Artem L. Ponomarev, PhD Email me   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 in Who's Who in America and Who's Who in the World.

Dr. Ponomarev is proud to be a United States citizen.

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