Dr. Vadim M. Uritsky received his Ph.D. in Space Physics and Geophysics from St. Petersburg State University, Russia in 1998. In 1999-2001, he held a postdoctoral research position at NASA / Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD. In 2005, Dr. Uritsky defended his post-doctorate habilitation thesis and was granted the title of Doktor Nauk (Grand Ph.D.), the highest academic qualification in Russian Federation. Since 2006, Dr. Uritsky was a Senior Research Scientist and an Adjunct Professor in the Department of Physics and Astronomy of the University of Calgary, Canada. In 2006 - 2011, Dr. Uritsky was a Senior Research Scientist and an Adjunct Professor in the Department of Physics and Astronomy of the University of Calgary, Canada. In the fall 2011, he became a Research Associate at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center (Greenbelt, MD), affiliated by the Institute for Astrophysics & Computational Sciences (IACS) in the Dept. of Physics of the Catholic University of America. Beginning September, 2013, Dr. Uritsky is an Associate Professor in the CUA's Physics Department.
Dr. Uritsky is a recipient of several professional awards, including the NRC Resident Research Associateship Award from the U.S. National Academies and the Leonhard Euler research scholarship from the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD), and a NASA/GSFC HSD Peer Award. Dr. Uritsky is an expert reviewer for major scientific journals and funding agencies. His research has been funded by the Russian Foundation for Basic Research, the European Union's INTAS program, the U.S. National Research Council, NASA science programs, Canadian Space Agency, and Canada Foundation for Innovation.
Multiscale processes in space plasmas
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Dr. Vadim Uritsky studies the impact of mutiscale turbulence and complexity on key mechanisms of plasma transport, acceleration and heating in heliophysical systems. He conducts an innovative cross-disciplinary research program integrated into several ongoing and planned NASA missions, including THEMIS, MESSENGER, SOHO, STEREO, and MMS. One of the major goals of this program is to measure and understand transient multiscale signatures of magnetic reconnection. The conceptual novelty of this research is in its focus on rapidly evolving cross-scale interactions comprising both deterministic and stochastic modes of plasma behavior. Dr. Uritsky creates a comprehensive methodology for the detection, quantification and theoretical interpretation of the intermittent multiscale transients associated with magnetic reconnection as manifested in magnetospheric and solar observations, as well as in numerical simulations. These methods and tools are used for: (a) exploring physical mechanisms of plasma turbulence; (b) verifying its role in the initiation and further development of collisionless magnetic reconnection; (c) determining multiscale magnetic topologies supporting steady and explosive growth of the initial instability; (d) identifying transient multiscale properties of the reconnection dynamics associated with secondary fluid dynamics driven by the reconnection outflows; and (e) understanding the role of the multiscale solar photospheric network in coronal heating and flaring activity.
His other research interests include magnetospheric substorms, plasma waves and instabilities, cross-scale coupling in thin current sheets, ULF waves and oscillations, statistical models of solar flares and nanoflares, MHD turbulence; intermittency and criticality in disordered dynamical systems; statistical models of natural complexity, spatiotemporal pattern recognition, data-derived constraints for satellite instrumentation design, and other fields.
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Refereed
Raouafi, N. E., G. Stenborg, D. B. Seaton, et al. 2023. "Magnetic Reconnection as the Driver of the Solar Wind."
Astrophysical Journal,
945:
28
[10.3847/1538-4357/acaf6c]
Uritsky, V. M., B. J. Thompson, and C. R. DeVore. 2022. "Remote Sensing of Coronal Forces during a Solar Prominence Eruption."
Astrophysical Journal,
935:
47
[10.3847/1538-4357/ac74b4]
Kumar, P., J. T. Karpen, V. M. Uritsky, et al. 2022. "Quasi-periodic Energy Release and Jets at the Base of Solar Coronal Plumes."
Astrophysical Journal,
933:
21
[10.3847/1538-4357/ac6c24]
Uritsky, V. M., C. E. DeForest, J. T. Karpen, et al. 2021. "Plumelets: Dynamic Filamentary Structures in Solar Coronal Plumes."
Astrophysical Journal,
907:
1
[10.3847/1538-4357/abd186]
Shuster, J. R., D. J. Gershman, L. Chen, et al. 2019. "MMS Measurements of the Vlasov Equation: Probing the Electron Pressure Divergence Within Thin Current Sheets."
Geophysical Research Letters,
46
(14):
7862-7872
[10.1029/2019gl083549]
Roberts, M. A., V. M. Uritsky, C. R. DeVore, and J. T. Karpen. 2018. "Simulated Encounters of the Parker Solar Probe with a Coronal-hole Jet."
Astrophysical Journal,
866:
14
[10.3847/1538-4357/aadb41]
Knizhnik, K. J., V. M. Uritsky, J. A. Klimchuk, and C. R. DeVore. 2018. "Power-law Statistics of Driven Reconnection in the Magnetically Closed Corona."
Astrophysical Journal,
853:
82
[10.3847/1538-4357/aaa0d9]
Jones, S. I., V. Uritsky, and J. M. Davila. 2017. "Image-optimized Coronal Magnetic Field Models."
The Astrophysical Journal,
844
(2):
93
[10.3847/1538-4357/aa7b7a]
Uritsky, V. M., M. A. Roberts, C. R. DeVore, and J. T. Karpen. 2017. "Reconnection-Driven Magnetohydrodynamic Turbulence in a Simulated Coronal-Hole Jet."
Astrophysical Journal,
837:
123
[10.3847/1538-4357/aa5cb9]
Jones, S. I., J. M. Davila, and V. M. Uritsky. 2016. "Optimizing Global Coronal Magnetic Field Models Using Image-Based Constraints."
Astrophysical Journal,
820
(2):
[10.3847/0004-637X/820/2/113]
Uritskiy, V. M., J. M. Davila, N. M. Viall-Kepko, and L. Ofman. 2013. "MEASURING TEMPERATURE-DEPENDENT PROPAGATING DISTURBANCES IN CORONAL FAN LOOPS USING MULTIPLE SDO/AIA CHANNELS AND THE SURFING TRANSFORM TECHNIQUE."
ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL,
778:
[10.1088/0004-637X/778/1/26]
Uritskiy, V. M., J. M. Davila, L. Ofman, and A. J. Coyner. 2013. "STOCHASTIC COUPLING OF SOLAR PHOTOSPHERE AND CORONA."
ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL,
769:
[10.1088/0004-637X/769/1/62]
Dr. Vadim M. Uritsky received his Ph.D. in Space Physics and Geophysics from St. Petersburg State University, Russia in 1998. In 1999-2001, he held a postdoctoral research position at NASA / Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD. In 2005, Dr. Uritsky defended his post-doctorate habilitation thesis and was granted the title of Doktor Nauk (Grand Ph.D.), the highest academic qualification in Russian Federation. Since 2006, Dr. Uritsky was a Senior Research Scientist and an Adjunct Professor in the Department of Physics and Astronomy of the University of Calgary, Canada. In 2006 - 2011, Dr. Uritsky was a Senior Research Scientist and an Adjunct Professor in the Department of Physics and Astronomy of the University of Calgary, Canada. In the fall 2011, he became a Research Associate at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center (Greenbelt, MD), affiliated by the Institute for Astrophysics & Computational Sciences (IACS) in the Dept. of Physics of the Catholic University of America. Beginning September, 2013, Dr. Uritsky is an Associate Professor in the CUA's Physics Department.
Dr. Uritsky is a recipient of several professional awards, including the NRC Resident Research Associateship Award from the U.S. National Academies and the Leonhard Euler research scholarship from the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD), and a NASA/GSFC HSD Peer Award. Dr. Uritsky is an expert reviewer for major scientific journals and funding agencies. His research has been funded by the Russian Foundation for Basic Research, the European Union's INTAS program, the U.S. National Research Council, NASA science programs, Canadian Space Agency, and Canada Foundation for Innovation.
Refereed
Raouafi, N. E., G. Stenborg, D. B. Seaton, et al. 2023. "Magnetic Reconnection as the Driver of the Solar Wind."
Astrophysical Journal
945
28
[10.3847/1538-4357/acaf6c]
Uritsky, V. M., B. J. Thompson, and C. R. DeVore. 2022. "Remote Sensing of Coronal Forces during a Solar Prominence Eruption."
Astrophysical Journal
935
47
[10.3847/1538-4357/ac74b4]
Kumar, P., J. T. Karpen, V. M. Uritsky, et al. 2022. "Quasi-periodic Energy Release and Jets at the Base of Solar Coronal Plumes."
Astrophysical Journal
933
21
[10.3847/1538-4357/ac6c24]
Uritsky, V. M., C. E. DeForest, J. T. Karpen, et al. 2021. "Plumelets: Dynamic Filamentary Structures in Solar Coronal Plumes."
Astrophysical Journal
907
1
[10.3847/1538-4357/abd186]
Shuster, J. R., D. J. Gershman, L. Chen, et al. 2019. "MMS Measurements of the Vlasov Equation: Probing the Electron Pressure Divergence Within Thin Current Sheets."
Geophysical Research Letters
46
(14):
7862-7872
[10.1029/2019gl083549]
Roberts, M. A., V. M. Uritsky, C. R. DeVore, and J. T. Karpen. 2018. "Simulated Encounters of the Parker Solar Probe with a Coronal-hole Jet."
Astrophysical Journal
866
14
[10.3847/1538-4357/aadb41]
Knizhnik, K. J., V. M. Uritsky, J. A. Klimchuk, and C. R. DeVore. 2018. "Power-law Statistics of Driven Reconnection in the Magnetically Closed Corona."
Astrophysical Journal
853
82
[10.3847/1538-4357/aaa0d9]
Jones, S. I., V. Uritsky, and J. M. Davila. 2017. "Image-optimized Coronal Magnetic Field Models."
The Astrophysical Journal
844
(2):
93
[10.3847/1538-4357/aa7b7a]
Uritsky, V. M., M. A. Roberts, C. R. DeVore, and J. T. Karpen. 2017. "Reconnection-Driven Magnetohydrodynamic Turbulence in a Simulated Coronal-Hole Jet."
Astrophysical Journal
837
123
[10.3847/1538-4357/aa5cb9]
Jones, S. I., J. M. Davila, and V. M. Uritsky. 2016. "Optimizing Global Coronal Magnetic Field Models Using Image-Based Constraints."
Astrophysical Journal
820
(2):
[10.3847/0004-637X/820/2/113]
Uritskiy, V. M., J. M. Davila, N. M. Viall-Kepko, and L. Ofman. 2013. "MEASURING TEMPERATURE-DEPENDENT PROPAGATING DISTURBANCES IN CORONAL FAN LOOPS USING MULTIPLE SDO/AIA CHANNELS AND THE SURFING TRANSFORM TECHNIQUE."
ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL
778
[10.1088/0004-637X/778/1/26]
Uritskiy, V. M., J. M. Davila, L. Ofman, and A. J. Coyner. 2013. "STOCHASTIC COUPLING OF SOLAR PHOTOSPHERE AND CORONA."
ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL
769
[10.1088/0004-637X/769/1/62]
