2001 - Present	Research Associate Professor, Visiting Research Scholar, Department of Physics, University of Nevada, Reno
1997-2001	Head of Department of Science and Information, Chief Specialist, JSC RITEK-Polisil, Moscow
1991-1995	Assistant Professor, Moscow Physical and Technical Institute
1979-1997	Senior Scientific Researcher, Scientific Researcher, Junior Scientific Researcher, Laser Plasma Laboratory, Lebedev Physical Institute, Moscow

Experimental investigation of wire array Z-pinches. Investigation of implosion regimes, magnetic fields, and current distribution in wire array Z-pinches. Dynamics of plasma turbulence and mass transport in wire arrays. Laser probing plasma diagnostics for Z-pinch and laser plasma experiments. Experiments with laser plasma in the strong magnetic field.

V. V. Ivanov, V. I. Sotnikov, G. S. Sarkisov, T. E. Cowan, S.N. Bland, B. Jones, C. A. Coverdale, C. Deeney, P. J. Laca, A. L. Astanovitskiy, A.. Haboub, "Dynamics of mass transport and magnetic fields in low wire number array z-pinches", Phys. Rev. Lett. 97, 125001 (2006).

V.V. Ivanov, V. L. Kantsyrev, V. I. Sotnikov, D. A. Fedin, A. L. Astanovitskiy, B. Le Galloudec, V. Nalajala, I. Shrestha, T. E. Cowan, B. Jones, C.A. Coverdale, C. Deeney, P.D. LePell, "Investigation of regimes of wire array implosion on the 1-MA Zebra generator", Phys. Plasmas 13, 012704 (2006).

V.V. Ivanov, G. S. Sarkisov, P. J. Laca, V. I. Sotnikov, V. L. Kantsyrev, B. Jones, C. A. Coverdale, P. D. LePell, C. Deeney, K. W. Struve, A. L. Astanovitskiy, D. Fedin, B. Le Galloudec, V. Nalajala, I. Shrestha, T. E. Cowan, "Investigation of Magnetic Fields in 1-MA Wire Arrays and X-pinches", IEEE Trans. Plasma Sci., 34, No.5, 2247 (2006).

V.I. Sotnikov, V.V. Ivanov, T.E. Cowan, J.N. Leboeuf, B.V. Oliver, C. A. Coverdale, B. M. Jones, C. Deeney, T. A. Mehlhorn, G. S. Sarkisov, P.D. LePell, "Investigation of Electromagnetic Flute Mode Instability in a High Beta Z-pinch Plasma", IEEE Trans. Plasma Sci., 34, No.5, 2239 (2006).

V.I. Sotnikov, V.V. Ivanov, T. E. Cowan, J. N. Leboeuf, B.V. Oliver, C. Coverdale, B. Jones, C. Deeney, T.A.Mehlhorn, P.D. LePell, P. Hellinger, P. Travnicek, "Hybrid simulation of Z-pinches in support of wire array implosion experiments at NTF", J. Plasma Phys., in press.

V. Kantsyrev, A. Safronova, V. Ivanov, D. Fedin, R. Mancini, A. Astanovitsky, B. LeGalloudec, S. Batie, D. Brown, V. Nalajala, I. Shrestha, S. Pokala, N. Ouart, F. Yilmaz, A. Clinton, M. Johnson, T. E. Cowan, B. Jones, C.A. Coverdale, C. Deeney, P.D. LePell, D. Jobe, D. Nielsen, “Radiative properties of asymmetric symmetric X-pinches with two and four wires recently produced on the UNR 1MA Zebra generator”, JQSRT 99, Issues 1-3, 349-362 (2006).

V. Kantsyrev, A. Safronova, D. Fedin, V. Ivanov, A. Esaulov, V. Nalajala, I. Shrestha, S. Pokala, K. Williamson, N. Ouart, F. Yilmaz, P. Laca, T. E. Cowan, L. I, Rudakov, B. Jones, C.A. Coverdale, C. Deeney, P.D. LePell, A. L. Velikovich, A. S. Chuvatin, "Radiative Properties and Implosion Dynamics of Planar and Cylindrical Wire Arrays, Asymmetric and Symmetric, Uniform and Combined X-pinches on the UNR 1-MA Zebra Generator", IEEE Trans. Plasma Sci., 34, No. 2, 194 (2006).

V. Kantsyrev, L.I. Rudakov, A. Safronova, D. Fedin, V.V. Ivanov, A.L. Velikovich, A. Esaulov, A.S. Chuvatin, K. Williamson, N.D. Quart, V. Nalajala, G. Osborn, I. Shrestha, F. Yilmaz, S. Pokala, P. Laca, T. E. Cowan, “Planar wire array as powerful radiation source”, IEEE Trans. Plasma Sci., Vol. 34, No. 5, 2295-2301 (2006).

R. Presura, V.V. Ivanov, T. Cowan, , N. Le Galloudec, A. Kemp, R. Mancini, H. Ruhl, Y. Sentoku, V. Sotnikov, T. Ditmire, C. Chiu, W. Horton, P. Valanju, S. Keely, “Laboratory simulation of magnetospheric plasma shocks”, Astrophysics and Space Science 298, 299, 2005. W. Horton, C. Chiu, T. Ditmire, P. Valanju, R. Presura, V.V. Ivanov, Y. Sentoku, V.I. Sotnikov, A. Esaulov, N. Le Galloudec, T.E. Cowan, I. Doxas, “Laboratory Simulation of Magnetospheric Plasma Shocks”, Advances in Space Research, (in press).


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