Kosovichev A. G.

Alexander Georgievich Kosovichev (born July 3, 1953) is a Russian astrophysicist, scientist, researcher, and academic. Kosovichev is distinguished professor of physics at the New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT), and has been the director of its Center for Computational Heliophysics since 2014. He is known for his work on solar observations, helioseismology, astrophysics, and numerical simulations. Kosovichev was awarded the 2005 Johann Wempe Prize in Astrophysics "for his outstanding achievements in the field of helioseismology." He was elected a Fellow of the American Geophysicist Union in 2014. Kosovichev was the president of the International Astronomical Union's Commission 12.

Early life and education Kosovichev was born on July 3, 1953 in the town of Ishim, part of the Tyumen Oblast, in the Russian Federation. He graduated with a Master of Science (M.S.) degree in physics from Novosibirsk State University in 1975. After completing his studies there, he began his doctoral work in the field of solar physics at Moscow State University, where he got his Ph.D. in applied mathematics in 1980. He later got his Doctor of Science (D.Sc.) in astrophysics from Saint Petersburg State University in 1989, while working at the Crimean Astrophysical Observatory. He remained at the Hansen Lab until 2013. He has been the director of the Center for Computational Heliophysics at NJIT since 2014, and he served as the director of Big Bear Solar Observatory (2013–2014). In 2021 he was named a distinguished professor.

Prizes and honors In 2005, Kosovichev was awarded the Johann Wempe Prize in Astrophysics.

The minor planet 8339 Kosovichia is named in his honor.

Selected publications Scherrer, Philip Hanby, Jesper Schou, R. I. Bush, A. G. Kosovichev, R. S. Bogart, J. T. Hoeksema, Y. Liu et al. "The helioseismic and magnetic imager (HMI) investigation for the solar dynamics observatory (SDO)." Solar Physics 275 (2012): 207-227. Zhao, Junwei, and Alexander G. Kosovichev. "Torsional oscillation, meridional flows, and vorticity inferred in the upper convection zone of the Sun by time-distance helioseismology." The Astrophysical Journal 603, no. 2 (2004): 776. Kosovichev, A. G., T. L. Duvall, and P. H. Scherrer. "Time-distance inversion methods and results (Invited review)." Helioseismic Diagnostics of Solar Convection and Activity (2001): 159-176. Zhao, Junwei, Alexander G. Kosovichev, and Thomas L. Duvall Jr. "Investigation of mass flows beneath a sunspot by time-distance helioseismology." The Astrophysical Journal 557, no. 1 (2001): 384. Schou, J., H. M. Antia, S. Basu, R. S. Bogart, R. I. Bush, S. M. Chitre, J. Christensen-Dalsgaard et al. "Helioseismic studies of differential rotation in the solar envelope by the solar oscillations investigation using the Michelson Doppler Imager." The Astrophysical Journal 505, no. 1 (1998): 390. Kosovichev, A. G., and V. V. Zharkova. "X-ray flare sparks quake inside Sun." Nature 393, no. 6683 (1998): 317-318. Kosovichev, AGc-authors, J. Schou, P. H. Scherrer, R. S. Bogart, R. I. Bush, J. T. Hoeksema, J. Aloise et al. "Structure and rotation of the solar interior: initial results from the MDI medium-l program." The first results from SOHO (1997): 43-61. Thompson, M. J., J. Toomre, E. R. Anderson, H. M. Antia, G. Berthomieu, D. Burtonclay, S. M. Chitre et al. "Differential rotation and dynamics of the solar interior." Science 272, no. 5266 (1996): 1300-1305. Gough, D. O., A. G. Kosovichev, J. Toomre, E. Anderson, H. M. Antia, S. Basu, B. Chaboyer et al. "The seismic structure of the Sun." Science 272, no. 5266 (1996): 1296-1300. Scherrer, P. H., R. S. Bogart, R. I. Bush, JTc-A. Hoeksema, A. G. Kosovichev, J. Schou, W. Rosenberg et al. "The solar oscillations investigation—Michelson Doppler imager." The soho mission (1995): 129-188.

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