Curriculum Vitae

CV ─ Sergey Postnikov

Address: Department of Physics and Astronomy

Clippinger Research Laboratory 339

Ohio University,

Athens, OH 45701-2979

Phone: (740) 593 1711

E-mail: sp315503@ohio.edu

Born: March 06, 1982; Saint-Petersburg, Russia

Education: 2003-now doing Ph.D. in Astrophysics, Ohio University, USA;

passed comprehensive examination

1999-2003 Novosibirsk State University, Russia, Bachelor degree in physics;

DIPLOMA with honors; qualification thesis topic:

“Numerical Calculation of Chromatism for Accelerators with Strong Transverse Coupling”, excellent

1997-1999 Specialized Scientific Study Center for Physics,

Mathematics, Chemistry and Biology Education of

Novosibirsk State University, Russia

Awards:

1) 2003, Special Budker Scholarship awarded jointly by Novosibirsk State University and Institute of Nuclear Physics.

2) 2002, Third class Diploma at the 8^th All-Russian Scientific conference for the presentation Spectral Distribution Analysis of Radiation Emanated by a Glow Discharge in Helium.

3) 2001, Second class Diploma in the Student Conference of Scientific-Research Term Papers; topic Obtaining Helium Spectra in a Glow Discharge.

4) 2001, First class Diploma in the Student Conference of Scientific-Research Term Papers on Molecular Physics; topic Analysis of Scattering of a Positive ions Beam in Rarefied Gas.

5) 1999, Laudatory Diploma from Scientific Study Center of NSU for outstanding achievements in studying math and physics.

6) 1999, Diploma in the 37^th international student scientific conference, school section for presentation Brachistochrone and its properties.

7) 1999, Diploma in the 37^th international student scientific conference, school section for presentation Determining Cocoa Butter and Its Substitutes in Chocolate by the Method of Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry.

8) 1997, Second place Diploma in All-Siberian Chemistry Competition.

9) 1997, First place Diploma in Chemistry Olympiad during Physics, Math, Chemistry competition among the schools of the eastern zone of Russia.

Positions held:

1) 2005-present, Research Assistantship at Physics & Astronomy Department, OU

2) 2003-2005, Teaching Assistantship at Physics & Astronomy Department, OU

Publications:

1) Caballero, O. L., Postnikov, S. , Horowitz, C. J., Prakash, M. J., Phys. Rev. C 78, 045805 (2008): Shear viscosity of the outer crust of neutron stars: Ion contributions

2) Villata, M., Raiteri, C., M., et al, A&A 453, 817-822 (2006): The unprecedented optical outburst of the quasar 3C 454.3

3) Reimer, A., Böttcher, M., & Postnikov, S., 2005, Astroph. Journal, 630, 186:
Neutrino emission in the hadronic synchrotron mirror model:
The Orphan TeV flare from 1ES 1959+650

4) Böttcher, M. & Postnikov, S., 2004, 8^th HEAD Meeting, New Orleans, LA, 2004, BAAS, Vol. 36, no. 4, 38.03:
Hadronic synchrotron mirror model for the "orphan" TeV flare of 1ES 1959+650

5) Postnikov, S., Suslov, S., Zolkin, A., “The 7^th all-Russian scientific conference of physics students and young scientists“, 2001, 337 The studying of scattering of ions on molecules of rarefied gas

6) Postnikov, S., Suslov, S., Zolkin, A., “Materials of the XXXIX international scientific student conference “, 2001, 16 The studying of scattering of ions on molecules of rarefied gas

Coming publications:

1) Postnikov, S., Prakash, M., Transport properties of a delta shell gas with long scattering

3) Postnikov, S., Böttcher, M., The hadronic synchrotron mirror model for orphan TeV flares in blazers: a detailed analysis and application to 1ES 1959+650

Presentations:

1) 2008 Talk at mini-symposia at Annual Fall Meeting of the Division of Nuclear Physics, American Physical Society, Oakland, CA, USA: Transport properties of nucleons

2) 2008 Poster at Lead Radius Experiment (PREX) Workshop and Neutron Rich Matter in the Heavens and on Earth, Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility, Newport News, VA, USA: Shear Viscosity of the Outer Crust of Neutron Stars: Ion Contribution

3) 2007 Presentation at Ioffe Physico-Technical Institute, Saint-Petersburg, Russia: Transport properties of a non-relativistic quantum gas interacting through a delta-shell potential

4) 2007 The Neutron Star Crust and Surface workshop, Institute for Nuclear Theory, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA: Transport properties of a non-relativistic dilute Yukawa liquid

5) 2006 The 18th National Nuclear Physics Summer School, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN, USA: The second virial coefficient and transport properties of a non-relativistic gas of particles interacting via a delta-shell potential

6) Poster at 2006 Engage & Explore Student Research and Creative Activity Fair, Ohio University, OH, USA: The second virial coefficient of a non-relativistic gas of particles interacting via a delta-shell potential

7) 2005 18^th Annual Midwest Nuclear Theory Get-Together, Argonne National Laboratory, Chicago, IL, USA: Hadronic Synchrotron Mirror Model for “orphan” TeV flares in blazers

8) 7 presentations are given on Astrophysical Institute Seminars at Ohio University, Athens, OH ,USA

9) 6 presentations are given on Institute of Nuclear & Particle Physics Seminars at Ohio University, Athens, OH ,USA

10) 3 posters are presented in Open House annual events of Institute of Nuclear & Particle Physics (2005-2008), Ohio University, Athens, OH ,USA

Astrophysical observations at Kitt Peak National Observatory, AZ, USA:

1) 2007, March 5th – March 9^th, on MDM 1.3 m telescope with graduate student Manasvita Joshi: monitoring of optical flux activity of AGNs

2) 2005, June 25th – July 1^st, on MDM 1.3 m telescope with Prof. Markus Böettcher: monitoring of optical flux activity of AGNs

Astrophysical observations at Ohio University with Great Ohio Telescope, OH, USA:

1) 2006, April 28th^th, 0.25 m Great Ohio Telescope : Period-Color Distance Estimation for Eclipsing Contact Binary CC Com
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