Anatoli PETRUKOVICH

Space Research Institute (IKI), Russian Academy of Sciences (RAS) • Director of Space Research Institute

Dr. Anatoli Petrukovich, Director of the Space Research Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences (IKI RAS), Academician of the RAS, leading specialist in space plasma physics, heliophysics and geophysics, and scientific and technical foundations of space activities.

Dr. Petrukovich graduated with honours in Physics and Applied Mathematics from the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology in 1990. In the same year, he joined IKI RAS as a researcher and subsequently held the positions of Senior Researcher, Head of the Space Weather Laboratory and Head of the Space Plasma Physics Department. He received his PhD degree in 1994 and Doctor of Sciences degree in 2003. He was elected Corresponding Member of the RAS in 2011 and Academician in 2025. Since 2018, he is the Director of IKI RAS.

His scientific interests include the dynamics of the Earth’s magnetosphere, space weather, space plasma physics, heliophysics and geophysics. His research has contributed to the understanding of collisionless shock waves and magnetic reconnection in the Earth’s magnetosphere, as well as to the development of methods for short-term space weather forecasting. In 2011–2018, under his leadership, the “Spektr-R” spacecraft carried out high-resolution solar wind observations. Dr. Petrukovich is the author of more than 200 scientific publications, with over 4,000 citations in Web of Science. He is Head of the Department of Space Physics at HSE University.

He is Editor-in-Chief of the Russian journal “Cosmic Research” and was an Associate Editor of Journal of Geophysical Research: “Space Physics” (2012–2014). Dr. Petrukovich heads the Solar-Terrestrial Section of the Space Council of the Russian Academy of Sciences. In 2022–2024, he chaired an international coordination group of space agencies on solar-terrestrial physics ILWS.

Currently, Dr. Petrukovich leads the development of IKI RAS as a modern international center for space science, education and technology. He plays a significant role in shaping the scientific component of Russia’s Space Program including space exploration, human spaceflight, lunar program and Earth observation.

Events

77th International Astronautical Congress (IAC 2026)

5 - 9 October 2026

Antalya, Türkiye

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The Global Space Exploration Conference 2025

7-9 May 2025

New Delhi, India

Participation:

The Global Space Exploration Conference 2021

14-18 June 2021

St. Petersburg, Russia

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