Pogodin Mikhail Alexandrovich General data:
Born: 11.04.1948
Place of birth: Leningrad city, Leningrad Region, Russian SSR
Studied in: A. A. Zhdanov Leningrad Order of Lenin and Order of the Labor Red Banner State University (since 1991 St. Petersburg State University) (1971);
Biography:
He was born on April 11, 1948 in the Leningrad city of Leningrad region of the Russian SSR.
In 1971, he graduated from the A. A. Zhdanov Leningrad Order of Lenin and the Order of the Red Banner of Labor State University.
Since 1974, after studying at the postgraduate course of the Main (Pulkovo) Astronomical Observatory of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR (now the Main Astronomical Observatory of the Russian Academy of Sciences), he worked at the Main Astronomical Observatory of the Russian Academy of Sciences. He made his way from a junior to a chief researcher.
In 2001, he obtained the scientific degree of Doctor of Physical and Mathematical Sciences.
Since 2016, he has been the head of the stellar evolution sector.
The main scientific works belong to the field of stellar physics. He is author of more than 150 scientific publications. In the 1970s, he participated in the Pamir expedition in 1974-1975 and the Argus expedition in Armenia in 1977-1979, where he was responsible for the scientific program of astroclimatic research and infrared photometry.
In the 1970s, on his initiative, the Main Astronomical Observatory of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR started a research program for stars of early spectral classes with peristellar shells. Herbig's first observations of young Ae/Be stars in the near-infrared region of the spectrum were carried out by him in 1977-1979 in the Byurakan Astrophysical Observatory (Armenia) on the 2.6-meter telescope of ZTA.
In 1980, he began regular annual spectroscopic and photometric observations of young stars on the telescopes of the Crimean Astrophysical Observatory, including the 2.6-meter Shine telescope. Today, the circle of observatories, where observation programs initiated by him are regularly conducted, has significantly expanded. These include the ESO Southern European Observatory in Chile, the LNA observatory (Brazil) and many others.
He also developed a package of programs for calculating theoretical profiles of envelope lines and polarization parameters, which are still actively used all over the world during the analysis and interpretation of observational data.
The most important scientific results are his achievements in the field of research of the spatial and kinematic structure of the circumstellar medium.
Sources:
1 Àñòðîíîìû Ðîññèè 1917-2017/ íàó÷. ðåä. À.Ì.×åðåïàùóê, Êàçàíü, Êàçàí. ôåä. óí-ò, 2017.- 568ñ- C. 374
