Dr. Uritsky is a full professor in the Physics Department of the Catholic University of America.
Dr. Vadim M. Uritsky received his Ph.D. in Space Physics and Geophysics from St. Petersburg State University (SPSU), Russia in 1998, and a Doktor Nauk (Grand Ph.D.) degree from the same university in 2005. He held research and faculty positions at SPSU (2001-2005), University of Calgary (2006-2011), and the Catholic University of America (CUA) (2011 - present). Dr. Uritsky is a recipient of several professional awards, including a NRC Resident Research Associateship Award from the U.S. National Academies, the Leonhard Euler research award from the German Academic Exchange Service, and a NASA/GSFC Peer Award. Dr. Uritsky is an expert reviewer for major scientific journals.
Dr. Uritsky's research interests include eruptive processes in the solar corona, coronal heating, small-scale coronal jets, solar wind, magnetic reconnection, solar image analysis, and the theory of complexity.