Visiting scientists

Prof. Peter A. Davies, Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh (School of Engineering, Physics and Mathematics, Department of Civil Engineering, University of Dundee, UK), Prof. Stanisław R. Massel, Member of the Polish Academy of Sciences (Institute of Oceanology, Polish Academy of Sciences, Sopot, Poland), prof. Efim Pelinovsky, Corresponding Member of the Russian Academy of Sciences, and dr. Tatiana Talipova (Department of Nonlinear Geophysical Processes, Institute of Applied Physics & Department of Applied Mathematics, Nizny Novgorod State Technical University, Nizny Novgorod, Russia) to participate in the Intense Day on Wave Dynamics in Marine Research and in the defence of the PhD thesis of Artem Rodin (04 May 2015).

Prof. Davies and Prof. Massel were opponents of this thesis.

Mr. Artem Rybin (Department of Applied Mathematics, Nizhny Novgorod State Technical University), to work on the analysis of variations in vertical structure of the Baltic Sea water masses and associated variations in the generation and propagation conditions of internal waves.

Prof. Dr. Leonid Lopatukhin (Department of Oceanology, Saint Petersburg State University and Mechanics and Optics, Saint Petersburg University of Information Technology, Russia), Dr. Piia Post (Institute of Physics, University of Tartu), Dr. Leandro Farina (Department of Mathematics, Instituto de Matemática, UFRGS, Porto Alegre, RS, Brasil and Basque Center for Applied Mathematics, BCAM Bilbao, Basque Country, Spain) and Dr. Loreta Kelpšaite (Klaipeda University, Lithuania) to participate in the Intense Day on Waves and Climate Tolerance and in the defence of the PhD thesis of Inga Zaitseva-Pärnaste (08
November 2013).

Prof. Lopatukhin and dr. Post were opponents of this thesis.

Mr. Igor Medvedev (Tsunami laboratory, P.P.Shirshov Institute of Oceanology, RAS, Moscow, Russia), for joint research into low-frequency sea level variability in the Baltic Sea

Prof. Alex Sheremet and Mr. Uriah Gravois (Civil and Coastal Engineering, University of Florida) to participate in field experiments organised by the Wave Engineering Laboratory team

Dr. Sergey Varlamov (Research Institute for Global Change, JAMSTEC, Yokohama, Japan), to give a seminar on ocean downscaled modeling and to discuss options for joint studies

Prof. Dr. Andrey Kurkin (Department of Applied Mathematics, Nizhny Novgorod State Technical University) to prepare cooperation in joint studies of wave research and coastal management

Prof. Christian Kharif (Non-Equilibrium Phenomena Research Institute and Grande Ecole d’ingénieurs – Ecole Centrale Marseille), prof. Henrik Kalisch (Department of Mathematics, University of Bergen, Norway), prof. Efim Pelinovsky and dr. Tatiana Talipova (Department of Nonlinear Geophysical Processes, Institute of Applied Physics & Department of Applied Mathematics, Nizny Novgorod State Technical University, Nizny Novgorod, Russia), and prof. Andrey Kurkin (Department of Applied Mathematics, Nizhny Novgorod State Technical University) to participate in the Intense Day on Waves in Fluid (24.09) and in the defence of the PhD thesis of Oxana Kurkina.

Prof. Kharif and prof. Kalisch were the opponents of this PhD thesis that was co-supervised by prof. Pelinovsky

Prof.DSc Garo Mardirossian and Assoc.Prof. Boiko Ranguelov, Space Research and Technologies Institute, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Sofia, to present a seminar paper and to start cooperation in joint studies of wave research and coastal management

Prof. Kevin E. Parnell, James Cook University, Australia, to discuss perspectives in joint studies of ship-induced waves, coastal management and coastal engineering

Prof. Dr. Andrey Kurkin Department of Applied Mathematics, Nizhny Novgorod State Technical University;
to activate research collaboration in the field of internal waves in multi-layered environment, with applications to the Baltic Sea conditions.

Prof. Gianluca Sara Laboratory of Experimental Ecology, Department of Ecology, University of Palermo, Italy),
to activate research collaboration regarding some aspects of marine ecology, with focus of anthropogenic impact in shallow areas caused by vessel wakes, and to discuss the possibility to jointly present projects within the EU calls.

Dr. Gisela Janetzke (Vice General Secretary, Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, Germany),
in the framework of the 50th anniversary of the Institute of Cybernetics and the Humboldt Colloquium “The Baltic Sea as a bridge”.

Dr. Heidi Pettersson (Finnish Meteorological Institute, Helsinki, Finland),
an external member of the scientific committee for the defence of PhD thesis of A.Räämet.

Ms Xi Lu(Institute for Coastal Research, GKSS Geesthacht),
to undertake training in the TRACMASS software and to implement this software in GKSS in the framework of BalticWay project.

Dr. Arno Behrens (Institute for Coastal Research, GKSS Geesthacht, Germany),
the first opponent and a member of the scientific committee for the defence of PhD thesis of A.Räämet.

Dr. Oleg Andrejev (Finnish Environmental Institute),
to participate in the BalticWay local working session.

Dr. Tomas Torsvik (University of Bergen, Norway),
to collaborate on the EEA project EMP41.

Mr. Andrea Giudici (University of Genova – Università degli Studi di Genova),
visiting MSc student, with the main focus on three-dimensional visualization of large datasets.

Prof. Dr. Stefano Tinti (University of Bologna, Italy), 
to visit I.Didenkulova and to discuss the future cooperation between the IoC and Uni Bologna, and to present the CENS seminar paper „Tsunami risk and tsunami early warning system in the Euromediterranean Region” (25.01.2010)

Prof. Dr. Matti Leppäranta (University of Helsinki, Finland), 
a short visit to discuss details of cooperation in marine science of the Baltic Sea between the Wave Engineering Laboratory and the University of Helsinki

Dr. Boris Chubarenko (Atlantic Branch of the P.P. Shirshov Institute of Oceanology, Kaliningrad, Russian Academy of Sciences),

the first opponent and a member of the scientific committee for the defence of PhD thesis of D. Kurennoy, and to present the CENS seminar paper “Resuspension in shallow lagoons and its long-term influence” (12.10.2009)

Dr. Sergei Badulin (P.P. Shirshov Institute of Oceanology, Moscow, Russian Academy of Sciences),
the first opponent and a member of the scientific committee for the defence of PhD thesis of L.Kelpšaite

Prof. Dr. Jan Harff (University of Greifswald, Germany and University of Szczecin, Poland)

as opponent and a member of the scientific committee for the defence of PhD thesis of A.Kask.

Anders Anbo performed training of the BalticWay team members in TRACMASS trajectory modeling code.

Dr. Dariya Ryabchuk (Sankt Petersburg), visiting the week of open doors of the SEAMOCS Tallinn team and the laboratory of wave engineering.

Prof. Kevin E. Parnell (James Cook University, Australia), in the framework of studies of properties and runup of ship-induced waves.

Dr. Tomas Torsvik (University of Bergen, Norway), in the framework of cooperation within the CENS-CMA network and EEA grant EMP41.

Ms Bryna Kathryn Flaim (University of Waikato, New Zealand), training of early stage and experienced researchers in coastal management and towards the use of the CEDAS analysis and modelling system.

26-30 June 2008,

22 September 2008 – April 2009

Dr Tony Dolphin (Norwich, UK), visited the IoC team in June 2008 in the framework of of measurements of properties and runup of ship-induced waves.

From 22 September in the framework of joint coastal studies and wave research.

Prof. Kevin E. Parnell (James Cook University, Australia) in the framework of measurements of properties and runup of ship-induced waves, and as one of the opponents to PhD thesis of Ira Didenkulova (supported by the sister of Marie Curie TK project CENS-CMA).

Dr. Kai Myrberg (Helsinki), as a member of the scientific committee for the defence of PhD thesis of I.Didenkulova.

Prof. Geir Pedersen, as opponent and a member of the scientific committee for the defence of PhD thesis of I.Didenkulova.

Prof. Efim Pelinovsky, as co-supervisor of the PhD thesis of Ira Didenkulova, in the framework of the INNOVE (project 1.0101-0208 “Inviting foreign experts in the framework of launching teaching of port and coastal engineering in Tallinn University of Technology”).

Prof Miky Stiassnie (David Hacohen and Hillel Dan Chair of Civil Engineering Division of Environmental, Water and Agricultural Engineering TECHNION-Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa 32000, Israel), seminar presentation and cooperation in extreme wave studies

Prof. Dr. Matti Leppäranta (Helsinki), and Dr Kai Myrberg, cooperation in the analysis and overview of the progress in the physical oceanography of the Gulf of Finland

Prof Wojciech Sulisz (Institute of Hydroengineering, Polish Academy of Sciences), eminar presentation and cooperation in extreme wave studies