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Aleksandr Mosenkov

Assistant Professor
Curriculum Vitae
Physics and Astronomy
Website: http://mosenkov.com/
Email: aleksandr_mosenkov@byu.edu

N480 ESC - Brigham Young University
Provo, UT 84602

801-422-4307

Biography

2003-2008 Qualification of Astronomer with honours, Saint Petersburg State University, Russia
2011-2014 Candidate of Physical and Mathematical Sciences (Ph.D. in Physics and Mathematics), Saint Petersburg State University, Russia
2011-2015 Junior researcher, Central (Pulkovo) Observatory of the Russian Academy of Sciences, St. Petersburg, Russia
2015-2017 Research scientist (postdoc), Ghent University, Belgium
2017-2021 Senior researcher, Central (Pulkovo) Observatory of the Russian Academy of Sciences, St. Petersburg, Russia
2021-present time Assistant professor at Brigham Young University, department of Physics and Astronomy, Provo, Utah, USA

Research Interests

Formation and evolution of galaxies. Structure of galaxies, including 2D/3D fitting of surface brightness distribution and deep photometric and kinematic analysis of galaxy features. Surveys and catalogues of extragalactic objects. Scaling relations of galaxies. Dust in galaxies. Low-surface brightness Universe. Structure of the Milky Way. Polar-ring galaxies, low-surface brightness galaxies, superthin galaxies, active galactic nuclei, spiral structure. Robotic observations. Globular clusters.

Teaching Interests

Introduction to Astronomy, Observational Astrophysics, Galactic and Extragalactic Astronomy

Courses Taught