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Current Member

Mikhail Medvedev

Affiliation

Natural Sciences

Field of Study

Theoretical Astrophysics and Cosmology

Home Institution

University of Kansas
Mikhail Medvedev is interested in various aspects of theoretical and plasma astrophysics and cosmology. Recent interests include environments of neutron stars and black holes (e.g., their magnetospheres and accretion), QED plasmas in super-strong fields, quantum evaporation of flavor-mixed particles, and the nature of dark matter.

Dates at IAS

Member
School of Natural Sciences
Member
School of Natural Sciences
Spring

Degrees

Univ of California, San Diego
Ph.D.
1996
Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology
M.Sc.
1993

Honors

2018
APS Fellow
2016
Graduate Teaching Award (KU)
2014
Graduate Teaching Award (KU)
2013
The University Scholarly Achievement Award (KU)
2010
The Ambrose Monell Foundation grant (IAS)
2009
The Ib Henriksen Foundation grant (Niels Bohr Intl. Academy, Denmark)
1996
Friends of the International Center Fellowship, UC San Diego
1993
General Atomics Takeo Fukuda Fellowship