【Time】
14:00, Monday, May 18, 2026
【Location】
Academic Lecture Hall 716, Science Building
【Online Participation】
#Tencent Meeting: 340579165
Personal Profile
Professor Gushchin Mikhail, Head of the Laboratory for Simulation of Geophysical Plasma Phenomena at the Institute of Applied Physics of the Russian Academy of Sciences (IAP RAS). He graduated from Nizhny Novgorod State University in 2002, and from 2002 to 2007 pursued his Master's/Doctoral studies at the Institute of Applied Physics of the Russian Academy of Sciences (IAP RAS), receiving his Candidate of Physical and Mathematical Sciences (Ph.D. equivalent) degree in 2007. Since 2000, Mikhail has been working at the Institute of Applied Physics of the Russian Academy of Sciences, initially as a Junior Researcher and then as a Researcher, and was promoted to Senior Researcher in 2009. He is currently the Head of the Laboratory for Simulation of Geophysical Plasma Phenomena at the Institute of Applied Physics of the Russian Academy of Sciences (IAP RAS). Professor Gushchin Mikhail's research has long focused on the propagation and guiding of whistler waves in magnetized plasmas, laboratory simulation of space plasmas, electromagnetic processes related to lightning and the ionosphere, and nanosecond/sub-nanosecond electromagnetic pulses generated by high-voltage discharges. As the principal investigator, he has led the RSF project 21-12-00385 and has published relevant results in journals such as JGR: Space Physics , Geophysical Research Letters , and Review of Scientific Instruments .
Brief Introduction
Laboratory modeling of plasma phenomena in the Earth's atmosphere and in near and deep space is a promising and actively developing field worldwide. With today's advances in science and technology, laboratory experiments not only allow us to reproduce natural phenomena but also validate developed models of geophysical and astrophysical plasma processes. Large-scale facilities with high power and energy are preferred for modeling space phenomena. Several specialized laboratory complexes for space plasma modeling have been established worldwide—in Russia, the United States, and, more recently, in China, where the SESRI infrastructure was commissioned at the Harbin Institute of Technology. In Russia, the IAP RAS currently has the largest fleet of laboratory facilities for space plasma modeling. This lecture describes the capabilities of the IAP RAS for laboratory modeling of astro- and geophysical plasma phenomena, primarily using the unique Krot facility. The paper presents results obtained in modeling wave phenomena, the dynamics of astrophysical plasma flows, and lightning discharges. The collaboration between HIT and Russian specialists represents a new step forward in the development of methods for modeling the space environment.
