Professor Alexander B. Polonsky

Professor Alexander B. Polonsky, Deputy Director, Head of Department of Marine Climate Research

Education:

1973, graduated the Oceanology Department of Hydrometeorological Institute, Odessa;
1981, Ph.D/1 (Russian first degree-Candidate of the Sciences), Hydrometeorological Centre, Moscow;
1991, Ph.D/2 (Russian second/highest degree, so-called, Doctor of the Sciences),  Hydrometeorological Institute, Leningrad.

Employment

1973-1976, Navy Hydrographic Service, Engineer ;
1976-1979, Marine Hydrophysical Inst. of the Ukrainian Academy of Science, Senior Engineer;
1979-1981, Marine Hydrophysical Inst. of the Ukrainian Academy of Science, Researcher;
1981-1985, Marine Hydrophysical Inst. of the Ukrainian Academy of Science, Head of Scientific Group
1985- 1988, Scientific Centre CERESCOR (Conakry, Guinea), Department of the external economic relation of the USSR, Head of Laboratory of Physical Oceanography;
1988- 1991, Marine Hydrophysical Institute of the Ukrainian Academy of Science, Senior Researcher;
Head of Laboratory of Physical Oceanography from 1991, concurrently
Principal Scientist since 1996, and Professor of MHI since 1999 and Professor of Black sea Department of Moscow University since 2004;
Deputy Director and Head of Department of Marine Climate Research since 2006

Specialization

main field: Physical Oceanography/Environmental and Climate Changes 
other fields: Atmospheric Sciences; Geophysics
current research interests: Coupled ocean-atmosphere system and its variability, ENSO-related phenomena, North/Tropical Atlantic/European changes as a part of the global low-frequency variability of the coupled system; climate/environmental changes

Grants awarded

I had got two grants of the International Scientific Foundation (individual grant was awarded in 1994 and grant for my laboratory was awarded in 1996), the numerous national research and international travel grants. Now I’m coordinator of the NATO project.

Overseas experience

1985- 1988, Head of Laboratory of Physical Oceanography in the Scientific Centre CERESCOR (Conakry, Guinea)

Membership

Membership of two Special Scientific (Oceanological and Meteorological/Climatological) Councils in Marine Hydrophysical Institute;
Membership in Kiev National University;
Head of State examined commission in Odessa State Ecological University;
In 80's I had a lectureship (Dynamics of the upper ocean layers) at Geographical Department of Crimea University. Now I teach the students of the Black Sea Department of Moscow University. My courses are Thermodynamics and molecular physics of sea water and Atmospheric Physics.

Publications

Number of papers in refereed journal: 113
Number of communications to scientific meeting: 49
Books: 4

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