| Position | Research Associate, Tartu Observatory |
| Date of birth | September 14, 1942 |
| Educational history | M.Sc. in astronomogeodesy, December 1964, Tomsk State University, Russia |
| Institutional affiliation | 1965-1968 Postgraduate student,
Estonian Academy of Sciences, Institute of Physics and Astronomy
1968-1986 Junior Research Associate, Estonian Academy of Sciences, Institute of Astrophysics and Atmospheric Physics 1986-1996 Research Associate, Estonian Academy of Sciences, Institute of Astrophysics and Atmospheric Physics1996-present Research Associate, Tartu Observatory |
| Academic degrees | Cand. Sc. in physics and mathematics (candidate of physical-mathematical
sciences eq. PhD).
Dissertation: ``Metal Abundance Effects in Spectral Classification of F-G dwarfs '' (in Russian), December 1976, Adviser: Prof. J.Einasto |
| Research experience | In 1993 worked as a guest scientist in Institute of
Physics and Astronomy, University of Aarhus,
Aarhus, Denmark (for 2 weeks), received Prof. P.Nissen
In 1994-1996 in Astronomisches Institut, Ruhr-Iniversität Bochum, Bochum, Germany (altogether for 4 months), received Prof. Th. Schmidt-Kaler |
| Current research interests | Automated quantitative spectral classification of stars with its applications to galactic studies |
| Current grant funding | participating in the grant of Estonian Science Foundation 'Galaxies and their subsystems at different epochs', duration 2001-2004, grant holder J.Vennik |
| Dissertations advised | T. Shvelidze, Abastumani Observatory, Georgia, Tartu University, 10.02.1999 |
| Other scientific activities | Member of International Astronomical Union, 1994-
Talks and posters at various scientific meetings (Davos, Dresden, Hague, Liege, Manchester, Potsdam, Prague, Strasbourg, Tartu, Vienna) |
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