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Slava G. Turyshev

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Address:

4800 Oak Grove Drive
M/S 169-237

Pasadena, CA 91109

Phone:

818.393.2600

Fax:

818.353.5239

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Galaxy Evolution

Education

  • D.Sc. (habilitation), Astronomy, Astrophysics & Gravitational Physics, Moscow State University, Russia (2008)
  • MBA, The Anderson Graduate School of Management, UCLA, technology management, (2003)
  • Ph.D., Astrophysics & Theoretical Gravity Physics, Moscow State University, Russia (1990)
  • M.S. Quantum Field Theory & High Energy Physics (with highest honors), Moscow State University, Russia (1987)

Professional Experience

  • Jet Propulsion Laboratory (1993-Present)
    • Research Scientist; Structure of the Universe Research Group (1997-present); NASA Project Scientist for CNES/ESA Microscope mission (2016-2020); Project Scientist for Advanced Lunar Laser Ranging Facility at Table Mountain Observatory (2016-present); Principal Investigator, NIAC mission concept studies for imaging and spectroscopy of exoplanets with the solar gravitational lens (SGL) (2017-2022).
    • National Research Council, Resident Research Associate (1993-1997)
  • University of California, Los Angeles (2012-Present)
    • Adjunct Professor, Department of Physics and Astronomy (2012-Present)
  • Moscow State University (Russia) (1987-1993)
    • Senior Research Fellow, Institute for Theoretical Physics, Moscow State Univ., (1992-1993)
    • Member of Scientific Council, Moscow State University (1992-1993)
    • Associate Professor, Physics Department, Moscow State University (1992-1993)
    • Senior Research Fellow, Institute for Nuclear Physics, Laboratory for Gravitation, Moscow State University, (1987-1992)

Research Interests

  • Theoretical and experimental gravitational and fundamental physics, relativistic celestial mechanics, relativistic astrophysics, precision optical astrometry and laser metrology
  • Relativistic cosmology and alternative theories of gravity; gravitational-wave astronomy, including wave generation, propagation and detection
  • Lunar and interplanetary laser ranging; high-power beam combination, laser sensing and related technology efforts
  • Optical sensors, detection of faint, fast-moving near-Earth objects (NEOs), synthetic tracking technology
  • High-power coherent beam combination, ranging and power transmission
  • Direct, high-resolution imaging and spectroscopy of exoplanets with the solar gravitational lens (SGL)

Selected Awards

  • NIAC Phase III Fellow (2020), Phase II Fellow (2018), Phase I Fellow (2017)
  • JPL Voyager Award (2020)
  • Elected, Member, International Academy of Astronautics (IAA) (2020)
  • Winner of the Inaugural Canopus Award (2015)
  • NASA Group Achievement Award, GRAIL Science Data System Team (2012)
  • Award by the International Space Science Institute, Bern, Switzerland, for the International Team Proposal (2005)
  • NASA Group Achievement Award for the Space Interferometry Mission Micro-arcsecond Metrology Testbed Team (2003)
  • Honorable Mention (with John D. Anderson and Michael Martin Nieto), Gravity Research Foundation, 2002 Awards for Essays on Gravitation (2002)
  • National Research Council Postdoctoral Fellowship at NASA JPL (1993-1996)
  • Prizes from the Department of Physics of Moscow State University and the USSR Ministry of Higher Education for the best graduate thesis (1987)
  • USSR Supreme Soviet Medal "For Excellence" for Exceptional Scientific and Public Service Achievement (1986)
  • Lenin's Fellow, awarded by the USSR Ministry of Higher Education (the highest respectable scholarship in the USSR) (1985-1990)
  • Numerous honorary fellowships awarded by the USSR Ministry of Higher Education and Moscow State University (details provided on request) (1983-1990)

Selected Publications

  • Turyshev, S.G., Viktor T. Toth, “Evolving morphology of resolved stellar Einstein rings,” ApJ, 944:25 (21pp), (2023), arXiv:2209.09534, https://arxiv.org/abs/2209.09534
  • Turyshev, S.G., Viktor T. Toth, “Spectrally resolved imaging with the solar gravitational lens,” Phys. Rev. D 106(4), 044059 (2022), arXiv:2206.03037, https://arxiv.org/abs/2206.03037
  • Turyshev, S.G., Viktor T. Toth, “Resolved imaging of exoplanets with the solar gravitational lens,” MNRAS 515(4), 6122-6132 (2022), arXiv:2204.04866, https://arxiv.org/abs/2204.04866
  • Turyshev, S.G., Viktor T. Toth, “Multipole decomposition of gravitational lensing,” Phys. Rev. D 105(2), 024022 (2022), arXiv:2107.13126, https://arxiv.org/abs/2107.13126
  • Turyshev, S.G., Viktor T. Toth, “Wave-optical study of the Einstein cross formed by a quadrupole gravitational lens,” Phys. Rev. D 104(12), 124033 (2021), arXiv:2105.07295, https://arxiv.org/abs/2105.07295
  • Turyshev, S.G., Viktor T. Toth, “Gravitational lensing by an extended mass distribution,” Phys. Rev. D 104(4), 044013 (2021), arXiv:2106.06696, https://arxiv.org/abs/2106.06696
  • Turyshev, S.G., Viktor T. Toth, “Image formation for extended sources with the solar gravitational lens”, Phys. Rev. D 102, 024038 (2020), arXiv:2002.06492, https://arxiv.org/abs/2002.06492
  • Turyshev, S.G., Viktor T. Toth, “Diffraction of light by the gravitational field of the Sun and the solar corona,” Phys. Rev. D 99, 024044 (2019), arXiv:1810.06627, https://arxiv.org/abs/1810.06627
  • Turyshev, S.G., V.T. Toth, and M.V. Sazhin, “General relativistic observables of the GRAIL mission,” Phys. Rev. D87, 024020 (2013), arXiv:1212.0232, https://arxiv.org/abs/1212.0232
  • Turyshev, S.G., V.T. Toth, G. Kinsella, S.-C. Lee, S. M. Lok, and J. Ellis, “Support for the thermal origin of the Pioneer anomaly”, Phys. Rev. Lett. 108, 241101 (2012), arXiv:1204.2507, https://arxiv.org/abs/1204.2507
  • Williams, J.G., S.G. Turyshev, D.H. Boggs, “Testing the Equivalence Principle with Lunar Laser Ranging,” Class. Quantum Grav. 29(18), 184004, (2012), arXiv:1203.2150, https://arxiv.org/abs/1203.2150
  • Turyshev, S.G., V.T. Toth, J. Ellis, and C.B. Markwardt, “Support for temporally-varying behavior of the Pioneer anomaly from the extended Pioneer 10 and 11 Doppler data sets,” Phys. Rev. Lett. 107, 081103 (2011), arXiv:1107.2886, https://arxiv.org/abs/1107.2886
  • Turyshev, S.G., V.T. Toth, “The Pioneer Anomaly,” Living Rev. Relativity 13, 4 (2010), http://www.livingreviews.org/lrr-2010-4, arXiv:1001.3686, https://arxiv.org/abs/1001.3686

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