Anatoly Miroshnichenko

Curriculum Vitae

Education

Dr.Sc.: 2008, Special Astrophysical Observatory of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Russia (astrophysics)
Ph.D.: 1992, Pulkovo Observatory, Saint-Petersburg, Russia (astrophysics)
M.S.: 1983, Leningrad State University, Leningrad, USSR (astronomy)

Employment

11/17 - present : Professor, University of North Carolina at Greensboro, NC, USA
08/11 - 11/17 : Associate Professor, University of North Carolina at Greensboro, NC, USA
08/05 - 07/11 : Assistant Professor, University of North Carolina at Greensboro, NC, USA
08/04 - 06/05 : Visiting Assistant Professor, University of Toledo, Toledo, OH, USA
10/02 - 04/04 : Research Assistant Professor of Astronomy, University of Toledo, Toledo, OH, USA
05/99 - 10/02 : Post-doctoral research associate, University of Toledo, Toledo, OH, USA
06/98 - 05/99 : Senior research associate, Pulkovo Observatory, Saint-Petersburg, Russia
05/97 - 05/98 : Post-doctoral research associate, University of Toledo, Toledo, OH, USA
08/94 - 05/97 : Senior research associate, Pulkovo Observatory, Saint-Petersburg, Russia
06/87 - 05/93 : Junior research associate, Pulkovo Observatory, Saint-Petersburg, Russia
08/83 - 06/87 : Engineer, Pulkovo Observatory, Saint-Petersburg, Russia

Long-Term Visiting

05/10 - 06/10 : Max-Planck-Institut fur Radioastronomie, Bonn, Germany

05/09 - 06/09 : Max-Planck-Institut fur Radioastronomie, Bonn, Germany

06/08 - 07/08 : Max-Planck-Institut fur Radioastronomie, Bonn, Germany

06/07 - 07/07 : Max-Planck-Institut fur Radioastronomie, Bonn, Germany

05/06 - 06/06 : Max-Planck-Institut fur Radioastronomie, Bonn, Germany

06/05 - 07/05 : Max-Planck-Institut fur Radioastronomie, Bonn, Germany

05/04 - 08/04 : Max-Planck-Institut fur Radioastronomie, Bonn, Germany

04/02 : Max-Planck-Institut fur Radioastronomie, Bonn, Germany

05/96 - 07/96 : Visiting scientist, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, USA

Grants and Contracts

Regular Faculty Grant from UNCG "Creating aWeb-Based Catalog of Spectroscopic Observations", 2015-2016
Grant to fund publications from the UNCG College of Arts and Sciences, 2015-present
Research Grant of the Ministry of Science and Technology of Kazakhstan, "Investigation of mass loss and dust formation in hot stars", Co-I., 2015-2017
UNCG Student Research Grant: The Application of Machine Learning Methods to Binary Spectral Classification" (interdisciplinary, Seth T. Askew, PI), Faculy mentor together with Prof. Suthaharan (UNCG Computer Science Dept.)
International travel grants from UNCG to attend 3 international conferences, 2013-2016
Small Research grant of the American Astronomical Society ``Spectroscopic and Photometric Observations of the Delta Scorpii Binary near Periastron", 2010-2011
Research grant for analysis of the Spitzer Space Telescope data, 2008-2010
Summer Excellence Research Grant, University of North Carolina at Greensboro, 2007
New Faculty Grant, University of North Carolina at Greensboro, 2006
Civilian Research and Development Foundation (CRDF) cooperative grant RUP1-2687-NA-05, "High Resolution Spectroscopy and Spectropolarimetry: Application to Stars at Critical Evolutionary Stages", 2006-2008
Small Research grant of the American Astronomical Society ``Multicolor photometry of early-type stars with circumstellar envelopes'', 2001
Civilian Research and Development Foundation (CRDF) cooperative grant No. 6863 "Sleuthing the critical stages of stellar evolution'', 2000-2001
NASA LTSA grant NAG5-8054 ``Circumstellar Environments of High- and Intermediate-Mass Stars: From the Pre-main-sequence to LBV's'', 1999-2004
Grant of the Russian Science Ministry ``Variability of young and massive stars'', 1998
NASA Contract NAS5-26777 ``Continuation of Analysis of WUPPE Data'', 1997-1998
Grant for a project on Circumstellar surroundings of the intermediate- and high-mass young stars, Center for Computational Sciences, University of Kentucky, 1996
Travel grant for the trip to the University of Kentucky, International Astronomical Union, Commission 38, 1996
Grant for Statistical determination of early-type stars on pre-main-sequence and later stages of evolution, European Southern Observatory, 1995
Grant for Photometric, polarimetric, and spectral observations and investigations of peculiar early-type stars, The International Science Foundation, 1994

Membership in Astronomical Societies

Euro-Asian Astronomical Society (since 1990, founding member)
American Astronomical Society (since 1997)

Reseach Projects

Improving Fundamental Parameters of B-A supergiants, 2011 - pres., P.I.
Expanding the Family of Dust-Forming Stars, 2004 - pres., P.I.
Circumstellar Environments of High- and Intermediate-Mass Stars: From the Pre-main-sequence to LBV's, 1999-2004, Co-Investigator
Spectropolarimetric and spectroscopic studies of circumstellar geometries of early-type stars, 1997-1998, Co-Investigator
Dust emission from early- and late-type stars: photometric and spectroscopic observations and comprehensive modeling, 1996-present, Co-Investigator
Spectroscopy of faint newly recognized pre-main-sequence early-type star candidates, 1996-1999, (using observations at the 6-meter telescope of the Russian Academy of Sciences), P.I.
Circumstellar envelopes of high-mass young stars: high-resolution spectroscopy, 1995-1998, (using observations at the 6-meter telescope of the Russian Academy of Sciences), Co-Investigator
Circumstellar envelopes of Herbig Ae/Be stars: medium-resolution spectroscopy, 1989-1991, (using observations at the 6-meter telescope of the Russian Academy of Sciences), P.I.
Photometric behavior of classical Novae near maximum brightness, 1985-1987, P.I.
Photometric, polarimetric, and spectroscopic studies of early-type emission-line stars: photometry and polarimetry in the range 0.3-2.2 microns, 1984-1999, (Co-Investigator, P.I. since 1992)

External Services

Chair of the Scientific Organizing Committee of the International Conference "The B[e] Phenomenon. Forty Years of Studies", Prague, Czech Republic, June27 - July 1, 2016, http://bepstars2016.org
Universities Space Research Association, NASA Postdoctoral Program; Proposal Reviewer, 2016
Co-Chair of the Scientific Organizing Committee of the International Conference "Star with the B[e] Phenomenon", the Netherlands, July 2005, ASP Conf. Ser. v 355, http://www.astro.uu.nl/~kraus/b-e-conf/
NASA Expert Panel (LTSA, ADP) - 2004
Co-manager of a Web-page Standard Objects for Astronomy (SOFA), since 2001
Member of the Scientific Organizing Committee of the International Workshop on B[e] stars (IAP, Paris, June 1997)
Member of the review panel for Russian Foundation for Basic Research - 1996, 1998
Reviewer for Astronomy & Astrophysics, Astrophysical Journal, Astronomical Journal, Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, Astronomy Letters, Be Star Newsletter - since 1998

Publications

Published journal papers	124
Papers submitted and in press	1
Papers in preparation	1
Conference proceedings	85

Last updated 2019 January 15