♦  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

Tel.:  +7-(812)-363-7442 Fax:  +7-(812)-704-2427 E-mail:  malkin@gaoran.ru,  zmalkin@zmalkin.com Web:  http://www.zmalkin.com

♦  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 observation results" ("FZT" is a Russian abbreviation for Photographic Zenith Tube), 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

2006-now	Pulkovo Observatory
1990-2006	Institute of Applied Astronomy
1975-1990	Pulkovo Observatory
1972-1975	Mendeleev Institute of Metrology

♦  Main current research interests

• Astrometry
• Earth's rotation
• Space geodesy and geodynamics

♦  Publications

Author of more than 300 papers with 2576 citations in ADS and 3116 citations in Google Scholar. Most of publications are available through the following links:

♦  Professional Activities

Abbreviations

AGU		American Geophysical Union
EVGA		European VLBI Group for Geodesy and Astrometry
GGOS		Global Geodetic Observing System
IAG		International Association of Geodesy
IAU		International Astronomical Union
IERS		International Earth Rotation and Reference Systems Service
IGS		International GNSS Service
ILRS		International Laser Ranging Service
IVS		International VLBI Service for Geodesy and Astrometry
WG		Working Group

General membership

• Member of IAU Division A "Fundamental Astronomy" (2015-)
• Member of IAU Commission A1 "Astrometry" (2015-)
• Member of IAU Commission A2 "Rotation of the Earth" (2015-)
• Member of IAU Commission A3 "Fundamental Standards" (2015-)
• Member of IAG (2015-)
• Member of Section 9 "Astrometry and Applied Astronomy" of the Scientific Council on Astronomy of the Russian Academy of Sciences (2012-)
• Fellow of IAG (2011-)
• Member of Geodesy Section of the National Geophysical Committee of Russia (2011-)
• Member of AGU, Geodesy Section (2007-)
• Member of EVGA (2005-)
• Associate member of IVS (1999-)
• Member of IAU (1997-)
• Associate/Correspondent member of IERS (1995-)

Current activities

• Member of Organizing Committee of IAU Commission A2 "Rotation of the Earth" (2024-2027, advisor)
• Member of IAG/IAU Joint WG "Consistent Improvement of the Earth's Rotation Theory (CIERT)" (2023-2027)
• Member of GGOS Science Panel (2023-2027)
• Member of IAU WG "Multi-waveband International Celestial Reference Frame (optical+VLBI)" (2021-)
• Member of IAU Division A WG "Standards of Fundamental Astronomy" (SOFA) (2015-)
• Member of Scientific Council of Pulkovo Observatory (2011-)
• Member of Dissertation Council at Pulkovo Observatory (2011-)

Past activities

• President of IAU Commission A2 "Rotation of the Earth" (2021-2024, elected)
• Member of IAU Division A Steering Committee (2021-2024)
• Member of IAG/IAU/IERS Joint WG "Consistent realization of TRF, CRF, and EOP" (CRTCE) (2020-2024)
• Member of IAU/IAG Joint WG "Improving Theories and Models of the Earth's Rotation (ITMER)" (2020-2023)
• 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)
• 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; 2018-2021, elected; 2021-2024)
• 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

• IAU GA XXXII, Division A Meeting, Cape Town, South Africa, 09-12 Aug 2024
• 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 106 meetings.