Artem
L. Ponomarev, Ph.D. began his scientific
work at the Moscow Institute of Physics and
Technology, where he was one of a small group
of students chosen to work in Vitaly
Ginzburg's (Nobel Prize in Physics) Theoretical
Physics group for three years. There he collaborated
with the world-famous physicist,
V. N. Tsytovich. He came to United
States in 1993 on a full fellowship with stipend
to complete his graduate studies at Columbia
University, where he received
his Ph.D. with advanced standing in 1998 after
receiving the highest score on the Physics
doctoral qualifying exams.
He has worked at Los
Alamos National Laboratory, the UC Berkeley Department
of Mathematics, held an Assistant Professorship at Baylor
College of Medicine, and a junior position working
with Dr. Francis Cucinotta at the NASA
Johnson Space Center. In 2004, Artem rejoined Dr.
Cucinotta’s group at JSC as a Research Scientist. His
current position involves
radiation
protection for astronauts. His focus is developing
biophysical models of DNA damage from space radiation. He
is consulted regarding spacecraft design
for the new Lunar and Mars Mission Projects. Additionally,
he has worked with astronaut-physicist Franklin
Chang-Diaz's Plasma Rocket group on radiation issues. His biography is featured inWho's Who in America and Who's Who in the World.
Dr. Ponomarev is proud to
be a United States citizen.
