Dr. Olga V. Khabarova
97 publications in peer-reviewed journals and conference proceedings (the first author in 41)
7 medical therapeutic-diagnostic devices have been developed by Russian,
Ukranian and Belarus engineers using Dr. Khabarova's calculations.
Area of scientific interests:
• geomagnetic storm forecast and space weather analysis;
• solar data analysis and comparison with solar wind processes;
• turbulence
• discontinuities in the solar wind;
• current sheets;
• mechanisms of environmental impact on terrestrial ecosystems and organisms;
• heliobiology;
• biostatistics and medicine.
Current investigations and projects:• Current sheets in the solar wind - open-access database and statistics of current sheets at 1 AU;
• Mid-term prognosis of geomagnetic storms
• Variations of solar wind parameters with heliocentric distance;
• Forest productivity dependence on environmental factors, including the geomagnetic field;
• Remote sensing data analysis, non-linear empirical modeling.
• Paleontological and biological aspects of solar-terrestrial couplings
Education
PhD
(RUS ‑ candidate of science in Physics and Mathematics)
- 2004 IZMIRAN (Institute of terrestrial magnetism RAS), Troitsk, Moscow region
Thesis: “Investigation of the solar wind parameter variations before geomagnetic storm commencements”.
M.Sc. in Earth Physics, Physics of Solar System
- 1997
Laboratory of Magnetosphere, Earth department, Physical Faculty, Saint Petersburg State University,
Thesis: “Investigation of long-period oscillations near edges of solar wind high-speed streams”
B.Sc. in Geophysics
- 1994
Earth department, Physical Faculty, Saint Petersburg State University
Experienceleading researcher, 2020-now senior researcher,
2011-2020 Heliophysical laboratory, IZMIRAN, Troitsk, Moscow, Russia researcher, 2004-2011
Laboratory of Solar Wind Dynamics, Department of Space Plasma Physics, Space Research Institute (IKI), Moscow (www.iki.rssi.ru)
researcher,
2000-2004
Department of Solar-Terrestrial Physics,
IZMIRAN, Troitsk, Moscow region
PhD-student
and researcher,
1997-2000
Department of Solar-Terrestrial Physics,
IZMIRAN, Troitsk, Moscow region
graduate student, 1994-1997
Laboratory of Magnetosphere, Earth's Physics Department, Saint Petersburg State University
student, 1990-1994,
Physical Faculty, Saint Petersburg State University
laboratory assistant,
1989-1990,
Cosmic Ray Department, Institute of Nuclear Physics, Moscow State University.
Membership in Scientific and/or Professional Institutions, Bodies, and Organizations:
• European Geosciences Union
• American Geophysical Union
• International Association of Engineers (IAENG), Society of Bioinformatics
• The International Astronomical Union (IAU)
• Science Discipline Representative (SDR) to SCOSTEP in space physics and space weather
• co-leader of the ISSI project titled "Observational study of current sheets, turbulence and particle acceleration at different heliocentric distances"
• member of the Kaula Award committee (AGU Honors program)
• expert of the Russian Foundation for Basic Research in space physics
• Chair of COSPAR sub-Commission D2/E3 “The Transition from the Sun to the Heliosphere” (2021-2024)
Awards and Grants:
1996, 1997 – awarded as the best faculty student of the year; personal travel awards from the Russian Foundation for Basic Researches (2002; 2007, 2011); the author of the Russian Academy of Sciences’ best results of the year (2011; 2016); certificate of appreciation for achievements in the space science from IZMIRAN, 2016; IAU travel award, 2017; COSPAR travel award, 2018
Granted by INTAS (no.03-51-5359, 05-1000008-8050), and the Russian foundation for Basic research (Grants no.: 04-02-16152, 04-02-17007, 04-02-39004, 07-02-00042, 07-02-00198, 07-02-00333, 07-02-92106, 07-05-08150, 08-02-92212, 10-02-01063, 10-02-00277, 10-02-08351, 11-02-08525, 12-02-10008, 14-02-00769, and many others)