Dr. Olga V. Khabarova
Current position: Research scientist at University of Luxembourg, Interdisciplinary Centre for Security, Reliability and Trust, Luxembourg
Dr. Olga V, Khabarova is an internationally recognized scientist with over 20 years of post-PhD experience in solar-terrestrial and environmental physics, currently working at the University of Luxembourg. Dr. Khabarova held concurrent academic and research positions at multiple international institutions, including Leading Researcher and Associate Professor in Russia and senior researcher in Israel. Dr. Khabarova is a principal investigator and one of creators of Space Weather Center of the Tel Aviv University (TAU) https://www.spaceweather.sites.tau.ac.il . Her research record covers solar physics, plasma physics, geophysics, and solar-terrestrial couplings with interdisciplinary applications in environmental science, remote sensing, heliobiology, and medicine. Dr. Khabarova is the author of 103 scientific publications, which include 73 refereed journal articles, 1 authored book, and 29 peer-reviewed conference proceedings (Google Scholar).
Dr. Khabarova is the elected Chair of COSPAR sub-Commission “The Transition from the Sun to the Heliosphere” (Committee on Space Research), the leading international body coordinating space science efforts worldwide.
Education: Ph.D. - 2004, space physics, Pushkov Institute of Terrestrial Magnetism, Ionosphere and Radiowave Propagation RAS (IZMIRAN), Troitsk, Moscow, Russia; M.Sc. - 1997, specialization in Physics of the Earth and planets; St.-Petersburg State University, St.-Petersburg, Russia; B.Sc. - 1994, specialization in Geophysics; St.-Petersburg State University, St.-Petersburg, Russia
Area of scientific interests
• solar physics and physics of the heliosphere
• solar-terrestrial couplings, including impacts on the atmosphere and biosphere
• turbulence and discontinuities in the solar wind
• current sheets in the solar wind and magnetic reconnection
• geo-effectiveness of the solar wind
• environmental science;
• heliobiology and medicine
• remote sensing and its applications in geophysics and archaeology