Lev Matveevich Zelenyi (russian: Лев Матвеевич Зелёный, born August 23, 1948) is a

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and

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n physicist, an expert in the field of space plasma physics, the physics of solar-terrestrial relations, nonlinear dynamics and planetary research. Academician of the Russian Academy of Sciences (2008, Corresponding Member 2003), Doctor of Physical and Mathematical Sciences, Professor, Director of the Space Research Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences (2002-2017), with whom his entire career is connected, now his scientific advisor. Vice-president of the Russian Academy of Sciences in 2013–2017, member of the Presidium of the Russian Academy of Sciences. Foreign member of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences (2008), full member of the International Academy of Astronautics. His main area of scientific activity is the physics of space plasma. He has published more than 700 scientific articles, and has about 7,000 citations of his works published after 1975.

Biography

In 1972 he graduated from the Department of Space Studies Aerophysics and MIPT. Since 1972 he has been working in the Space Research Institute. In 1972 he graduated from the Department of Aerophysics and Space Research of the

Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology (MIPT; russian: Московский Физико-Технический институт, also known as PhysTech), is a public research university located in Moscow Oblast, Russia. It prepares speciali ...

. Since the same 1972 he has been working at the Space Research Institute of the RAS. He began to study physics of space plasma under the supervision of Albert Galeev. In January 2012 following the reentry of the

Fobos-Grunt Fobos-Grunt or Phobos-Grunt (russian: link=no, Фобос-Грунт, where ''грунт'' refers to the ''ground'' in the narrow geological meaning of any type of soil or rock exposed on the surface) was an attempted Russian sample return mis ...

spacecraft, Zeleny proposed a repeat mission called Fobos-Grunt 2, on behalf of mission scientist Alexander Zakharov. However, with

Roscosmos The State Space Corporation "Roscosmos" (russian: Государственная корпорация по космической деятельности «Роскосмос»), commonly known simply as Roscosmos (russian: Роскосмос) ...

reaching an agreement with ESA in March 2012 to participate in the

ExoMars ExoMars (Exobiology on Mars) is an astrobiology programme of the European Space Agency (ESA). The goals of ExoMars are to search for signs of past life on Mars, investigate how the Martian water and geochemical environment varies, investigate ...

programme, the agency opted instead to concentrate its efforts on that programme.

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External links

Lev Zeleny's Profile
at the official website of Russian Academy of Sciences {{DEFAULTSORT:Zelyony, Lev Russian physicists Full Members of the Russian Academy of Sciences Foreign Members of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Scientists from Moscow 1948 births Living people Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology alumni