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'''Ilya G. Usoskin''' is an Finnish astrophysicist, professor at [[University of Oulu]], head of Cosmic Ray Station at [[Sodankylä]] Geophysical Observatory. He is a Vice president of the [[International Astronomical Union]] since 2021.<ref name="IAU EC">{{cite web|title = IAU EC|url=https://www.iau.org/administration/executive_bodies/executive_committee/}}</ref><ref name="IAU Usoskin">{{cite web|title = IAU Usoskin|url=https://www.iau.org/administration/membership/individual/13681/}}</ref>
'''Ilya G. Usoskin'''<ref>{{Cite Q|Q56559861}}</ref> is a Finnish astrophysicist who is a professor at [[University of Oulu]] and head of Cosmic Ray Station at [[Sodankylä]] Geophysical Observatory. He is a Vice President of the [[International Astronomical Union]] since 2021.<ref name="IAU EC">{{cite web| title=IAU| url=https://www.iau.org/administration/executive_bodies/executive_committee/| website=www.iau.org/administration/executive_bodies/executive_committee/}}</ref><ref name="IAU Usoskin">{{cite web|title = IAU Usoskin|url=https://www.iau.org/administration/membership/individual/13681/
|website=www.iau.org/administration/membership/individual/13681/}}</ref>


==Education==
==Education==
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Ilya Usoskin was graduated from the [[Saint Petersburg Lyceum 239]] with intensified study of physics and mathematics in 1982, in parallel with [[Grigory Perelman]].
In 1982, Ilya Usoskin graduated from the [[Saint Petersburg Lyceum 239]]<ref name="School 239">{{cite web| title=School 239 alumni| url=http://zs.239store.ru/| website=zs.239store.ru}}</ref> with intensified study of physics and mathematics, in parallel with [[Grigory Perelman]].
Then he became a student at the [[Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University]] and finished it as an MSc in Physics (Space Physics) in 1988 with honor.
Then he became a student at the [[Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University]] and finished it as an MSc in physics (Space Physics) in 1988.


==Career==
==Career==
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He worked as a (junior) researcher in the field of Astrophysics at the [[Ioffe Institute]] since 1988, where he obtained the [[Candidate of Sciences]] degree in Astrophysics in 1995.
Since 1988, he worked as a junior researcher in the field of Astrophysics at the [[Ioffe Institute]], where he obtained the [[Candidate of Sciences]] degree in astrophysics in 1995.<ref>{{cite web| title =Ioffe library| url=http://ecatalog.rasl.ru:8080/cgi-bin/irbis64r_11/cgiirbis_64.exe?LNG=&Z21ID=&I21DBN=FTI&P21DBN=FTI&S21STN=1&S21REF=3&S21FMT=fullwebr&C21COM=S&S21CNR=20&S21P01=0&S21P02=1&S21P03=A=&S21STR=%D0%A3%D1%81%D0%BE%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B8%D0%BD,%20%D0%98.%20%D0%93.}}</ref> During 1997–1999, he was a postdoctoral researcher at the [[INFN]] Milano working on the [[Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer]] experiment. <ref>{{cite web| title=INFN Milano AS group| url=https://ams02.space/collaboration/institute/infn-and-university-milano-bicocca| website=ams02.space/collaboration/institute/infn-and-university-milano-bicocca}}</ref>
During 1997--1999, he was a postdoctoral researcher at the [[INFN]] Milano working with the [[Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer]] experiment.
Since 2000, he has been a staff of the [[University of Oulu]] -- head of the Oulu Cosmic Ray station.
Since 2000, he has been a staff of the [[University of Oulu]]—head of the Oulu Cosmic Ray station. <ref>{{cite web| title = Oulu Cosmic Ray Station| url = https://cosmicrays.oulu.fi | website = cosmicrays.oulu.fi}}</ref>


He got [[PhD]] in Space Physics in 2000, become a [[Docent]] in 2002, and a full [[Professor]] in 2012.
In 2000, he got [[PhD]] in Space Physics,<ref name="PhD"/> in 2002, he became a [[Docent]], and a full [[Professor]] in 2012.<ref>{{cite web |title = Oulu Staff|url = https://www.oulu.fi/en/researchers/ilya-usoskin| website = www.oulu.fi/en/researchers/ilya-usoskin}}</ref>


==Recognition and Honors==
==Recognition and honors==
* In 2013, he was awarded with the Cross of Knight, First Class, of the [[Order of the Lion of Finland]] for the promotion of national science.<ref>{{cite web|title = Kaleva|url=https://www.kaleva.fi/kunniamerkit-julkistettiin-katso-lista-pohjoisen-p/1728379}}</ref>
* 2013: Knight's Cross, First Class, of the [[Order of the Lion of Finland]] for the promotion of national science.<ref>{{cite web|title = Kaleva|url=https://www.kaleva.fi/kunniamerkit-julkistettiin-katso-lista-pohjoisen-p/1728379|website=www.kaleva.fi/kunniamerkit-julkistettiin-katso-lista-pohjoisen-p/1728379}}</ref>
* 2015-2024: member of C4 (Astroparticle Physics) of [[IUPAP]]. <ref>{{cite web| title=IUPAP C4| url= https://iupap.org/who-we-are/internal-organization/commissions/c4-astroparticle-physics/| website= iupap.org/who-we-are/internal-organization/commissions/c4-astroparticle-physics/| date= 10 February 2021}}</ref>
* In 2018, he was awarded with the Julius Bartels medal of the [[European Geosciences Union]] for the foundation of the Space Climate discipline.<ref>{{cite web|title = EGU Bartels medal|url=https://www.egu.eu/awards-medals/julius-bartels/2018/ilya-g-usoskin/}}</ref>
* 2018: Julius Bartels medal of the [[European Geosciences Union]] for the foundation of the [[Space Climate]] discipline.<ref>{{cite web|title = EGU Bartels medal|url=https://www.egu.eu/awards-medals/julius-bartels/2018/ilya-g-usoskin/ |website=www.egu.eu/awards-medals/julius-bartels/2018/ilya-g-usoskin}}</ref>
* In 2019, he was elected a full member of the [[Finnish Academy of Science and Letters]].
* 2019: elected member of the [[Finnish Academy of Science and Letters]].<ref>{{cite web| title=Academy members| url=https://acadsci.fi/jasenet/kotimaiset-jasenet/| website=acadsci.fi/jasenet/kotimaiset-jasenet/ }}</ref>
*In 2020, he was awarded the third Annual Award of the ISEE of [[Nagoya University]].<ref>{{cite web|title = ISEE|url=https://www.isee.nagoya-u.ac.jp/en/news/2021/the-3rd-isee-award-to-prof-ilya-usoskin-and-dr-stepan-poluianov-university-of-oulu-finland.html}}</ref> for research of extreme solar events.
* 2020: Annual Award of the ISEE of [[Nagoya University]]<ref>{{cite web|title = ISEE|url=https://www.isee.nagoya-u.ac.jp/en/news/2021/the-3rd-isee-award-to-prof-ilya-usoskin-and-dr-stepan-poluianov-university-of-oulu-finland.html| website=www.isee.nagoya-u.ac.jp/en/news/2021/the-3rd-isee-award-to-prof-ilya-usoskin-and-dr-stepan-poluianov-university-of-oulu-finland.html}}</ref> for research of extreme solar events.
* In 2021, he became a Vice President of the [[International Astronomical Union]].
* 2021-2027: Vice President of the [[International Astronomical Union]].<ref name="IAU EC"/>

==Major research grants==
* [[European Research Council]] Synergy Grant <i>GERACLE</i> (2025--2031)<ref>{{cite web| title=ERC SyG list 2024| url=https://erc.europa.eu/news-events/news/erc-2024-synergy-grants-results| website=erc.europa.eu/news-events/news/erc-2024-synergy-grants-results }}</ref>
* Centre of Excellence of the [[Academy of Finland]] <i>ReSoLVE</i> (2014--2019)<ref>{{cite web| title=ReSoLVE| url=http://satdat.oulu.fi/space_climate/resolve/| website=satdat.oulu.fi/space_climate/resolve/ }}</ref>


==Research==
==Research==
Ilya Usoskin works in the fields of [[Solar Physics]], [[Cosmic Rays]], [[Heliosphere]] and [[Space Climate]].
Usoskin works in the fields of [[Solar Physics]], [[Cosmic Rays]], [[Heliosphere]] and [[Space Climate]]. He has co-authored more than 400 research publications with tens of thousands of citations.<ref>{{cite web|title = ORCID|url=https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8227-9081| website=orcid.org/0000-0001-8227-9081}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title = Scopus|url=https://www.scopus.com/authid/detail.uri?authorId=7004683817|website=www.scopus.com/authid/detail.uri?authorId=7004683817}}</ref>
He has co-authored more than 400 research publications with tens of thousands of citations.<ref>{{cite web|title = ORCID|url=https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8227-9081}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title = Scopus|url=https://www.scopus.com/authid/detail.uri?authorId=7004683817}}</ref>


His main research achievements include:
His main research achievements include:
* Foundation of a new research discipline [[Space Climate]], focused on long-term global changes in the terrestrial and near-Earth environment;
* Foundation of a new research discipline [[Space Climate]], focused on long-term global changes in the terrestrial and near-Earth environment;
* Invention of a novel method to model cosmic-ray effects in the atmosphere, using a full Monte-Carlo simulation of the atmospheric nucleonic-electromagnetic-muon cascade;
* Invention of a novel method to model atmospheric effects of cosmic rays;
* Invention of a novel method of past solar activity reconstructions using cosmogenic isotopes;
* Invention of a novel method of past solar activity reconstructions using [[cosmogenic isotopes]];
* Foundation of a new paradigm of extreme solar events (aka [[Miyake event]]s).
* Foundation of a new paradigm of extreme solar events known also as [[Miyake event]]s.

==Selected publications==
*{{citation
| first1=Ilya G.| last1=Usoskin
| first2=Sami K.| last2=Solanki
| first3=Manfred| last3=Schüssler
| first4=Kalevi | last4=Mursula
| first5=Katja | last5= Alanko
| author2-link=Sami Solanki
| title=A Millennium Scale Sunspot Number Reconstruction: Evidence For an Unusually Active Sun Since the 1940s
| journal=[[Physical Review Letters]]
| volume=91 | date=2003
| doi=10.1103/PhysRevLett.91.211101
| pages=211101
| issue=21
| pmid=14683287
| arxiv=astro-ph/0310823
| bibcode=2003PhRvL..91u1101U
}}
*{{citation
| first1=Sami K.| last1=Solanki
| first2=Ilya G.| last2=Usoskin
| first3=Bernd | last3=Kromer
| first4=Manfred| last4=Schüssler
| first5=Jürg | last5=Beer
| title=Unusual activity of the Sun during recent decades compared to the previous 11,000 years
| journal=[[Nature (journal)|Nature]]
| volume=431 | date= 2004 | pages=1084–1087
| doi=10.1038/nature02995
| issue=7012
| pmid=15510145
| bibcode=2004Natur.431.1084S
}}
*{{citation
| first1=I.G. |last1=Usoskin
| first2=K. |last2=Alanko-Huotari
| first3=G.A. |last3=Kovaltsov
| first4=K. | last4=Mursula
|title=Heliospheric modulation of cosmic rays: Monthly reconstruction for 1951-2004
| journal=[[Journal of Geophysical Research]]
| volume=110 |issue=A12 | pages=A12108| date=2005
|doi=10.1029/2005JA011250
|bibcode=2005JGRA..11012108U
}}
*{{citation
| first1=I.G. |last1=Usoskin
| first2=G.A. |last2=Kovaltsov
|title=Cosmic ray induced ionization in the atmosphere: Full modeling and practical applications
|journal= [[Journal of Geophysical Research]]
|volume=111 | pages= D21206 | date= 2006
|issue=D21
| doi=10.1029/2006JD007150
|bibcode=2006JGRD..11121206U
}}
*{{citation
| first1=I.G. | last1=Usoskin | first2=B. | last2=Kromer
| first3=F. | last3= Ludlow | first4= J. | last4= Beer
| first5=M. | last5= Friedrich|first6=G.A.|last6= Kovaltsov
| first7= S.K.| last7= Solanki |first8= L.| last8= Wacker
|title=The AD775 cosmic event revisited: the Sun is to blame
| journal = Astronomy and Astrophysics Letters
| volume=552 |pages=L3 | date= 2013
| doi=10.1051/0004-6361/201321080
| arxiv=1302.6897| bibcode=2013A&A...552L...3U }}
*{{citation
| first1 = Ilya G. | last1= Usoskin
| title=A history of solar activity over millennia
| journal=[[Living Reviews in Solar Physics]]
| volume=14 | pages=3 | date= 2017
| issue= 1
| doi=10.1007/s41116-017-0006-9
| arxiv=0810.3972| bibcode= 2017LRSP...14....3U
}}
*{{citation
|first1=I.G. | last1=Usoskin | first2=F. |last2= Miyake
|first3=M. |last3= Baroni
|display-authors=etal
|title=Extreme Solar Events: Setting up a Paradigm
|journal = [[Space Science Reviews]]
|volume=219| pages=73| date= 2023
| issue=8 |doi=10.1007/s11214-023-01018-1
| bibcode=2023SSRv..219...73U |hdl=20.500.11850/641517|hdl-access=free}}


==References==
==References==
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Latest revision as of 22:13, 5 November 2024

Usoskin, Ilya
Usoskin in 2019
Born (1965-01-17) January 17, 1965 (age 59)
Leningrad, USSR
EducationPeter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University (MSc 1988)
Ioffe Institute (Candidate of Sciences 1995)
University of Oulu (PhD 2000)
Known forSpace Climate, Solar Physics, Miyake events
SpouseInna Usoskina
Awards
Scientific career
FieldsAstrophysics, Solar Physics, Cosmic Rays
InstitutionsUniversity of Oulu (1999–present)
Thesis Solar activity changes and modulation of cosmic rays[1]  (2000)
Websitewww.oulu.fi/en/researchers/ilya-usoskin

Ilya G. Usoskin[2] is a Finnish astrophysicist who is a professor at University of Oulu and head of Cosmic Ray Station at Sodankylä Geophysical Observatory. He is a Vice President of the International Astronomical Union since 2021.[3][4]

Education

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In 1982, Ilya Usoskin graduated from the Saint Petersburg Lyceum 239[5] with intensified study of physics and mathematics, in parallel with Grigory Perelman. Then he became a student at the Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University and finished it as an MSc in physics (Space Physics) in 1988.

Career

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Since 1988, he worked as a junior researcher in the field of Astrophysics at the Ioffe Institute, where he obtained the Candidate of Sciences degree in astrophysics in 1995.[6] During 1997–1999, he was a postdoctoral researcher at the INFN Milano working on the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer experiment. [7] Since 2000, he has been a staff of the University of Oulu—head of the Oulu Cosmic Ray station. [8]

In 2000, he got PhD in Space Physics,[1] in 2002, he became a Docent, and a full Professor in 2012.[9]

Recognition and honors

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Major research grants

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Research

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Usoskin works in the fields of Solar Physics, Cosmic Rays, Heliosphere and Space Climate. He has co-authored more than 400 research publications with tens of thousands of citations.[17][18]

His main research achievements include:

  • Foundation of a new research discipline Space Climate, focused on long-term global changes in the terrestrial and near-Earth environment;
  • Invention of a novel method to model atmospheric effects of cosmic rays;
  • Invention of a novel method of past solar activity reconstructions using cosmogenic isotopes;
  • Foundation of a new paradigm of extreme solar events known also as Miyake events.

Selected publications

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  • Usoskin, Ilya G.; Solanki, Sami K.; Schüssler, Manfred; Mursula, Kalevi; Alanko, Katja (2003), "A Millennium Scale Sunspot Number Reconstruction: Evidence For an Unusually Active Sun Since the 1940s", Physical Review Letters, 91 (21): 211101, arXiv:astro-ph/0310823, Bibcode:2003PhRvL..91u1101U, doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.91.211101, PMID 14683287
  • Solanki, Sami K.; Usoskin, Ilya G.; Kromer, Bernd; Schüssler, Manfred; Beer, Jürg (2004), "Unusual activity of the Sun during recent decades compared to the previous 11,000 years", Nature, 431 (7012): 1084–1087, Bibcode:2004Natur.431.1084S, doi:10.1038/nature02995, PMID 15510145
  • Usoskin, I.G.; Alanko-Huotari, K.; Kovaltsov, G.A.; Mursula, K. (2005), "Heliospheric modulation of cosmic rays: Monthly reconstruction for 1951-2004", Journal of Geophysical Research, 110 (A12): A12108, Bibcode:2005JGRA..11012108U, doi:10.1029/2005JA011250
  • Usoskin, I.G.; Kovaltsov, G.A. (2006), "Cosmic ray induced ionization in the atmosphere: Full modeling and practical applications", Journal of Geophysical Research, 111 (D21): D21206, Bibcode:2006JGRD..11121206U, doi:10.1029/2006JD007150
  • Usoskin, I.G.; Kromer, B.; Ludlow, F.; Beer, J.; Friedrich, M.; Kovaltsov, G.A.; Solanki, S.K.; Wacker, L. (2013), "The AD775 cosmic event revisited: the Sun is to blame", Astronomy and Astrophysics Letters, 552: L3, arXiv:1302.6897, Bibcode:2013A&A...552L...3U, doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201321080
  • Usoskin, Ilya G. (2017), "A history of solar activity over millennia", Living Reviews in Solar Physics, 14 (1): 3, arXiv:0810.3972, Bibcode:2017LRSP...14....3U, doi:10.1007/s41116-017-0006-9
  • Usoskin, I.G.; Miyake, F.; Baroni, M.; et al. (2023), "Extreme Solar Events: Setting up a Paradigm", Space Science Reviews, 219 (8): 73, Bibcode:2023SSRv..219...73U, doi:10.1007/s11214-023-01018-1, hdl:20.500.11850/641517

References

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  1. ^ a b FINNA. University of Oulu, Sodankylä Geophysical Observatory, Oulu unit. 2000. ISBN 978-951-42-5796-4.
  2. ^ Ilya G. Usoskin, Wikidata Q56559861
  3. ^ a b "IAU". www.iau.org/administration/executive_bodies/executive_committee/.
  4. ^ "IAU Usoskin". www.iau.org/administration/membership/individual/13681/.
  5. ^ "School 239 alumni". zs.239store.ru.
  6. ^ "Ioffe library".
  7. ^ "INFN Milano AS group". ams02.space/collaboration/institute/infn-and-university-milano-bicocca.
  8. ^ "Oulu Cosmic Ray Station". cosmicrays.oulu.fi.
  9. ^ "Oulu Staff". www.oulu.fi/en/researchers/ilya-usoskin.
  10. ^ "Kaleva". www.kaleva.fi/kunniamerkit-julkistettiin-katso-lista-pohjoisen-p/1728379.
  11. ^ "IUPAP C4". iupap.org/who-we-are/internal-organization/commissions/c4-astroparticle-physics/. 10 February 2021.
  12. ^ "EGU Bartels medal". www.egu.eu/awards-medals/julius-bartels/2018/ilya-g-usoskin.
  13. ^ "Academy members". acadsci.fi/jasenet/kotimaiset-jasenet/.
  14. ^ "ISEE". www.isee.nagoya-u.ac.jp/en/news/2021/the-3rd-isee-award-to-prof-ilya-usoskin-and-dr-stepan-poluianov-university-of-oulu-finland.html.
  15. ^ "ERC SyG list 2024". erc.europa.eu/news-events/news/erc-2024-synergy-grants-results.
  16. ^ "ReSoLVE". satdat.oulu.fi/space_climate/resolve/.
  17. ^ "ORCID". orcid.org/0000-0001-8227-9081.
  18. ^ "Scopus". www.scopus.com/authid/detail.uri?authorId=7004683817.
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