 3 "VLBI2010" (2003-2005)
- Member of IVS Directing Board (2003-2007, elected)
- Member of IVS WG "Geophysical Models in VLBI Software" (2002-2004)
- Member of IVS WG 2 "Product Specification and Observing Programs" (2001-2002)
- Member of IAU WG "Definition of Coordinated Universal Time" (2001-2006)
- Member of Organizing Committee of IAU Commission 19 "Rotation of the Earth" (2000-2006, elected; 2009-2015, IAG representative)
- Member of Section 9 "Astrometry, Celestial Mechanics, and Applied Astronomy" of the Scientific Council on Astronomy of the Russian Academy of Sciences (1999-2012)
- Member of Dissertation Council at Institute of Applied Astronomy (1999-2007)
- Associate member of ILRS (1998-2013)
- Member of IAU Commission 19 "Rotation of the Earth" (1997-2015)
- Member of IAU Division 1 "Fundamental Astronomy" (1997-2015)
- Member of IAU SOFA Board (1996-2015)
- Member of Scientific Council of Institute of Applied Astronomy (1995-2004)
- Member of Scientific Council of Pulkovo Observatory (1990-1997)
♦ Meeting activities
Scientific/Program committee member, convener
- Sixth Middle-East and Africa Regional IAU Meeting (MEARIM VI), Cairo, Egypt, 13-16 Feb 2023
- Reference Frames for Applications in Geosciences (REFAG 2022), Thessaloniki, Greece, 17-20 Oct, 2022
- XXXIst IAU General Assembly, Division A meeting, Busan, Republic of Korea, Aug 2-11, 2022
- IAG Scientific Assembly, Symposium 1 "Reference frames", Beijing, China, 28 Jun - 2 Jul 2021
- Journées 2020 "Time scales: from quanta to Earth rotation", St. Petersburg, Russia, 21-23 Sep 2020 (canceled because of pandemic)
- Journées 2019 "Astrometry, Earth rotation and Reference systems in the Gaia era", Paris, France, 7-9 Oct 2019
- 27th IUGG General Assembly, Montreal, Canada, 8-18 Jul 2019
- All-Russian Astrometry Conference "Pulkovo-2018", St. Petersburg, Russia, 1-5 Oct 2018
- Journées 2017 "Systèmes de référence et de la Rotation Terrestre", Alicante, Spain, 25-27 Sep 2017
- All-Russian Astronomy Conference "VAK-2017", Yalta, Russia, 17-22 Sep 2015
- All-Russian Astrometry Conference "Pulkovo-2015", St. Petersburg, Russia, 21-25 Sep 2015
- Journées 2014 "Systèmes de référence spatio-temporels", St. Petersburg, Russia, 22-24 Sep 2014 (Co-Chair)
- All-Russian Astrometry Conference "Pulkovo-2012", St. Petersburg, Russia, 1-5 Oct 2012
- 7th IVS General Meeting, Madrid, Spain, 4-7 Mar 2012
- IAG Commission 1 Symposium REFAG 2010, Marne la Vallée, France, 4-8 Oct 2010
- IERS Workshop on EOP Combination and Prediction, Warsaw, Poland, 19-21 Oct 2009
- All-Russian Astrometry Conference "Pulkovo-2009", St. Petersburg, Russia, 15-19 Jun 2009
- 5th IVS General Meeting, St. Petersburg, Russia, 3-6 Mar 2008
- Positioning and Timing 2005, St. Petersburg, Russia, 11-15 Apr 2005
- 3rd IVS General Meeting, Ottawa, Canada, 9-11 Feb 2004
- XXV IAU General Assembly, Joint Discussion 16, Sydney, Australia, 22 Jul 2003
- 2nd IVS General Meeting, Tsukuba, Japan, 4-7 Feb 2002
Local committee member
- All-Russian Astrometry Conference "Pulkovo-2018", St. Petersburg, Russia, 1-5 Oct 2018
- All-Russian Astrometry Conference "Pulkovo-2015", St. Petersburg, Russia, 21-25 Sep 2015
- XIII Russian-Finnish Symposium on Radio Astronomy, St. Petersburg, Russia, 25-29 May 2015
- Journées 2014 "Systèmes de référence spatio-temporels", St. Petersburg, Russia, 22-24 Sep 2014
- All-Russian Astrometry Conference "Pulkovo-2012", St. Petersburg, Russia, 1-5 Oct 2012
- All-Russian Astrometry Conference "Pulkovo-2009", St. Petersburg, Russia, 15-19 Jun 2009
- Positioning and Timing 2005, St. Petersburg, Russia, 11-15 Apr 2005
- Journées 2003 "Systèmes de référence spatio-temporels", St. Petersburg, Russia, 22-25 Sep 2003
- Astrometry, Geodynamics and Celestial Mechanics at the Turn of the XXIth Century, St. Petersburg, Russia, 19-23 Jun 2000
- XXVIIth Russian Radio Astronomy Conference, St. Petersburg, Russia, 10-14 Nov 1997
- Modern Problems and Methods of Astrometry and Geodynamics, St. Petersburg, Russia, 23-27 Sep 1996
- XXVIth Russian Radio Astronomy Conference, St. Petersburg, Russia, 18-22 Sep 1995
Invited talks, lectures
- Sixth Middle-East and Africa Regional IAU Meeting (MEARIM VI), Cairo, Egypt, 13-16 Feb 2023 (speaker)
- XIX Serbian astronomical conference (19 SAC) Belgrade, Serbia, 13-17 Oct 2020 (speaker)
- Journées 2019 "Astrometry, Earth rotation and Reference systems in the Gaia era", Paris, France, 7-9 Oct 2019 (speaker)
- 14th EVN Symposium, Granada, Spain, 8-11 Oct 2018 (coauthor)
- Tenth IVS General Meeting, Longyearbyen, Norway, 3-8 Jun 2018 (coauthor)
- Journées 2017 "Systèmes de référence et de la Rotation Terrestre", Alicante, Spain, 25-27 Sep 2017 (speaker)
- Kazan Federal University, Kazan, Russia, 21 Apr 2015 (lecture, speaker)
- IAG Commission 1 Symposium REFAG 2014, Luxembourg, 13-17 Oct 2014 (coauthor)
- Journées 2014, "Systèmes de référence spatio-temporels" St. Petersburg, Russia, 22-24 Sep 2014 (speaker)
- St. Petersburg State University, St. Petersburg, Russia, 24 Apr 2014 (lecture, speaker)
- 8th IVS General Meeting, Shanghai, China, 3-7 Mar 2014 (coauthor)
- Journées 2013 "Systèmes de référence spatio-temporels", Paris, France, 16-18 Sep 2013 (coauthor)
- St. Petersburg State University, St. Petersburg, Russia, 24 Apr 2013 (lecture, speaker)
- IAU XXVIII General Assembly, IAU Joint Discussion 7, Beijing, China, 27-29 Aug 2012 (speaker)
- IAG Commission 1 Symposium REFAG 2010, Marne la Vallée, France, 4-8 Oct 2010 (speaker)
- EGU General Assembly 2008, Vienna, Austria, 13-18 April 2008 (coauthor)
- Problems of Modern Astrometry, Moscow, Russia, 22-26 Oct 2007 (speaker)
- 5th APSG Workshop, Hong Kong, 15-17 Jun 2005 (coauthor)
- Positioning and Timing 2005, St. Petersburg, Russia, 11-15 Apr 2005 (coauthor)
- Journées 2003 "Systèmes de référence spatio-temporels", St. Petersburg, Russia, 22-25 Sep 2003 (speaker)
- Astrometry, Geodynamics and Celestial Mechanics at the Turn of the XXIth Century, St. Petersburg, Russia, 19-23 Jun 2000 (speaker)
- Scientific School "Astronavigation-2000", St. Petersburg, Russia, 21 Mar 2000 (speaker)
- IAU Coll. 178 "Polar Motion: Historical and Scientific Problems", Cagliari, Italy, 27-30 Sep 1999 (speaker)
- Modern Problems and Methods of Astrometry and Geodynamics, St. Petersburg, Russia, 23-27 Sep 1996 (speaker)
Contributed presentations
- Presenting author or co-author at 103 meetings.
