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Mikhail V. Medvedev
Assoc. Professor of Physics and Astronomy
University of Kansas
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RESEARCH INTERESTS
- Theory of accretion flows onto neutron stars and black holes
- Cosmology, dark matter physics
- Theory of g-ray bursts and afterglows;
shocks; radiation physics
- Origin of TeV g-rays and ultra-high energy
cosmic rays
- Structure and dynamics of galaxies and other self-gravitating systems
- Waves, turbulence, and particle heating in the interstellar medium and
space plasma
- Theory of solar and stellar winds
- MHD waves and instabilities; nonlinear wave dynamics
- Classical and quantum statistical physics, e.g. exotic statistics
- Theory of dissipative, marginally stable systems, e.g. self-organized
criticality; fractals
More about recent
scientific projects and other interests.
AWARDS
- Awards for Excellence in Education, Moscow Institute for Physics and
Technology, 1987-1993
- American Physical Society Study Grant (to attend the Third
International School on Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion), 1993
- General Atomics Takeo Fukuda Fellowship (financial support for
1993-94 academic year)
- Friends of the International Center Fellowship, Univ. of Calif.,
San Diego, 1996
- Best Presentation Award from the Royal Society (UK) for work on
particle acceleration in gamma-ray bursts presented by the Royal Society
Meeting on GRBs, 2006
