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Nominees for At-Large Positions
This page provides information about the nominees for At-Large positions
on the IVS Directing Board. The nominees are listed alphabetically by their
family names. The At-Large members will be elected by the IVS Directing Board.
Andrey Finkelstein
Institute of Applied Astronomy of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Russia
Andrey Finkelstein was born on the 7th of August 1942 in the city of Tavda in Russia's
Sverdlovsk region. He graduated from the Faculty of Physics of Leningrad University in
1966 as a specialist in Theoretical Physics. In 1990 he was given the academic status of
Doctor of Sciences and in 1999 the rank of professor. In 1999 he received the honored
worker of science title from the Russian Federation and since 2003 he is a member of the
Russian Academy of Sciences. In 2004 he was awarded with a Prize of the Russian Government
for the development and creation of the new generation radio telescope for space research.
Andrey Finkelstein is the director-organizer and the director of the Institute of Applied
Astronomy RAS since 1988. In 2001 he got the status of professor at the Department of Radio
Physics of St. Petersburg State Polytechnic University. He is the head of the Radio
Astronomy Department of the St. Petersburg Electrotechnical University since 2003.
Andrey Finkelstein is a member of the International Astronomical Union (IAU) and a member
of the Committee On Space Research (COSPAR). He is an expert in the field of theoretical
physics, relativistic celestial mechanics, radio astronomy, radio astrometry, radio
interferometry, and radio astronomy engineering. He is the author and co-author of
more than 250 publications including 6 monographs.
Ryuichi Ichikawa
National Institute of Information and Communications Technology, Japan
Ryuichi Ichikawa is a group sub-leader of the Space-Time Standards Group of
the NICT (National institute of Information and Communications Technology; the
former CRL), Japan. He obtained his Ph.D. from Hokkaido University in March 1994.
From 1995 until now, he has been with the Kashima Space Research Center of the
NICT, Kashima, Japan. From 1995 to 1999 he was a member of IAG special study group
1.159 (Use of GPS Positioning for Atmospheric Monitoring). In 1990, he started
researching crustal deformation using GPS and he investigated atmospheric delay
estimation using numerical weather models. From 1995 until 2001, he was engaged
in the geodetic VLBI data analysis of the KSP network. He was envolved in the
research of spacecraft tracking using the dVLBI technique during 2002–2005.
After 2006 his research fields have also included the development of a compact VLBI
system and he resumed his research work on atmospheric delay estimation using
numerical weather models. Through his activities he has contributed to NICT's
IVS Technology Development Center.
Zinovy Malkin
Pulkovo Observatory, St. Petersburg, Russia
Zinovy Malkin is an experienced specialist in analysis of Space Geodesy
observations, author of more than 200 publications and presentations.
He is an Associate Member of IVS from its beginning in 1999. Zinovy
received his PhD from Pulkovo Observatory in 1985, and Dr.Sci. degree
from Institute of Applied Astronomy in 1997. He was one of the principal
organizers and the primary scientist of the IVS Analysis Center at Institute
of Applied Astronomy where he was working in 1990-2006. After moving to
Pulkovo Observatory in 2006 he organized Pulkovo IVS Analysis Center and
has been working with his colleagues on computation and analysis of EOP
and radio source position catalogues and time series. He is presently
the Head of the newly organized Laboratory of Radioastrometry and Geodynamics
of Pulkovo Observatory. Zinovy served as a member of the IVS Directing
Board (2003-2007), IVS Working Group on Product Specification and
Observing Programs (2001-2002), IVS Working Group on VLBI2010 (2003-2005),
IAU Commission 19 (Rotation of the Earth) Organizing Committee (2000-2006).
Now he is a member of the IVS VLBI2010 Committee, IERS/IVS Working Group
on ICRF-2, and several Working Groups of IAU and IAG. Zinovy is also
a member of the Russian Working Group on VLBI with small antennas. One
of his duties in this group is to help coordination with IVS, IAG, and IERS.
More details on his biography and scientific activity can be found at
http://www.zmalkin.com
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Kazuhiro Takashima
Geographical Survey Institute, Tsukuba, Japan
Since finishing graduate school at Tohoku University (with a Master degree in
Information Science), Kazuhiro Takashima has been working for the Geographical
Survey Institute (GSI) starting in 1996. The only exception was in 2007, when
he taught Advanced Surveying Technologies at the College of Land, Infrastructure,
Transport and Tourism. Kazuhiro Takashima joined the GSI VLBI group and made
domestic and international VLBI experiments with the Kashima 26-m VLBI
antenna. He also participated in the construction projects of the Tsukuba 32-m
VLBI telescope and the Tsukuba VLBI Correlator; his dedication was instrumental
for the successful realization of the project. In 2000-2001, he stayed at
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center as a visiting researcher to further study
geodetic VLBI. Kazuhiro Takashima has served as Network Representative on the
IVS Directing Board since April 2008 as a replacement for Yoshihiro Fukuzaki.
He was a member of Working Group 2 (IVS Product Specification and Observing Programs)
and was a member of the IVS Observing Program Committee until March 2007.
Currently, Kazuhiro Takashima is a Chief Researcher in the Space Geodesy Research
Division of GSI.
Xiuzhong Zhang
Shanghai Astronomical Observatory, China
Xiuzhong Zhang was born in Shanghai,
China, on August 21, 1947. He is the Head of the VLBI Laboratory of the Shanghai
Astronomical Observatory (SHAO).
He is a member of the International Astronomical Union and of the Chinese Astronomical
Society. From 1970 to 1991, Prof. Zhang did research in Astronomical Technology at the
Shannxi Astronomical Observatory. From June 1983 to June 1986 and from November 1989
to December 1990, he visited the Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics, Germany,
to develop a board computer for x-ray satellite ROSAT. From 1991 onward, he has done research
in the field of Radio Astronomical Technology at SHAO. As head of the VLBI Laboratory of
SHAO he develops VLBI technologies to support the Chinese VLBI stations and the Chinese
VLBI data processing center. Examples are a digital baseband converter for the Chinese
VLBI Data Aquisition System and an FPGA-based 5-station correlator for the Chinese
VLBI Network. Since 2001, he is heavily involved in the application of the VLBI
technique in tracking lunar and deep space probes as one of the chief designers.
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