IGOR V. SHUGAN

D- DOB. 7.04.1955
- Marital status: Married, one daughter
- Nationality: Russian
- Home address: Yauzskaya str., 9-42, 141014 Moscow reg.,
Mitischi, Russia
- Telephone (office hours): +7-095-581-13-39, 135-82-34
- Fax:+7-095-135-82-34
- E-mail: igor_shugan@mtu-net.ru

Current position:
Head of Laboratory, Leading Research Associate. Wave
Research Center, General Physics Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, Vavilova str.38, Moscow, 119991 Russia

Qualifications:
1972-1978
MS (Mechanics), Moscow M.V. Lomonosov State University, Faculty of Mechanics and Mathematics
1978-1981
Post-Graduate Course, Moscow M.V. Lomonosov State University, Department of Wave and Gas Dynamics, BS/MS (Mechanics), Moscow M.V. Lomonosov State University, Faculty of Mechanics and Mathematics
1985 - PhD. (Mechanics of liquid, gas and plasma), Moscow M.V. Lomonosov State University. Thesis: 'Natural-convective liquid flows in long vertical tubes'.
2000 - Doctor of Sciences (nonlinear waves, radiophysics), General Physics Institute of Russian Academy of. Thesis: ' Nonlinear dispersive effects during interaction of waves in fluid'.

Professional Experience:
1981-1987 - Junior Researcher, Laboratory of Hydrophysics, Lebedev Physics Institute, Academy of Sciences of the USSR, Moscow.

1987-2000 - Senior Researcher, Laboratory of Hydrophysics, General Physics Institute, Academy of Sciences of the USSR, General Physics Institute of Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow

2000-2001 - Leading Researcher, Wave Investigation Department, General Physics Institute of Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow.

2001 - pr. - Head of Laboratory, Leading Research Associate, Wave Research Center, General Physics Institute of Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow.

Recent Grants:
- Russian Foundation for Basic Research. 99-02-17005. Contractor. Physical effects of nonlinearity of surface waves, radar and laser remote monitoring of the Ocean. 1999-2001.

- INTAS 96-1910, Contractor, Filtration of immiscible liquid contaminants in soil and rock formations, 1998-2000.

- INTAS 00-1075, Team Leader, Mathematical modeling of ecological processes in Aral Sea basin aimed at economic water use and preventing the salination of agricultural lands.2002-2004.

Scientifical Interests:
- Hydrodynamics, dynamics of the upper Ocean;
- Nonlinear surface gravity waves dynamics;
- Interactions of surface waves with currents, internal waves and other nonuniformities;
- Mathematical modeling for radar and laser remote sensing of the Ocean;
- Liquid peristaltic flows and masstransport in flexible channels and tubes;
- Mathematical modeling of dynamics and morphology of Aeolian dunes and sand storms.

Has more than 60 publications in journals, proceedings of institutes and conferences etc.

List of selected publications:

1. Physical mechanisms of the aerospace radar imaging of the ocean. Uspekhi Fizicheskikh Nauk, Vol. 173, 2003 (Physics-Uspekhi, Vol. 46, 2003)(with M.G. Bulatov, Yu.A. Kravtsov et al.)

2. Energy efficiency of the vibration-accelarated liquid mass transfer in a channel. Technical Physics Letters. 2002, Vol.28, N 4, pp.289-291. (with G.A.Lyakhov).

3. Streaming flows in a channel with elastic walls. Physics of Fluids. 2002. Vol.14, N10, pp. 3502-3511 (with N.N.Smirnov, J.C.Legros).

4. On phase kinks, negative frequencies, and other third-order peculiarities of modulated surface waves. J. Fluid Mechanics. Vol.368, 1998, pp. 321-338.(with K.Voliak).

5. Excitation of slow-amplitude solitons in systems with decay instability. Physics Letters. Vol.96A, 2, 1993. pp. 53-54.(with K.Voliak, G.A.Lyakhov).

6. Along-Track Measurements of Sea Waves by a Side-Looking Airborne Radar. Sov.J.Remote Sensing. Vol.3(5), 1985, pp. 723-736. (with F.V.Bunkin et al.)

7. Rossby wave propagation over periodic topography. BRAS Phys/Suppl. Physics of Vibrations, 1993, 57(4): 157-171.(with R.Purini).

8. Impact of internal waves on the sea surface. Physics of Vibrations. 2001, Vol.8, N 2, pp.79-105. (with K.Voliak).

9. Strong frequency modulation of the surface waves. Proceedings of General Physics Institute (56) Dynamics of waves on the fluid surface. Moscow:Nauka.1999. 3 - 27. (with K.Voliak).

10. Airborne measurements of sea surface waves by mirror reflection of continuous laser beam.1985 Dokl. AN SSSR. Vol.281,p.1441. (with F.V.Bunkin et al).

11. Interaction of randomly modulated surface waves. Izv.AN SSSR,Physics of Atmosphere and Ocean, 1985, Vol.21, N11, pp.895-902 (with V.A.Grushin et al).

12. Sea surface statistical properties as measured by laser beam reflections. Physics of vibrations.2001, Vol.2. N2,pp.106-121.(with K.Voliak).

13. Influence of nonlinearity on statistical properties of random moving surface. Lebedev Physics Institute Reports. 1988. N1, pp.9-13. (with T.B.Shevchenko).

14. Fluid mass transfer in a channel with vibrating elastic walls. Physics of Vibrations. 1999, Vol.7, N 2, pp. 107-117.

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