Curriculum Vitae

Zinovy M. Malkin

Personal Affiliation Address Education Membership Professional
Fields of Research Publications Conference activities Programming

♦ Personal

Name Zinovy M. Malkin
Born on October 6, 1950 in Leningrad (now St. Petersburg), Russia
Married, three sons, two grandsons

♦ Affiliation

Laboratory of Radioastrometry and Geodynamics
Department of Radioastronomy Researches
Central Astronomical Observatory at Pulkovo of the Russian Academy of Sciences
St. Petersburg
Russia

♦ Address

Pulkovo Observatory
Pulkovskoe Ch., 65
St. Petersburg 196140
Russia

Tel.: +7-(812)-363-74-42
Fax: +7-(812)-723-19-22

e-mail: regular: malkin@gao.spb.ru, backup: zmalkin@zmalkin.com

http: www.zmalkin.com

♦ Education

1972	Graduated from the Leningrad (St. Petersburg) State University, Faculty of Mathematics and Mechanics, Department of Astronomy
1985	Ph.D. degree in Astrometry and Celestial Mechanics from Pulkovo Observatory on a dissertation entitled "Theory and practice of the observations with PZT and a proposal on a photoelectric zenith tube" (in Russian), advisor Dr. Vitaly Naumov
1997	Dr.Sci. degree (Habilitation) in Astrometry and Celestial Mechanics from Institute of Applied Astronomy on a dissertation entitled "Classical and satellite methods for maintenance of time and coordinate systems" (in Russian)

♦ Membership

Member of the Russian Technical Council on VLBI with small antennas (2009-)
Member of the Russian Working Group on VLBI with small antennas (2008)
Chair of the IAG WG 1.4.1 "Theoretical Aspects of the Celestial Reference System and Systematic Effects in the CRF Determination" of the IAG Commission 1 (2008-)
Member of AGU (2007-)
Member of the IERS/IVS WG on ICRF2 (2006-)
Associate member of IGS (2005-)
Member of the IERS WG on EOP prediction (2005-)
Member of the EVGA (2005-)
Member of the GGOS WG on Ground Networks and Communication WG (2005-2008)
Member of the IVS VLBI2010 Committee (2005-)
Member of the IVS WG on VLBI2010 (2003-2005)
Member of the IVS Directing Board (2003-2007)
Member of the IVS WG on Product Specification and Observing Programs (2001-2002)
Member of the IAU Working Group on the Future of UTC (2001-2006)
Associate member of IERS (2001-2006)
Member of the IAU Commission 19 Organizing Committee (2000-2006, 2009-)
Member of the Bureau of Section 9 "Astrometry, Celestial Mechanics and Applied Astronomy" of the Scientific Council for Astronomy of the Russian Academy of Sciences (1999-2008)
Associate Member of IVS (1999-)
Associate Member of ILRS (1998-)
Member of CGSIC (1997-)
Member of the IAU Commission 19 (1997-)
Member of IAU (1997-)
Member of the IAU SOFA Board (1996-)
Corresponding member of IERS (1995-)

♦ Professional

Jul 2007 -	Head of the Lab of Radioastrometry and Geodynamics, Department of Radioastronomy Researches, Pulkovo Observatory
2006-	Organizer and coordinator of the Pulkovo EOP and Reference Systems Analysis Center (PERSAC) and PUL IVS Associate Analysis Center at the Pulkovo Observatory
Aug 2006 - Jun 2007	Leading scientist, Department of Radioastronomy Researches, Pulkovo Observatory

Feb 2006 - Aug 2006	Leading Scientist, Laboratory of Space Geodesy and Earth Rotation, Institute of Applied Astronomy
May 1998 - Feb 2006	Head of the Laboratory of Space Geodesy and Earth Rotation, Institute of Applied Astronomy
1995 - 2006	Head of the EOP Service, organizer and coordinator of the ILRS Associate Analysis Center and IERS Combination Research Center, co-organizer and coordinator of the IVS Analysis Center at the Institute of Applied Astronomy
Oct 1995 - May 1998	Senior scientist, Head of the Group of Determination of EOP and Geodesy, Laboratory of Time and Coordinate Systems, Institute of Applied Astronomy
Sep 1990 - Oct 1995	Senior scientist, Laboratory of Radioastrometry and Geodynamics, Institute of Applied Astronomy

Jan 1986 - Sep 1990	Scientist, Senior Scientist, Head of the Group of Investigation of Polar Motion, Laboratory of Earth Rotation, Pulkovo Observatory
May 1975 - Jan 1986	Junior Scientist, Scientist, Head of the PZT Group at Kitab, Laboratory of Earth Rotation, Pulkovo Observatory

Aug 1972 - May 1975	Engineer, Senior engineer, Laboratory of Time and Frequency, All-Union (now All-Russian) Mendeleev Institute of Metrology

♦ Main current research interests

Space geodesy and geodynamics
Computation, investigation, comparison, combination of EOP and radio source positions
Algorithms and software for data processing

♦ Publications

List of publications and presentations includes more than 200 items. Main papers are available here in both English and Russian, and also in the ADS and arXiv.

♦ Conference activities

Scientific/program committee member, convener

IAG Commission 1 Symposium (REFAG2010), Paris, 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

Invited presentations

EGU General Assembly 2008, Vienna, Austria, 13-18 April 2008 (co-author)
Problems of Modern Astrometry, Moscow, Russia, 22-26 Oct 2007 (speaker)
5th APSG Workshop, Hong Kong, P.R. China, 15-17 Jun 2005 (co-author)
Positioning and Timing 2005, St. Petersburg, Russia, 11-15 Apr 2005 (co-author)
Journées 2003, 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, Mar 21, 2000 (speaker)
IAU Coll. 178 "Polar Motion: Historical and Scientific Problems", Cagliari, Italy, 27-30 Sep 1999 (speaker)
Conference "Modern Problems and Methods of Astrometry and Geodynamics", St. Petersburg, Russia, 23-27 Sep 1996 (speaker)

Contributed presentations

EGU General Assembly 2010, Vienna, Austria, 02-07 May 2010
6th IVS General Meeting, Hobart, Australia, 7-13 Feb 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
Positioning, Timing and Navigation 2009, St. Petersburg, Russia, 6-9 Apr 2009
Journées 2008 and X Lohrmann-Kolloquium, Dresden, Germany, 22-24 Sep 2008
AOGS 2008 Annual General Meeting, Busan, Korea, 16-20 Jun 2008
5th IVS General Meeting, St. Petersburg, Russia, 3-6 Mar 2008
Journées 2007, Paris, France, 17-19 Sep 2007
Geo-Siberia 2007, Novosibirsk, Russia, 25-27 Apr 2007
EGU General Assembly 2007, Vienna, Austria, 15-20 Apr 2007
8th IVS Analysis Workshop, Vienna, Austria, 14 Apr 2007
18th EVGA Meeting, Vienna, Austria, 12-13 Apr 2007
Positioning, Timing and Navigation 2007, St. Petersburg, Russia, 2-5 Apr 2007
XIII Assembly of WEGENER, Nice, France, 4-7 Sep 2006
XXVIth IAU General Assembly Prague, Czech Republic, 14-25 Aug 2006
6th International Conference "Problems of Geocosmos", St. Petersburg, 23-27 May 2006
IERS Workshop, Potsdam, Germany, Oct 10-11, 2005
Joint Assembly of the IAG, IAPSO and IABO, Cairns, Australia, 22-26 Aug 2005
Positioning and Timing 2005, St. Petersburg, Russia, 11-15 Apr 2005
5th IVS Analysis Workshop, Ottawa, Canada, 12 Feb 2004
3rd IVS General Meeting, Ottawa, Canada, 9-11 Feb 2004
Journées 2003, St. Petersburg, Russia, 22-25 Sep 2003
16th Working Meeting on European VLBI for Geodesy and Astrometry, Leipzig, Germany, 9-10 May 2003
IERS Workshop, Munich, Germany, 18-21 Nov 2002
IERS Workshop, Paris, France, 18-19 Apr 2002
2nd IVS General Meeting, Tsukuba, Japan, 4-7 Feb 2002
Journées 2001, Brussels, Belgium, 24-26 Sep 2001
15th Working Meeting on European VLBI for Geodesy and Astrometry, Barcelona, Spain, 7-8 Sep 2001
IAG 2001 Scientific Assembly, Budapest, Hungary, 2-8 Sep 2001
All-Russian Astronomical Conference 2001, St. Petersburg, Russia, 6-12 Aug 2001
EGS 26th General Assembly, Nice, France, 25-31 Apr 2001
IGS Network Workshop 2000, Oslo, Norway, 12-15 Jul 2000
Astrometry, Geodynamics and Celestial Mechanics at the Turn of the XXIth Century, St. Petersburg, Russia, 19-23 Jun 2000
3rd International Conference "Problems of Geocosmos", St. Petersburg, Russia, 22-26 May 2000
1st IVS General Meeting, Koetzting, Germany, 21-24 Feb 2000
ADASS IX Conference, Hawaii, USA, 3-6 Oct 1999
IAU Coll. 178 "Polar Motion: Historical and Scientific Problems", Cagliari, Italy, 27-30 Sep 1999
2nd International Workshop on Magnetic and Electromagnetic Methods in Seismology and Volcanology, Chania, Greece, 22-24 Sep 1999
7th Yearly Conference "XXI Century: Youth, Education, Ecology, Noosphere", St. Petersburg, Russia, 10-12 Feb 1999
1998 IERS Workshop, Potsdam, Germany, 28 Sep - 2 Oct 1998
14th Workshop on Electromagnetic Induction in the Earth, Sinaia, Romania, 16-22 Aug 1998
2nd International Conference "Problems of Geocosmos", St. Petersburg, Russia, 29 Jun - 3 Jul 1998
3rd International Conference on Problems of Physical Metrology "FIZMET-98", St. Petersburg, Russia, 15-19 Jun 1998
XXVIIth Russian Radio Astronomy Conference, St. Petersburg, Russia, 10-14 Nov 1997
Technical Workshop for APT and APSG 1996, Kashima, Japan, 10-13 Dec 1996
Conference "Modern Problems and Methods of Astrometry and Geodynamics", St. Petersburg, Russia, 23-27 Sep 1996
First Workshop of the Subcommission IAG SSC 8.1 "Studies of Baltic Sea", Riga, Latvia, 28-29 Mar 1996
XXVIth Russian Radio Astronomy Conference, St. Petersburg, Russia, Sep 18-22, 1995
5th Russian Symposium "Metrology of Time and Space", Moscow, Russia, 11-13 Oct 1994
Conference "Modern Problems of Theoretical Astronomy", St. Petersburg, Russia, 20-24 Jun 1994
Sixth General Assembly of WEGENER, St. Petersburg, Russia, 20-24 Jun 1994
Theoretical, Applied, and Computational Celestial Mechanics, St. Petersburg, Russia, 12-14 Oct 1993
9th Working Meeting on European VLBI for Geodesy and Astrometry, Bonn, Germany, 30 Sep - 1 Oct 1993
All-Russian Astrometric Conference, Pulkovo, 1993
IAU Symp. 156 "Development in Astrometry and their Impacts on Astrophysics and Geodynamics", Shanghai, China, 15-19 Sep 1992
IAU Symp. 141 "Inertial Coordinate System on the Sky", Leningrad (St. Petersburg), Russia, 17-21 Oct 1989
2nd Orlov Conference, Kiev, Ukraine, 29 Sep - 3 Oct 1986
Symposium "Atmospheric ozone", Leningrad (St. Petersburg), Russia, 15-17 May 1985
23rd Soviet Astrometric Conference, Leningrad (St. Petersburg), Russia, 19-23 Mar 1985
Workshop of the Commission "Rotation of the Earth" of the Astronomical Council of the USSR Academy of Sciences, Vladivostok, Russia, 22-24 May 1984
Workshop "Rotation of the Earth and Geodynamics", Kitab, Uzbekistan, 12-14 Nov 1983
Workshop of the Commission "Rotation of the Earth" of the Astronomical Council of the USSR Academy of Sciences, Poltava, Ukraine, 2-4 Oct 1972

♦ Programming

Software for processing of the Pulkovo PZT observations.
Active participation in update of software for processing of the Pulkovo ZTF-135 zenith telescope observations.
GROSS (Geodynamics, Rotation of the Earth, Orbit determination Study Software) package for processing of SLR observations and analysis, comparison, and combination of EOP and station coordinates time series.
Active participation in update of OCCAM package and other software for processing of VLBI observations.
Numerous programs for processing and analysis of space geodesy observations; analysis, comparison, and combination of EOP and station coordinates time series; data exchange.
Fortran library of applied routines MAL (Matematical and Astronomy Library). The library contains about 1000 mathematical, astronomical, geodetic, and service routines of common use.
GAGER (Geodesy, Astrometry, Geodynamics, and Earth Rotation) software merging previous and newest developments is underway.

The total volume of the software is more than 2,000 Fortran modules, DOS batches, and UNIX scripts of the total size more than 7 MB.

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