Educational Background

Ph.D., Physics and Mathematics, Institute of Terrestrial Magnetism, Ionosphere, and Radio Wave Propagation (IZMIRAN), Moscow, Russia, 1994 (Thesis title: Wave phenomena in the Earth's magnetospheric ring current)

M.S., Physics, Department of Theoretical Physics, Altai State University, Barnaul, Russia, 1986 (Thesis title: Multiple production process in hadron-hadron collisions)

Professional Experience

• Research Associate Professor, Florida Institute of Technology, Department of Aerospace, Physics and Space Sciences, Melbourne, FL, USA, 2012- present
• Research Scientist, Florida Institute of Technology, Department of Physics and Space Sciences, Melbourne, FL, USA, 2009-2012
• Visiting Professional, Universities Space Research Association, National Space Science and Technology Center, Huntsville, AL, USA, 2008-2009
• NASA Postdoctoral Program Fellow, NASA Marshall Space Flight Center, National Space Science and Technology Center, Huntsville, AL, USA, 2006-2008
• National Research Council Research Associate, NASA Marshall Space Flight Center, National Space Science and Technology Center, Huntsville, AL, USA, 2005
• Visiting Professional in Theoretical Physics, Universities Space Research Association, National Space Science and Technology Center, Huntsville, AL, USA, 2004-2005
• Senior Research Scientist, Institute of Terrestrial Magnetism, Ionosphere, and Radio Wave Propagation, Moscow, Russia, 2002-2004
• Senior Research Scientist, Altai State University, Department of Medical Physics, Barnaul, Russia, 2001-2002
• Post Doctoral Fellow, Geophysical Institute, University of Alaska Fairbanks, Fairbanks, AK, USA, 1999-2000
• Visiting Research Scholar, Geophysical Institute, University of Alaska Fairbanks, Fairbanks, AK, USA, 1998-1999
• Senior Research Scientist, Institute of Terrestrial Magnetism, Ionosphere, and Radio Wave Propagation, Moscow, Russia, 1995-1998
• Assistant Professor, Altai State University, Department of Theoretical Physics, Barnaul, Russia, 1994-1998
• Senior Research Scientist, Altai State University, Department of Theoretical Physics, Barnaul, Russia, 1992-1997
• Ph.D. Student, Altai State University, Department of Theoretical Physics, Barnaul, Russia, 1989-1992
• Assistant Research Scientist, Altai State University, Department of Theoretical Physics, Barnaul, Russia, 1987-1989
• Engineer, Altai State University, Department of Theoretical Physics, Barnaul, Russia, 1986-1987

Delivered Lectures on

• Introduction to Space Plasma Physics - undergraduate, Florida Institute of Technology, USA, 2014
• Physics of Turbulent Plasma - graduate, Altai State University, Russia, 1994-1998
• Mechanics - undergraduate, Altai State University, Russia, 1994-1998
• Nuclear Physics - undergraduate, Altai State University, Russia, 1994-1998
• Calculus of Variations - undergraduate, Altai State University, Russia, 1994-1998
• Integral Equations - undergraduate, Altai State University, Russia, 1994-1998
• Equations of Mathematical Physics - undergraduate, Altai State University, Russia, 1994-1998

Participation In Peer-Review

Reviewed research articles submitted for publication in

• Journal of Geophysical Research-Space Physics (JGR)
• Geophysical Research Letters (GRL)
• Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics (JASTP)
• Astrophysical Journal (ApJ)
• Earth, Planets and Space (EPS)
• Proceedings of International Solar Wind Conference
• Proceedings of Annual International Astrophysics Conference

Reviewed research proposals submitted to

• NSF's Geospace Environment Modeling (GEM) program
• NSF's Solar, Heliosphere, and Interplanetary Environment (SHINE) program
• NSF's Atmospheric and Geospace Sciences Postdoctoral Research Fellowships (AGS-PRF) program
• NASA's Heliophysics Supporting Research (H-SR) program
• NASA's Heliophysics Guest Investigators (H-GI) program
• NASA's Heliophysics Grand Challenges Research (H-GCR) program
• NASA's Solar Terrestrial Probes program

Synergetic Activities

• Regularly participate in the NASA's review panels
• Serve as one of the five Focused Science Team (FST) members on “Pathways of Cold Plasma
  Through the Magnetosphere” selected by the NASA Heliophysics Living With a Star (LWS)
  program for the period of 2022–2026
• Serve as a member of AstroFlorida group

Administrative Experience

Serve as the PI of projects involving collaborations of multiple institutions

Selected Publications

Gamayunov, K. V., Kim, H., & Shin, Y. (2024). EMIC Wave Energy Dissipation as a Source of O+ Conics and Warm Plasma Cloak in the Earth's Inner Magnetosphere. Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics, 129, e2023JA032399. http://doi.org/10.1029/2023JA032399

* Gamayunov, K. V., & Engebretson, M. J. (2022). Low frequency ULF waves in the Earth's inner magnetosphere: Power spectra during high speed streams and quiet solar wind and seeding of EMIC waves. Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics, 127, (25pp), e2022JA030647. http://doi.org/10.1029/2022JA030647

Gamayunov, K. V., & Engebretson, M. J. (2021). Low frequency ULF waves in the Earth’s inner magnetosphere: Statistics during coronal mass ejections and seeding of EMIC waves. Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics, 126, (24pp), e2021JA029247. http://doi.org/10.1029/2021JA029247

Gamayunov, K. V., Engebretson, M. J., & Elkington, S. R.(2020). EMIC waves in the Earth's inner magnetosphere as a function of solar wind structures during solar maximum. Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics, 125, (23pp), e2020JA027990. http://doi.org/10.1029/2020JA027990

Gamayunov, K. V., J. Heerikhuisen, and H. Rassoul (2019), Effect of the Interstellar Magnetic Field Draping Around the Heliopause on the IBEX Ribbon, ApJL, 876:L21 (6pp), http://doi.org/10.3847/2041-8213/ab1b4f

* Gamayunov, K. V., K. Min, A. A. Saikin, and H. Rassoul (2018), Generation of EMIC waves observed by Van Allen Probes at low L shells. Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics, 123, 8533 – 8556, http://doi.org/10.1029/2018JA025629

Gamayunov, K. V., J. Heerikhuisen, and H. Rassoul (2017), A test of the Interstellar Boundary Explorer ribbon formation in the outer heliosheath, ApJ, 845:63 (10pp), http://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/aa7f70

Heerikhuisen, J., K. V. Gamayunov, E. J. Zirnstein, and N. V. Pogorelov (2016), Neutral Atom Properties in the Direction of the IBEX Ribbon, ApJ, 831:137 (11pp), http://dx.doi.org/10.3847/0004-637X/831/2/137

Full publication list

*  Most-Read Publication

Recognition & Awards

NASA Postdoctoral Program Fellowship Award, USA, Period: 2006 - 2008

National Research Council Research Associateship Award, USA, 2005

Award to Outstanding Young Scientist from Russian Academy of Sciences, Russia, Period: 1994-1997

Research

Have extensive experience in theoretical and computational space plasma physics, in particular in:

• kinetic and magnetohydrodynamic modeling of the Earth's magnetospheric plasma
• nonlinear wave-particle and wave-wave interactions in the Earth's magnetospheric ring current and radiation belts
• large scale kinetic modeling of the Earth's magnetospheric ring current, plasmasphere, ionosphere, and electromagnetic ion cyclotron waves
• interaction between ultra low frequency wave activity in the Pc 4-5 frequency range (2-22 mHz) and electromagnetic ion cyclotron waves (0.1-5 Hz) in Earth's magnetosphere
• self-consistent kinetic modeling of the interstellar pickup ions, Alfvenic turbulence, and the core solar wind in the outer heliosphere
• energetic particle propagation, acceleration, and interaction with neutral atoms in the heliosphere and interstellar medium
• particle interactions with an external and self-generated turbulence
• data analysis and interpretation

Developed

• global, based on first principles, self-consistent computational model of electromagnetic ion cyclotron waves and ring current ions in a coupled system of the Earth's magnetosphere, ionosphere, and plasmasphere - the best currently available global model of electromagnetic ion cyclotron waves in Earth's magnetosphere
• self-consistent kinetic model of the interstellar pickup ions, Alfvenic turbulence, and the core solar wind heating in the outer heliosphere