Problems of Geocosmos—2024

Dr. Andrei Kosterov graduated from St. Petersburg State University in 1992 (diploma in geophysics) and holds Ph.D. (1997, Université Montpellier II). Kosterov held research positions at Geological Survey of Japan, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Universität Bremen, and University of Minnesota. Presently, Kosterov is Associate Professor at Earth Physics Department, St. Petersburg State University. Kosterov’s research interests include  paleomagnetism and rock magnetism, particularly in magnetic properties of rocks at cryogenic temperatures. Dr. Sergey Apatenkov graduated from St. Petersburg State University in 2003 (M.Sc. in physics) and holds Ph.D. (2009, St. Petersburg State University). Apatenkov is Visiting Scientist in Finnish Meteorological Institute, Finland; Space Research Institute, Austria; University of California, Los Angeles; University of Calgary, Canada.  Presently, Apatenkov is Associate Professor at Earth Physics Department, St. Petersburg State University. Apatenkov’s research interests include  space plasma physics and Earth’s magnetosphere physics. Dr. Andrei G. Demekhov graduated from Lobachevsky State University of Nizhny Novgorod in 1983 (M.Sc. with honors in radiophysics) and holds Ph.D. (1995, Institute of Applied Physics of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Nizhny Novgorod). Presently, Demekhov is Principal Researcher at Polar Geophysical Institute, Apatity, Russia. Demekhov is Member of Editorial Board. Demekhov is Specialist in space plasma physics, magnetospheric and ionospheric physics, with a focus on studies of nonlinear processes of energetic particle dynamics related to their interaction with electromagnetic waves including wave generation and propagation, energetic particle acceleration and precipitation into the ionosphere.Dr. Alena I. Filippova graduated from Irkutsk State University in 2009 (M.Sc. in radiophysics) and holds Ph.D. (2013, Schmidt Institute of Physics of the Earth RAS, Moscow). Presently, Filippova is Laboratory Head at Institute of Earthquake Prediction Theory and Mathematical Geophysics RAS (Moscow) and Senior Researcher at Pushkov Institute of Terrestrial Magnetism, Ionosphere and Radio Wave Propagation RAS (Moscow). Filippova’s  research interests include seismicity, surface wave tomography, earthquake source, modern tectonics, and geodynamics. Dr. Renata Lukianova graduated from Leningrad Polytechnical Institute in 1980 (M.Sc. in electrophysics) and holds Ph.D. and Dr.Sci. in solar physics (1999 and 2013, St. Petersburg State University). Lukianova is Senior Research Scientist, Space Research Institute, Moscow, and Arctic and Antarctic Research Institute, St. Petersburg. Lukianova is Member of IAGA Executive Committee (2015-2019) and Member of SCOSTEP Bureau (2019-). Lukianova is Visiting Scientist at University of Oulu, Finland, and Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris, France. Lukianova is Member of Editorial Board. Lukianova’s  research interests include solar wind-magnetosphere-ionosphere interaction, solar activity and climate variability, upper and middle atmosphere. Dr. Evgeniya L. Lyskova graduated from St. Petersburg State University in 1995 (M.Sc. in geophysics) and Ph.D. (1999, St. Petersburg State University). Lyskova is Visiting Researcher at University of Hamburg and Abdus Salam Centre for Theoretical Physics. Lyskova’s research interests include surface wave tomography, ambient noise surface wave tomography, seismic anisotropy, wave propagation in complex media, earthquake quantification, physics of the earthquake source. Dr. Irina A. Mironova graduated from St. Petersburg State University in 1997 (M.Sc. in geophysics) and holds Ph.D. (2005, Joint Doctorate, St. Petersburg State University and Potsdam University). Presently, Mironova is Senior Research Scientist at Earth Physics Department, St. Petersburg State University. Mironova is Specialist in solar-terrestrial physics with a keen interest in solar and space forcing on the Earth atmosphere, in energetic particle propagation and precipitation and their effects on polar atmosphere and Earth system as a whole.